Episodes
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Dames Deferred: A special Moon Landing anniversary edition
Dames Deferred - The Mercury 13 Further Reading: Ackmann, Martha (2003). The Mercury 13: The Untold Story of Thirteen American Women and the Dream of Space Flight. Nolen, Stephanie (2002). Promised the Moon: The Untold Story of the First Women in the Space Race Music: I Should Fly - Vermillion…
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Episode 20: Aviators
'Queen' Bess Coleman and Pancho Barnes Click to listen in new window Further Reading: Bessie Coleman: Queen Bess: Daredevil Aviator by Doris L. Rich Pancho Barnes: The Happy Bottom Riding Club: The Life and Times of Pancho Barnes by Lauren Kessler (2001) The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy...
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Episode 19: Dames who got aim
Mamie "Peanut" Johnson and Lyudmilla Pavlichenko Click to listen in new window Further Reading: Mamie "Peanut" Johnson A Strong Right Arm by Michelle Green Interview on Youtube by Visionary Project Mamie 'Peanut' Johnson, Pitching Pioneer, Interview Fresh Air, NPR 2/18/2003 Mamie Johnson:...
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Episode 18: Dame Adventurers
Lady Hester Stanhope and La Maupin Click to listen in new window Further Reading: Lady Hester: Lady Hester: Queen of the East by Lorna Gibb. (2005) Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope by Dr. Meyron. (1845) La Maupin By the Sword: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and...
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Episode 17: Outlaws
Cora Hubbard and Belle Starr: Wild West Outlaws. Click to listen in new window Further Reading: Cora Hubbard: Bedside Book of Bad Girls: Outlaw Women of the Old West by Michael Rutter Tales Never Told Around the Campfire: True Stories of Frontier America by Mark Dugan Ozarks, Gunfire and Other...
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Episode 16: Circus Performers: Whoot! Whoot!
Dames of the Circus: Lillian Leitzel and Millie-Christine McCoy Click to listen in new window Further reading: Millie-Christine: Fearfully and Wonderfully Made; Joanne Martell; John F. Blair Publisher (2001) Biographical Sketch of Millie Christine, the Carolina Twin, Surnamed the Two-Headed...
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Episode 15 - Funny Dames
Tallulah Bankhead and Dorothy Parker: Droll dames. Click to listen in new window Further Reading: Tallulah Bankhead Tallulah Bankhead: My Autobiography by Tallulah Bankhead (1952) Tallulah Bankhead by Byrony Lavery (1999) Tallulah Bankhead: A Scandalous Life by David Bret (1996) Tallulah ragging…
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Special Minisode - Lydia Litvyak
Sr. Lt. Lydia Vladimirovna aka Lilya Litvyak Right click here and save as to download Further Reading: Wings Women and War by Reina Pennington (1997) Soviet Women in Combat in WWII by Kazimiera J. Cottam (1983) Also, online commentary by Ms. Cottam on the likelihood of the cheating death rumors.
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Episode 14: Dame Physicists (ish)
Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu and The Harvard Computers Special thanks to Bil Sanford for putting science into English for us. Dame is a Four Letter Word - Episode 14 : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive Right click here and save as to download Further Reading: Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu: Question of...
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Episode 13 - Reporters
Nellie Bly and Anna Politkovskaya: Plucky investigative journalists. Right click here and save as to download Further Reading: Nellie Bly: Nellie Bly: Daredevil, Reporter, Feminist by Brooke Kroeger (1994) 10 Days in a Madhouse by Nellie Bly Around the World in 72 Days by Nellie Bly Six Months in...
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Episode 12: Dame Warriors 2: Because Sometimes You Need a Posse
The Trung Women and The Night Witches: Right click here and save as to download Further Reading: The Trung Warriors When Heroism is Not Enough: Three Women Warriors of Vietnam, Their Historians and World History by Professor Marc Jason Gilbert. From Co-Loa to the Trung Sisters' Revolt: Viet-Nam…
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Episode 11: Soldiers
Trieu Thi Trinh and Maria Quitéria de Jesus Meideiros: Women in combat? Yea, they've been tearing up battlefields for centuries upon centuries. Listen up. Right click here and save as to download Further Reading: Trieu Thi Trinh Vietnam, A Long History by Khac Vien Nguyen Vietnam, A Comprehensive...
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Slightly Inebriated Historical Travelogue of St. Petersburg.
Lindsay, Sasha and Laurin with a snowman-spy caught not far from the banks of the Neva. Right click here and save as to download *This travelogue is dedicated to Crystal Veytia, who was one of our traveling buddies and who left this world far too soon shortly after our trip to St. Petersburg. RIP...
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The Unlucky Sophia
When Sophia of Stettin came over to Russia to be the heir’s betrothed, she took her new name of Catherine upon converting to Russian Orthodoxy. She could have kept her old name, Sophia was a proper Russian name, but some think Elizabeth felt it an imprudent choice, considering the history of...
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Episode 10: Queens
Queen Boudica (aka: Boudicca or Boadicea) and Catherine the Great (Ekaterina the 2nd) Right click here and save as to download Further Reading: Queen Boudica: "Boudica: Iron Age Warrior Queen" by Richard Hingley and Christina Unwin. "The Annals" by Tacitus. (Boudica's story was rediscovered in…
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Episode 9: Dames Mathematica
Ada Lovelace and Emmy Noether - Dames of Mathematics Right click here and save as to download Further Reading: Ada Lovelace "Ada: The Enchantress of Numbers" by Betty Toole (2010) "The Calculating Passion of Ada Byron" by Joan Baum (1986) "Ada, Countess of Lovelace, Byron's only Legitimate...
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Episode 8: Dames of Philosophy
Simone de Beauvoir and Hannah Arendt: Logical ladies possessing giant intellects. Forget the teachings which say that women are solely emotional creatures, incapable of sophisticated reasoning. The fact is that females have repeatedly proved throughout history that they're just as logical as…
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