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DID Bonus INTERVIEWSDAY Material (7) - Interview with Bella Myers (Topics of Discussion: The Pelican Girls, Their Role as the Mothers of Mobile, and the Story of their Arrival in the Colony of French Louisiana)

DID Bonus INTERVIEWSDAY Material (7) - Interview with Bella Myers (Topics of Discussion: The Pelican Girls, Their Role as the Mothers of Mobile, and the Story of their Arrival in the Colony of French Louisiana)

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Send us Fan MailIt’s INTERVIEWSDAY!This week on INTERVIEWSDAY (Interview Tuesday), we visit with Bella Myers, a Mobile-area historian and tour guide with Bienville Bites Food Tour, for an extended conversation about the remarkable women remembered as the Pelican Girls.In 1704, twenty-three young Frenchwomen crossed the Atlantic aboard Le Pélican after being promised new lives in France’s struggling Louisiana colony. Instead, they encountered a dangerous voyage, yellow fever, primitive living conditions, food shortages, absent husbands, and a settlement that bore little resemblance to the “promised land” they had been led to expect.Yet the Pelican Girls endured. They married, established families, demanded better living conditions, and helped transform a rough colonial outpost into a permanent community. Their resistance became known as the Petticoat Rebellion, and their descendants would spread throughout Mobile, New Orleans, the Gulf Coast, and beyond.Bella joins us to discuss:Who the Pelican Girls were and why they agreed to leave France;Their difficult journey from Paris to Rochefort, across the Atlantic, and through the Caribbean;Their arrival at Massacre Island—present-day Dauphin Island—and Fort Louis de la Mobile;The yellow fever epidemic that followed the arrival of Le Pélican;The marriages, hardships, and resistance of the young women;Their role as the “mothers of Mobile”;The Pelican Girls who became some of Dauphin Island’s earliest European settlers;Henri de Tonti, the legendary “Iron Hand”;Mobile’s early Mardi Gras traditions;The Native American, African, Caribbean, French, and Spanish influences that helped shape Mobile’s distinctive culture and foodways;The creation of the Pelican Girls historical marker in downtown Mobile;The Pelican Girls Mystic Society; andBella’s work with Bienville Bites to bring Mobile’s history to life through food and storytelling.Recorded on August 1—Pelican Girls Day in Mobile—this conversation explores the strength, resilience, and determination of twenty-three young women whose contributions to the history of Mobile and the Gulf Coast deserve to be remembered.Learn more about Bella Myers and the historical food tours offered by Bienville Bites Food Tour at bienvillebitesfoodtour.com.Questions, comments, or suggestions for future episodes? Email John at john.summers@summersmediaenterprises.com.🎙️ CreditsHosted by Big John SummersProduced by Summers Media EnterprisesFoley/Sound Effects recorded by Big John Summers📣 Follow & SupportFollow Dauphin Island Diaries on Facebook, Instagram, and X for additional content, including on-location videos, historical interpretation, interviews, and stories from across Dauphin Island and the Alabama Gulf Coast.🔗 Links🐠 Dauphin Island Sea Lab and Alabama Aquarium:https://www.disl.edu/🧢 Merch & Apparel:https://www.summersmediaenterprises.com/merch📘 Follow on Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/DauphinIslandDiaries/📘 Check out The Tennessee History Nerd:https://www.summersmediaenterprises.com/podcasts/tthnMake sure you’re following Dauphin Island Diaries in your podcast app. Just tap the Follow button, and every new episode will be waiting for you when it is released. Dauphin Island Diaries will be taking a brief break from regular episodes during October. .I’ll also have something short for you here in the feed on Tuesday, October 6 and then DID returns with a full-length narrative episode on Tuesday, November 3. When *Dauphin Island Diaries* returns on November 3, we’ll be moving to a new release schedule. Full-length narrative episodes will arrive on the first Tuesday of every month, and whenever there's a fifth Tuesday, it will be Interviewsday. If you enjoy Dauphin Island Diaries and would like to help keep these stories coming, you can support the show by subscribing to our Facebook page...for just ninety-nine cents a month! Please think of just one person who loves Dauphin Island, Mobile Bay, or Gulf Coast history as much as you do—and then send that person this episode!If you enjoyed this episode, follow the show, share it with someone who loves history, and leave a review—it helps more folks discover the stories of Dauphin Island, Mobile Bay, and the Gulf Coast.
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