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  • Daring: Odette Sansom

    Daring: Odette Sansom
    2024/06/26
    The life of Odette Sansom sounds like the plot of a spy movie. A French housewife turned British spy during World War Two. But the truth is always stranger than fiction, and the life of Odette is truly the life of a daring hero.
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    5 分
  • Forgotten: Ethel Byrne

    Forgotten: Ethel Byrne
    2024/05/28
    Ethel Byrne was a nurse and reproductive rights advocate. She was also the co founder of planned parenthood. She’s often over shadowed by her sister Margret, but Ethel was a force, and this is her story.
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    3 分
  • Poetess: Emma Lazarus

    Poetess: Emma Lazarus
    2024/05/01
    Emma was a poet, author, first. She’s famous for her poem inscribed on the Statue of Liberty, and known for her pride in her Jewish heritage.
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    3 分
  • Muse: Vera Nabokov

    Muse: Vera Nabokov
    2024/03/21
    Hello everyone! Today we’ll be discussing the muse, wife, and translater of one of the must famous Russian authors, Vladimir Nabokov. But who was Mrs. Nabokov? The woman who saved his notorious novel and his beloved wife.
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    12 分
  • Daring: Emma Edmonds

    Daring: Emma Edmonds
    2023/11/27
    A unionist solider, a nurse a memoirist, spy, and mother. Who was Emma and what is her story? Tune in to find out!
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    6 分
  • Daring: Annie Smith Peck

    Daring: Annie Smith Peck
    2023/10/19
    I’m back! And this time with one heck of a remarkable adventurer and that is Annie Smith Peck. A mountaineer, a suffragette, and teacher. But what did she do and how did she do it? Tune in to find out!
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    15 分
  • Infamous: Madame Restell

    Infamous: Madame Restell
    2023/09/19
    Since the dawn of time, it seems that men and society have labeled certain women as villainesses or infamous. And the worst are always those who step outside social norms if they dare take control of their own bodies, or help other women with theirs. This is the story and legacy of one such woman, the infamous Madame Restell or her given name, Ann Trow. The immigrant who came to the US and established herself as the abortionist of New York City.
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    18 分
  • Forgotten: Martha Ballard

    Forgotten: Martha Ballard
    2023/08/20
    Hello! Sorry for the long absence, but I am back and today we discuss the book and lady who really inspired my podcast and Instagram. And that is Martha Ballard, a 18th century midwife and diarist. Who was she and what did she do? Let’s find out!
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    6 分