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GirlSpeak
by Girl Museum
Explore the art, history, and culture of girlhood around the world. Our monthly journeys include conversations and interviews about Girl Museum's exhibitions, projects and more on the topics of art, history, material culture, and social issues that center girls' points of view. Episodes are narrated by members of Girl Museum, the first and only museum in the world dedicated to celebrating girlhood. Hosted by Ashley E. Remer and the Girl Museum team. Our music is by Chan A-V.
Episodes
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International Day of the Girl: End Girl Marriage
Every year at GirlSpeak we honor the UN International Day of the Girl. This year's theme is 'End child marriage and invest in girls’ rights', something everyone should be able to support! We are spotlighting the real life impacts of girls marriage and the new laws brought in by the Taliban. Head...
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The Culture of Girls' Nutrition
This month on GirlSpeak, Head Girl Ashley E. Remer talks with midwife and health and nutrition specialist Kelley Khamphouxay about girls' nutrition needs, stunting, and the windows of opportunity to build strong and healthy girls. Here are some links to information about girls' nutrition…
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Girls' Magazines
Did you read girls' magazines when you were younger? Do you still read them? We do. Explore the history of American girls' magazines with our Education Advisor Hillary Hanel. Visit Girl Museum for more girl-positive content. To learn more, check out: Digitized The American Girl Magazines…
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1776 Girls: Dicey Langston
This month, the Junior Curator of our latest exhibition, 1776: Revolutionary Girls, Lindsay Guarnieri takes a deeper dive into one of the girls featured, Dicey Langston. Learn more about this amazing teenage heroine and come visit the show! References...
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Girls on the Eve of the American Revolution
This month's episode starts our conversations about girls during the time of the American Revolution in honor of 250 years of independence. Resident scholar Elizabeth Dillenberg discusses notable early American girls-Sybil Ludington, Emily Geiger, and Anna Green Winslow. For more information…
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International Museum Day 2026- A Conversation about 'Museums Uniting a Divided World'
To honor ICOM's 80th anniversary and the 2026 International Museum Day, Girl Museum's Head Girl Ashley E Remer speaks with Aotearoa New Zealand museum leader Liz Cotton about this year's theme-- 'Museums Uniting a Divided World'. Join us for a great conversation about our work in museums and how…
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Girls' Wartime Writing
This month, GirlSpeak focuses on girls writings about war. Resident Scholar Elizabeth Dillenburg discusses the impact of armed conflicts on girls' lives and how they use writing to share and reflect on their situations. For more, read: Girl Museum's blogs by Tahera K....
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March is for Heroines
Girl Museum celebrates Women's History this month with our biennial Heroines Quilt exhibition. Head Girl Ashley E Remer reflects on the exhibition, what makes a heroine, and why we need them as girls and as grown ups in today's world. Education Advisor Hillary Rose also gives her thoughts on the...
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Student Takeover 3! JMU Students talk to WORI
This month's podcast continues our collaborative project with James Madison University’s Feminist Rhetorics course. This is the final of three podcasts guest-hosted by team of students who are exploring Girl Museum, the Girls. Period. exhibition. On this episode, the team interview Kigere Rose…
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Student Takeover 2! JMU Students talk about Girls.Period.
Our first podcast of 2026 continues our collaborative project with James Madison University’s Feminist Rhetorics course. This is the second of three podcasts guest-hosted by team of students from that class who are exploring Girl Museum, the Girls. Period. exhibition. The team continue their...
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Student takeover! JMU Interviews Girl Museum
For our final podcast of the year, we are flipping the script with our collaborative project with James Madison University’s Feminist Rhetorics course. The next three podcasts will be guest-hosted by team of students from that class who are exploring Girl Museum, the Girls. Period. exhibition and...
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Girls' Letters from the Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School
Our November episode of GirlSpeak honors US National Native American Heritage Month through exploring girls' letters who attended Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School. Thousands of children were forced to attend these schools across North America for over 100 years. It is a heart-breaking and...
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International Day of the Girl 2025
In this month's episode, Head Girl Ashley E. Remer discusses the International Day of the Girl Child and the 2025 theme- ‘The girl I am, the change I lead: Girls on the frontlines of crisis’. She talks about the Girl Goals report and shines a spotlight on Afghanistan with refugee Tahera's...
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Daisy Bell and her Father
In this month's episode of GirlSpeak, Education Advisor Hillary Rose discusses the letters between Daisy Bell and her father Alexander Graham Bell, inventor and scientist. This correspondence was between 1895 and 1902, when Daisy was 15 to 22 years old. The original letters are all held in the...
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The Diary of Charlotte Forten Grimké
This month we continue our GirlSpeak series on girls' letters and diaries with Resident Scholar Elizabeth Dillenburg discussing the journal of Black poet, educator, and abolitionist Charlotte Forten Grimké. More information on Grimké here and here. Visit Girl Museum.
