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Sistory Untold
by Marva and Sabrina
Join us as we explore history through the eyes of sisterhood. History often tells us that behind every great man is a strong woman. We see things a little differently. We think beside every strong woman is another strong woman, supporting her, influencing her, challenging her, hating or loving her.We look into all of the rivalries, collaborations, frenemies and friendships that make up sisterhood. We hope you enjoy.
Episodes
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Daughters of the King with Kerry Chaput
On this episode we speak to Kerry Chaput, the author of the historical fiction novel Daughter of the King. Kerry has done tons of research about the late 17th-century practice of young French girls moving to French Canada as “daughters of the king” (filles du roi) to marry settlers. Over 800…
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The Queen and the Mistress: The Women of Edward III with Gemma Hollman
We are so excited to welcome back author and historian Gemma Hollman to the show in our first episode of season 3! Gemma joined us to talk about her new book The Queen and the Mistress: The Women of Edward III and the women whose story it tells- Philippa of Hainault and Alice Perrers. If you like...
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Byzantine Babes and Besties
This weeks episode we are meeting Byzantine besties Theodora and Antonina. Actresses that climbed up to social ladder in 6th century Byzantine empire. This is not an easy feat but it makes it easier to have your best gal pal by your side! This is part 1 of 2 where we meet our sisters and…
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Snow Widows Part 2 With Katherine Macinnes
Welcome back to our two-part series on "Snow Widows: Scott'S Fatal Antarctic Expedition Through the Eyes of the Women They Left Behind." On this episode, we continue our conversation with biographer Katherine MacInnes and dive deeper into the lives of the five women in her book: Kathleen Scott,...
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Snow Widows with Katherine MacInnes
You may have heard of Captain Robert Scott and his tragic trip to the Antartic but do you know the stories of the women left behind? This week we have author Katherine MacInnes with us to tell us the stories of Kathleen Scott, Oriana Wilson, Caroline Oates, Emily Bowers, and Lois Evans the wives...
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Let Them Eat Paint: Elisabeth Vigee Lebrun and Adelaide Labille Guiard Part 2
On this episode, we give a quick rundown of the who, what, when, and why of the French Revolution before returning to our sistory about eighteenth-century painters Elisabeth Vigee Lebrun and Adelaide Labille Guiard. These women, now both successful painters and members of the Royal Academy, find...
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Paint Me Like One of Your French Girls: Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun and Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (Part 1)
On the eve of the French Revolution, two women gained access to France's most elite and exclusive community of artists: The Royal Academy. Elisabeth and Adelaide were admitted to the Academy on the same day, during a period when the Academy allowed a maximum of four female members at any given...
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A Legendary Rivalry: Brunhilda and Fredegund
We're so excited to be back with our first episode of 2022! We are jam-packing this season with amazing, inspiring, sometimes intimidating women from history. In this episode we are going way way back to the 6th century to talk about two queens whose rivalry spanned 4 decades. This story really...
