by The History Chicks | Mar 26, 2017 | Biography Episode, Episode, Podcasts, Shownotes
You voted for Eleanor of Aquitaine in our last Guaranteed Content Poll. Excellent choice! The Queen of both France and England, and the mother of royalty, she contributed more than looking pretty in a crown – she ruled. And by that we mean, she RULED!
Eleanor’s seal
by The History Chicks | Mar 4, 2017 | Biography Episode, Episode, Podcasts, Shownotes
There are people who define Artemisia’s life by the trauma she endured, it’s where they begin her story and where they return time and time again.
We aren’t those people. While her rape as a teenager must have influenced her, what this Master Baroque painter did after that is where we spend most of this episode. (We do suggest that an adult preview the audio of this episode before letting kids listen.)
Self Portrait as the Allegory of Painting
by The History Chicks | Feb 11, 2017 | Biography Episode, Episode, Podcasts, Shownotes
Ida B. Wells- born a slave, educated in a post-Civil War south and left to care for her family at an early age. She grew to become a teacher, a writer, a crusader for civil rights, a suffragist, a wife and mother. A woman of strength and character who dared to speak up and challenge those who desired to oppress others, even when her own safety was at risk.
How could we not talk about a woman like this?
by The History Chicks | Jan 28, 2017 | Biography Episode, Episode, Podcasts, Shownotes
In Part One, Lucille Ball worked her way up the entertainment ladder, married, had a baby and launched a new television show (which seems like enough for a full life,) but Lucille’s life was about to get MUCH fuller.
After I Love Lucy debuted in 1951, Lucille rapidly achieved the superstar status that she had worked over half her life for. (And for those of you looking for inspiration from women of experienced age…she was 40 when the show began AND when she had her first child.) You wanted the lyrics to the theme song so you could sing along, right? (more…)
Beckett Graham and Susan Vollenweider: Two women. Half the population. Several thousand years of history. About an hour.