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Girls' Letters to Astronauts
In a continuation of our series of girls' letters and diaries, this month Girl Museum's Education Advisor Hillary Rose discusses girls' interests in STEM, their letters to astronauts, and the big questions of the universe. Link to the Girl Museum DBQ Link to article about study of children…
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Wang Zhenyi: Poet Mathematician
This month, Resident Scholar Elizabeth Dillenberg shares the story of Wang Zhenyi, a Qing dynasty mathematician and astronomer, who also wrote poetry. Her body of knowledge was quite an achievement for someone who died at 29. For more on Wand Zhenyi, check out our blog.
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Girls' Historic & Contemporary Fashion Trends
In this month's episode of GirlSpeak, education volunteer Ada Kalu discusses beauty and fashion trends from the late 19th century Spring wardrobe from a Girls' Own Paper to 2020's Tweencore. You can check out Girl Museum's exhibition What We Wear: British Girls' Fashion and search for other…
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College Girls' Diaries
In our April installment of the girls' diaries and letters series, our Education Advisor Hillary Hanel, discusses college life via girls diaries from the early 1920s and 1940s. Mildred Valeda Daum, 1920-4 Margetta Hirsch Doyle Diary, 1943
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Women's History Month: Girls' Suffragist Writings
To honor Women's History Month, Girl Museum's Resident Scholar Elizabeth Dillenberg discusses girls' participation in the Suffragist movement. Join us at Girl Museum to celebrate Women's History Month with our latest art exhibition. Elsie Duvall Diaries and Writings:...
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Girls’ Letters about US Civil Rights
This month, in honor of Black History Month, and to acknowledge President’s Day, Girl Museum resident scholar Elizabeth Dillenburg discusses children’s role in the Civil Rights Movement and girls’ letters to President John F. Kennedy. These letters show how girls speaking for freedom, justice…
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Girls' Letters to Presidents
This year Girl Museum is creating a special series of GirlSpeak, reading and examining historic girls' letters and diary entries. To begin this series and to coincide with the presidential inauguration on January 20th in the United States of America, Elizabeth Dillenburg, Resident Scholar,...
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Notre-Dame Cathedral and Mary
In this last episode of 2024, in honor of the re-opening of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Ashley examines the church, the story of Mary, and her role in religion and culture. If you are interested in finding out more about girls in Christianity, check out Girl Museum's exhibition, Girl Saints....
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British Teen Fashions of the 1950s-1960s [Re-Release]
This month we are re-releasing a podcast in support of our upcoming exhibition on British Girls Fashion. Please join us again next month for a new episode. In this episode, we will be looking at the new, different, and exciting range of teenage fashions in the 1950s and 1960s. This was a...
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International Day of the Girl 2024
We are celebrating International Day of the Girl Child (IDG) on October 11. This year's theme is ‘Girls' Vision of the Future’. Head Girl Ashley E. Remer interviews researcher Özlem Lakatos about her work on girls' and children's rights and the importance of the IDG.
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Girls at the Paralympics 2024
We are wrapping up the Paris Olympics season with Junior Girl Lindsay discusses the amazing achievements of girls at the Paralympics.
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Girls at the Olympics
In honor of the Paris Olympics, Junior Girl Lindsay discusses the history and amazing achievements of girls in the Olympic Games.
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How World War II Changed British Women’s Fashion
In this month's podcast, Scarlett discusses the changing fashion for girls and women brought about by World War II. This episode is part of a series of podcasts in support of our upcoming exhibition What We Wear: British Girls' Fashion. Look forward to other fashion pods coming up later in the...
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Pridecast- Celebrating Trans Girls
This month, Nat Urban hosts our June podcast to celebrate Pride and Trans Girls. Check out Nat's exhibition at Girl Museum, Queerness and Girlhood: The Interviews. Thanks for listening.
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International Museum Day 2024- A Conversation about ‘Museums for Education and Research’
To commemorate International Museum Day 2024, Girl Museum founder and Head Girl Ashley E. Remer and Education Advisor Hillary Hanel, have a conversation about this year's theme ‘Museums for Education and Research’.
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Reflecting on 15 Years of Girl Museum
To celebrate Girl Museum's 15th birthday, in this episode, founder and Head Girl Ashley E. Remer and Resident Scholar Elizabeth Dillenberg talk about the first fifteen years of Girl Museum. Check out Girl Museum for what's on now.
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Queerness & Girlhood: The Interviews
Ever thought about being your own creator? In this episode Junior Girl and researcher Nat Urban explores the exhibition they curated Queerness & Girlhood: The Interviews. Using the interviews from the exhibition, Urban does a deep dive into the themes and topics of gender, girlhood and queerness...