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Las Mariposas: The Mirabal Sisters
Warning: this episode contains violent content. After growing up during the bloodiest period in the history of the Americas under the rule of a dictator, three girls decided to become the face of a resistance movement. The Mirabal Sisters Patria, Minerva, and Maria Teresa started out with small…
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“Seducing and Killing Nazis”: Hannie, Truus, and Freddie
Warning! If you didn't guess by the title this episode contains violent themes. This week we are learning all about three teenage girls who took bravery and the fight for justice to the next level. Hannie, Truus, and Freddie worked with the Dutch resistance in WWII to fight the Nazi invasion.…
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Aphra Behna and Nell Gwyn Part 2: A Conversation with Claire Louise Amias
Last week, you learned about the individual lives of the playwright Aphra Behn and the actress Nell Gwyn. On today's episode, present day writer and actor Claire Louise Amias joins us to talk about these women's sisterhood and shares some fun anecdotes about each of them. Claire trained as an…
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Playwrights and Paramours: Aphra Behn and Nell Gwyn Part 1
In this episode, we talk about Aphra Behn and Nell Gwyn as individuals, so that next time we can talk about their sisterhood. But even alone, these women led interesting and impressive lives! Aphra was a novelist, poet, and and dramatist who was the first professional female writer in English.…
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Evelyn Nesbit and Edna Goodrich
**trigger warning** This episode covers subjects of sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse. Our first episode of season 2.5! Thanks for sticking with us! This weeks episode is all about Edna Goodrich and Evelyn Nesbit! For pictures and more info on the episode check us out on…
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Blue Bloods: The Blue Stockings Society Minisode
In the mid-eighteenth century, everyone who's anyone would attend salons at aristocrats' houses to drink, play cards, and gossip. But the Bluestocking philosophers had something else in mind. This group of women bonded over tea, enlightened conversation, and literary discussion. As an informal…
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The Glamorous Gabors: Magda, Zsa Zsa, and Eva Gabor
The first celebrities of their kind, the Gabors were considered famous for just being famous. With 19 husbands among the three of them and their fair share of very public affairs, they became notorious. But there was so much more to them than that. They were a tight-knit family of Hungarian...
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Samurai Sisters: Yamakawa Sutematsu and Tsuda Ume Part 2
This is Part 2 of the “Samurai Sisters” episodes. Today, we will finish telling the story of Sutematsu and Ume, two girls and who studied abroad in America in the 19th century, then returned to Japan and transformed their education system. Sutematsu played a huge role in bringing philanthropy to...
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Samurai Sisters: Yamakawa Sutematsu and Tsuda Ume
In December of 1871, five young girls from samurai families embarked on the adventure of a lifetime. They sailed from Yokohama, Japan to San Francisco, California then traveled the country on a brand new railroad, finally arriving in Washington DC. While the men they were with went on to complete...
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Galentine’s Day Minisode: Bachelor Girls
With the advent of the “New Woman” in the late 19th century, England and America saw a resurgence of empowered women. They smoked, rode bikes, went to college, and said no to marriage proposals. And so, a new type of sisterhood emerged: bachelor girls. Bachelor girls were eligible, career-focused...
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Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary: Mary Astell and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
Mary Astell and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu had a lot more in common than having a record book full of firsts— the first English feminist, the founder of the first school with an all female board of governors, the first English female travel writer, the first woman published in the Spectator. They...
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Sinners and Sisters: The Sisters of Mercy and Magdalene Laundries
This week we are crossing the Irish sea to talk about the dark side of sisterhood through the magdalene laundries and the nuns who ran them. You will definitely be questioning who exactly are the sinners and who are the sisters. In classic Marva fashion this is not a light story to take in. Can...
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A (sort of) Matriarchal Dynasty: Asma and Arwa al-Sulayhi
It's rare to come across a dynasty that was ruled entirely by women, but we were lucky enough to find one for this episode! Asma Bint Shihab al-Sulayhi and Arwa al-Sulayhi ruled Yemen alongside and often in place of their husbands, the king. Asma was Arwa's cousin, mentor, teacher, mother-in-law...
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Madame C.J. Walker Recap: Interview with A’Lelia Bundles
In this bonus episode, we speak with A’Lelia Bundles, the great-great-granddaughter of Madame C.J. Walker and author of “On Her Own Ground,” the basis for Netflix’s limited series “Self-Made.” We talk with her about Madame C.J. Walker’s relationships with other women, and the line between fiction...
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The Rumour in St. Petersberg: The Romanov sisters
There's a lot to cover this week as we talk about the four Romanov daughters. You may think you know the story from (one of the best all time movies) Anastasia but here we are focusing on all of the sisters- their loves, their sometimes bad attitudes, and their lives which were tragically cut...
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Mean or Misunderstood? Sisterhood in King Lear
This episode is a Sistory Untold first! We are talking about three fictional women: Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia in William Shakespeare's beloved tragedy, King Lear. The older sisters in this play are often portrayed as pure evil, but is that the case? We talk about that and so much more in this...
