Louise Brooks
Louise Brooks made bridge-burning her hobby; as a result, this almost-forgotten star of stage and screen has only recently begun to shine again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad...
17 Sep 20192h 23min
Gilded Age Servants and Heiresses, Revisited
We double time travel back to the Gilded Age and The House of Wood, 2011, for this combined revisit to look at the lives of servants and heiresses who shared a roof but whose lives were very, very dif...
2 Sep 20191h 25min
Isabella of Castile Part 2
We wrap up the story of Isabella of Castile with a few more of her long-lasting legacies (including supercharging the role of the queen in the game of chess) and the dispersal of her own pawns on the ...
20 Aug 20191h 4min
Isabella of Castile Part 1
Never before have we covered a woman with such far reaching influence. This determined woman began by pulling off a coup, then branched out into such far reaching endeavors as the Spanish Inquisition,...
6 Aug 20191h 10min
Seven Women Revisited
We revisit the lives of seven women with amazing stories including Hedy Lamarr and Judy Garland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
23 Juli 20191h 14min
Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc, Jeannette, Jean, The Maid, La Pucelle, Hero, Heretic, Visionary, Lunatic…that’s a lot of names and titles for a teenage girl who is remembered for events from only a short period of her l...
9 Juli 20191h 24min
Elizebeth Friedman
"America's first female cryptanalyst" only hints at the contributions of this codebreaking war hero. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1 Juli 20191h 21min
Charlotte Brontë
Charlotte Brontë didn't let her circumstances and the discouragement of others stand in the way of her goal of becoming a published author; she got knocked down over and over before she was able to pr...
18 Juni 20192h 1min