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American Heroine: Poet Phillis Wheatley
In this episode, Girl Museum resident scholar Elizabeth Dillenberg discusses American poet Phillis Wheatley in honor of Black History Month as well as to introduce the new Girl Museum exhibition for March Heroines of the American Revolution and actor Sarah Sulewski reads Wheatley’s ‘To the…
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Girlhood is a Spectrum
Thanks for joining us for our first podcast of 2024. In this episode, Ashley and Glafira read their favorite pieces from the new Girl Museum exhibition Girlhood is a Spectrum. This community-created show celebrates the versatility of girlhood through the language of poetry, prose, and images....
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International Day of the Girl 2023
It is the International Day of the Girl Child (IDG) on October 11. This year's theme is ‘Invest in Girls' Rights: Our Leadership, Our Well-being’. Head Girl Ashley E. Remer discusses her views and how museums can be more active in commemorating this important day. Learn about the International…
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Fashion and Emancipation with Women's Museum Merano
Judith Mittelberger of Frauen Museum (Women's Museum Merano) joins Ashley to discuss their work in preserving and interpreting fashion of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries, especially for teenaged girls. Judith and Ashley dive deep into a recent museum workshop for teenage girls called "Can I...
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Trans across Time
In honor of Pride 2023, Tiffany looks at three potential examples of transgender individuals in history that demonstrate the complexities of studying gender and the importance of recognizing LGBTQ histories.
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Women in Protest Art with Bosla Arts
What does it mean to look at art with a female gaze? What is the role of women in art today, especially protest art? Join special guest Georgia Beeston, co-founder of Bosla Arts, who discusses these questions with Contemporary Art Curator Scarlett Evans. Bosla Arts is a new platform to support…
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Child Photographers
In this episode, Ashley interviews Dr. Melissa Nolas about The Children’s Photography Archive, a project that collects photographs by children. They discuss the challenges of such an endeavor and the issues around children as artists, including consent and locating the objects in our cultures…
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Day of the Girl 2022
Ashley reflects on ten years of celebrating International Day of the Girl Child.
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Talking about Shopping Addiction
In this episode we are going to explore shopping addiction from a psychological lens. Specifically, how our addiction to fast fashion, the modern world, and gender all play major roles in how we interact with and consume fashion. TRIGGER WARNING: Before we dive into this podcast episode we want…
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Teen Fashions of the 1950s-1960s
In this episode, we will be looking at the new, different, and exciting range of teenage fashions in the 1950s and 1960s. This was a particularly exciting period for teenagers, as they began to break away from their parents’ generation to develop their own distinct style and interests. Vogue…
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Girls in Creation Myths: Pandora
What do you know about the Greek myth of Pandora's box? In Greek mythology, Pandora was the first girl to be created. Her portrayal can tell us about how girls were viewed and treated in ancient Greek society. This podcast will explore Pandora's portrayal and her influence on girls in later…
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Wild girls: Artemis and the Festival of Arkteia
Why are girls discouraged from being wild, free and playful when they grow up? Can we ever regain this wildness? This podcast looks at the Festival of Arkteia in Ancient Greece, in order to explore where this idea of purging wildness in girls comes from.
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Honoring Nellie Bly
This month marks 100 years since the death of Nellie Bly. Remembered for her investigative journalism, most do not realize that Nellie was a *girl* when she began her remarkable career. We investigate.
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Girl Powered Holidays
How have girls and women contributed to popular holiday traditions? We do a quick recap!
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Remembering Babi Yar
Can we use the past to create a better world? We think so. As we begin to reflect on the past year, one anniversary stood out: 80 years since Babi Yar. This is their story.
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The Fox Sisters
In a season of spooks, where are the girls? We dive into story of Katie and Maggie Fox, whose tragic lives sparked an international movement
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IDG 2021: Logging Off with Fabiana Romain
In this special episode for International Day of the Girl, Yuwen talks with Fabiana Romain, the LOG OFF movement’s podcast co-host and director of its Female Empowerment initiative. Learn about the beginnings of LOG OFF and Fabiana's insights into social media use during the pandemic and in light...
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Sitting Still with Dido Belle
Ashley and Amber reflect on the famous painting of Dido Belle, an 18th century Black girl raised in Britain. What does her portrait tell us about her and the time she lived in?
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Explore the art, history, and culture of girlhood around the world. Our monthly journeys include conversations and interviews about Girl Museum's exhibitions, projects and more on the topics of art, history, material culture, and social issues that center girls' points of view. Episodes are narrated by members of Girl Museum, the first and only museum in the world dedicated to celebrating girlhood. Hosted by Ashley E. Remer and the Girl Museum team. Our music is by Chan A-V.
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Explore the art, history, and culture of girlhood around the world. Our monthly journeys include conversations and interviews about Girl Museum's exhibitions, projects and more on the topics of art, history, material culture, and social issues that center girls' points of view. Episodes are...
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