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Not the Last Tasmanians: Truganini and Fanny Cochrane Smith
In this episode we are covering the tragic lives of the two women who are often considered the "last Tasmanians". They survived torture and genocide and also managed to live really interesting and remarkable lives. From out law gangs to music and theatre these two women have seen and done it all....
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Daughters of Anarchy: Voltairine de Cleyre and Emma Goldman
In this episode, we are talking about Voltairine de Cleyre and Emma Goldman, two American-based anarchafeminists who stood up to women’s rights and really stuck it to the man in the late 19th and early 20th century. Although they didn’t always see eye to eye, they often supported and praised each...
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Royal Witches with Gemma Hollman Part 2
Here’s part two of our interview with Gemma Hollman, the author of Royal Witches. Today we are talking about Eleanor Cobham and Joan of Navarre. We hope you enjoy, and wish you a happy Halloween!
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Royal Witches with Gemma Hollman Part 1
In part one of this two-part Halloween special, we speak with author Gemma Hollman about her book “Royal Witches.” We’ll revisit some familiar women— Jacquetta and Elizabeth Woodville— who you can learn more about in our Medieval Queens series that came out earlier this season! We’ll specifically...
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German Valkyries Part 2: Melitta Von Stauffenberg and Hanna Reitsch
This is the conclusion to last weeks episode about the German WWII pilots Melitta Von Stauffenberg and Hanna Reitsch. In this rollercoaster of emotions episode we find out how the war ends for Melitta and Hanna and discuss how the choices they made impacted their legacy. If you haven't already...
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German Valkyries Part 1: Melitta Von Stauffenberg and Hanna Reitsch
This week we are talking about a different kind of sistory. In our most modern episode yet we talk about the female World War II German pilots Melitta Von Stauffenberg and Hanna Reitsch. Although these women could not be more different from each other their life paths would take them in similar...
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Saints and Sisters: Santa Teresa and Sor Juana
On this episode, we are breaking one of our own rules: we are talking about two sisters who never met. In fact, they lived in different centuries on different continents. And yet, they’re Sisters. That’s right— capital S Sisters. Santa Teresa de Ávila and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz were both nuns…
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Medieval Queens pt 4: Elizabeth Woodville and Margaret Beaufort
You may have seen their stories on the show "The White Queen" but you have to know their full stories to really understand them. This is the episode we've all (well Marva) has been waiting for. The conclusion to our Medieval Queens series, at leat for now. Margaret Beaufort and Elizabeth…
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Stunning Sisters: Models of the Pre-Raphaelite Sisterhood
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was a secret society of painters in the mid 19th century that formed as a rebellion against the "dark and unimaginative" mainstream artists of the time. But we don't care about them. In this episode, we will talk about the women who truly made this artistic movement...
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Goddess sisters: Pele, Kapo, Hi'iaka, and Namaka
This is a Sistory Untold first! We are talking about not two but four sisters! These sisters also just so happen to be goddesses and some of the coolest stories we have ever told. So tune in this ep to find out about these amazing legendary sisters. Buckle up because these sisters have even more...
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Jane and Cassandra Austen with Historian, Dr. Lizzie Rogers
This is part two of our guest episode on Jane and Casandra Austen. We are hearing from historian and Jane Austen enthusiast Lizzie Rogers all about the Austen sisters. You will Find out about their very deep personal connection as well as a few things that might surprise you about the sisters we...
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Jane Austen Part 1: The World and Writings of Jane Austen with Jackie Herring
In this episode, we speak with Jackie Herring, the director of the Jane Austen Festival in Bath. Every year, thousands of Jane Austen lovers from around the world come together to learn, dance, promenade, and build community. In addition to talking about the festival, Jackie tells us about Jane...
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Medieval Queens pt 3: Wolves and Witches- Margaret of Anjou and Jacquetta of Luxembourg
Medieval women and war might seem like two opposites but in Margaret of Anjou you find a woman who is never going to back down from a fight. Jacquetta of Luxembourg may not be as blood thirsty but she was never one to sit on the sidelines. Find out about two women who quite literally made history...
