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When Women Walked
by History Queen | Madison Givens
When Women Walked is a history podcast about movement — across streets, borders, courtrooms, classrooms, and generations.Hosted by historian and educator Madison Givens, each episode centers the people, places, and moments that history kept moving past. Those who walked anyway. Toward justice. Toward power. Toward survival. Toward change.Some of these stories you've heard before — just not the whole truth. Most of them you haven't heard at all.When Women Walked asks what their movement made possible. And what it still demands of us.
Episodes
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The Pirate Queen
Before she was 30, Ching Shih commanded a fleet of tens of thousands of pirates and ships, defying the Qing dynasty, Britain, and Portugal—and walked away undefeated. In this episode of When Women Walked, we explore how a former sex worker rose to become one of history's most powerful pirate...
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Fire and Freedom
They were enslaved, outnumbered, and written off by the world — and they won anyway. This episode tells the story of the Haitian Revolution, one of the most successful slave revolts in history, and the fierce, defiant people who helped burn empires to the ground and birth a nation. But freedom…
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The Poetical Scientist
Before computers existed, one woman imagined what they could become. In this episode of When Women Walked, we explore the remarkable life of Ada Lovelace, a nineteenth-century mathematician who saw the future of computing long before the modern computer was built. But her greatest achievement may...
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Blessed is the Match
In 1944, as the Holocaust consumed Europe, a 23-year-old Jewish poet volunteered for a mission many believed was impossible. Hannah Senesh left her home in Palestine, trained with the British military, and parachuted into Nazi-occupied Europe in an effort to aid resistance fighters and help…
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The Queen who Burned Rome
Rome believed Britain was conquered. By the first century CE, Roman legions controlled much of the island. Cities were built, taxes were collected, and imperial authority seemed unshakable. But in the year 60 CE, Rome made a brutal mistake... They humiliated the Queen of the Iceni people. Leading...
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Brigid's Sacred Flame
Long before Ireland was filled with stone churches and monasteries, stories were told of a woman whose power felt almost otherworldly. Brigid of Kildare lived in the fifth century, at the crossroads of Celtic tradition and early Christianity, and her life became legend. She fed the poor…
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A Mother's War
In 2002, Susana Trimarco’s daughter, Marita Verón, disappeared in Argentina—kidnapped by a human trafficking network that preyed on young women. What followed was not just a mother’s search, but the beginning of a movement. Refusing to accept silence or corruption, Trimarco went undercover in...
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Read to Exist
Before there were marches, there were classrooms. Before microphones, there were pencils. In this episode of When Women Walked, we explore the life and legacy of Septima Clark—the educator who helped build the intellectual foundation of the Civil Rights Movement. Through the Citizenship Schools...
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Grit, Gold, and Glory
Before the medals. Before the endorsements. Before the prime-time coverage — there were women who ran anyway. In this episode of When Women Walked, we enter the Olympic arena through the women who refused to wait their turn. From pioneers who were barred from entire events to athletes who…
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Henrietta Wasn't Immortal
Henrietta Lacks changed modern medicine, but she was never asked. In this episode of When Women Walked, I tell the story of the woman behind HeLa — the mother, the daughter, the Black woman whose cells helped develop the polio vaccine, advanced cancer research, contributed to HIV treatment, and...
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First, But Forgotten
Claudette Colvin and the cost of being first.
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Rosa in the Rain
We are taught that Rosa Parks was tired. That her refusal on a Montgomery bus was spontaneous. Quiet. Accidental. In this episode of When Women Walked, historian and educator Madison Givens slows the story down and returns Rosa Parks to herself—not as a symbol, but as a lifelong organizer,...
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We Begin by Walking
When Women Walked is a history podcast about movement—literal and political—and the women who used it to challenge power, demand justice, and reshape the world. This introductory episode lays the foundation for the series: why walking matters as a historical act, how women’s movement has been...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
When Women Walked is a history podcast about movement — across streets, borders, courtrooms, classrooms, and generations.Hosted by historian and educator Madison Givens, each episode centers the people, places, and moments that history kept moving past. Those who walked anyway. Toward justice. Toward power. Toward survival. Toward change.Some of these stories you've heard before — just not the whole truth. Most of them you haven't heard at all.When Women Walked asks what their movement made possible. And what it still demands of us.
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History Queen | Madison Givens
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When Women Walked currently has 13 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is When Women Walked about?
When Women Walked is a history podcast about movement — across streets, borders, courtrooms, classrooms, and generations.Hosted by historian and educator Madison Givens, each episode centers the people, places, and moments that history kept moving past. Those who walked anyway. Toward justice....
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When Women Walked is created and hosted by History Queen | Madison Givens.
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