The 10 Best The History Chicks Podcast Episodes
- Jane Austen. The post Episode 38: Jane Austen appeared first on The History Chicks.
- The Women of Gone With The Wind. Once a season we obsess over a subject for our Fictional Episode and this time we...
- Louisa May Alcott.
- Anne Frank. Even though her life was a short one, Anne Frank's account of her turbulent...
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What is Maya Angelou's lantern of wisdom?
Her lantern of wisdom shone all over the world, lighting the way ahead for others to follow.
When are the Harvey Girls 2021?
The Harvey Girls. February 24, 2021 • 124 min. The Harvey Girls were not "just waitresses," they were adventuring, trailblazing, refined young women who helped settle the American West. And the story of these brave and hardworking women can't be told without discussing the man behind them: Fred Harvey.
Was Shirley Temple a moppet?
Once upon a time, there was a little moppet whose grit and optimism on screen gave the world the courage to endure the Great Depression. But time and fashion are fickle mistresses, and Shirley Temple had to reinvent herself as a star performer - in the world of diplomacy.
Was Mary Seacole a nurse?
For International Nurses Day, we're revisiting our coverage of Mary Seacole. While, technically, she wasn't a nurse, she was very much a brave medical caregiver, a "doctress," an entrepreneur, and one heck of a jam-maker who served those fighting at the front of the Crimean War (and so much more.) If you are interested in a more directly related nurse episode, we recommend our coverage of Florence Nightingale (as we...
Who were the Harvey Girls?
The Harvey Girls were not "just waitresses," they were adventuring, trailblazing, refined young women who helped settle the American West. And the story of these brave and hardworking women can't be told without discussing the man behind them: Fred Harvey.
Who were the women in Women of the Wild West?
Calamity Jane, Belle Starr, and Annie Chambers were contemporaries of our previous subjects, the Harvey Girls and Fred Harvey, but they led very...very different lives. We've combined three stories from our archives into one Women of the Wild West episode.
Who is Marjorie Merriweather Post?
Marjorie Merriweather Post Part 2. June 25, 2021 • 115 min. Marjorie Merriweather Post was a natural philanthropist and organizer . Her fortune may have come to her by chance, and she is perhaps most famous for her outward signs of wealth, but she was no mere society butterfly.
What was the name of the book that Fannie Farmer wrote?
Fannie followed her original book, renamed The Fannie Farmer Cookbook, with several more books that were all globally successful. Fannie continued to lecture up until 10 days before a major stroke ended her life on January 15, 1915.
What did Lady Mary really want to be?
While she cared about people not contracting a deadly disease, what Mary really want to be was a writer. Those letters she wrote from the road? She edited them into a book that was the first to capture a woman’s perspective of the Ottoman Empire. It would not be published in her lifetime, she had other things to do…like garden, socialize, write more biting commentaries on political and court life, raise two kids, ditch her husband and run off with a n’er do well Count to Italy, tour Europe, then entwine her life with another unscrupulous noble. (more…)
What is the name of the woman who was the mother of Alexander the Great?
She had several names: Polyxena, Myrtale, Stratonice, and the one she is best known by, Olympias. People often get hung up on the snakes she had around her and the faith by which she lived her life– but we focused on the power she had as not only a wife of a king but the mother of a great one: Alexander the Great. We had to go in the Way…Way Back Machine for the story of this woman who was descended from Achilles (or so family lore claimed) and managed to survive a cut-throat court life at a very turbulent time and place in history. (more…)
How old was the original painting of the woman who disappeared?
The only original painting of her disappeared, this is a copy of that painting done when she was about 25.
Where was Fannie Merritt Farmer born?
Fannie Merritt Farmer was born on March 23, 1857, in Boston Massachusetts. She would live her entire life in the Boston area, but her mark was left around the world. Although her parents, John and Mary Watson Merritt Farmer strongly believed in education for their girls, Fannie’s proper schooling ended before she could even graduate high school. A debilitating illness left her left leg paralyzed, but a gift for cooking and a charming and encouraging personality set her life on another path.
When was the Boston Cooking School Cookbook published?
Shortly after the publication of Fannie’s The Boston Cooking School Cookbook was published in 1896 , 40-year-old Fannie opened her own school in Boston that not only offered classes for cooks, but also for nurses, dieticians, and many classes for housewives.
When is Lucy Day 2021?
Today, October 15th, 2021 is National I Love Lucy Day- a day devoted to celebrating the iconic life and work of Lucille Ball! We thought a good way to honor her would be to combine our previous two-part coverage of Lucille, remaster the audio, and create a supersized, LP of an episode!