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Mysticism or Madness? Margery Kempe and Julian of Norwich
Picture this: it’s the mid 1300s, the Black Death just killed 1/3 of country, every time you turn around there’s a new pope, and you’re bedridden. This is the position in which Margery and Julian found themselves immediately before their divine encounters. But, as fascinating as their encounters...
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Live Fast, Die Young: Maria Coventry and Kitty Fisher
Bad girls do it well... In 18th century society both Maria Coventry and Kitty Fisher embodied these modern day lyrics. Their rivalry was the talk of the town and their legacies would go on to inspire books, paintings, poems, and now the TV show Harlots (on Hulu and BBC2). Listen to their full...
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Women in Pre-Colonial Philippines: Caquenga and Luysa
From their earliest creation stories to the 2017 WEF Global Gender Gap report, women in the Philippines consistently experience more equality with men than in many other nations. But what did that look like when Spanish colonizers arrived and observed that in the Philippines “the best man is a...
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Medieval Queens pt 2: The Isabellas
Queen Isabella and Isabella de Beaumont’s lives were full of contradictions. They were women but had massive power, they were friends and mortal enemies, they were of Royal bloodlines but had few choices, their reputations were immortalized and yet their true stories were forgotten. Listen to…
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Ride or die sisters: An Analysis of Thelma and Louise with Audrey Thorne
In this episode, Sabrina interviews Audrey Thorne, the host of the podcast “Lights, Camera, Analysis.” She explains why the type of sisterhood we see in her favorite film, Thelma and Louise, is so radically different from archetypal friendships. From defending each other to driving off a cliff...
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Hamilton continued: The Founding Mothers
Join us for our first bonus episode! We’ll discuss feminism in Hamilton, stories of the Schuyler sisters leaping from second story windows and rescuing babies, and lastly discuss some key female figures from the American Revolution era. We hope you enjoy!
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The Founding Sisters: Eliza and Angelica Schuyler
We watched Hamilton on Disney + and we know you did too. But it left us wanting to know more about the real women portrayed in the musical. In this first episode of a two part series, we cover America’s founding sisters, Eliza and Angelica Schuyler. Listen in as we discuss all things 18th century...
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Capital R Romantics: Mary Shelley and Claire Clairmont
Tune in to hear a story about volcanic eruptions, babies of questionable origins, drowned lovers, and, of course, sisterhood. You’ve probably heard of Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, but did you know she had a step-sister and close companion, Claire Clairmont? Claire was also a writer…
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Medieval Queens pt.1: Empress Matilda and Queen Eleanor
Empress Matilda (Maud) was the daughter, wife, and mother of Henry, or so it goes on her epitaph. To us at Sistory Untold however, Matilda was much more than a relation to the powerful men in her life. She was a woman who would do almost anything to protect what was hers by birth right. Eleanor…
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What makes a sister a sister?
In this first minisode, Marva and Sabrina define sisterhood and only occasionally go on tangents about whether or not Sabrina is a fair match for a tiger.
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Get Out of My Hair!—Madame C.J. Walker and Annie Turnbo Malone
Mentorship, rivalry, or mere cheap imitation? Madame C.J. Walker and Annie Turnbo Malone had a complicated relationship. Join us as we take sides, invent words like “histronomics,” and blame both Netflix and our 2nd grade teachers for painting an incomplete picture of history. We hope you enjoy...
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Sistory Untold Trailer
Welcome to our podcast, Sistory Untold, where we explore history through the eyes of sisterhood. Much like sisterhood, this podcast can be a bit messy, but is a labor of love. We hope you’ll join us on June 23 as we dive into Sistory.
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Join us as we explore history through the eyes of sisterhood. History often tells us that behind every great man is a strong woman. We see things a little differently. We think beside every strong woman is another strong woman, supporting her, influencing her, challenging her, hating or loving her.We look into all of the rivalries, collaborations, frenemies and friendships that make up sisterhood. We hope you enjoy.
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