We are Barbie Girls (not really) in a Barbie world (sure, why not?); life in plastic, it’s fantastic! So say the paraphrased lyrics of Aqua’s 1997 hit, Barbie Girl, but how did Barbie’s world get created and who is the mastermind behind it? (more…)
Archive for 2018
Episode 115: Belle Starr and Calamity Jane
Posted 27 November 2018 by The History ChicksTagged As: American History, Belle Starr, Calamity Jane, Women of the Wild West | Categories: Episode, Podcasts | Leave a Comment
Everyone has a lesson to teach us, even the hard living, hard drinking, crime breaking ones who bucked convention and survived in a dangerous time and place. These two women of the American wild west fall on a side of the life-choices spectrum that we don’t usually talk about, but it’s time that we did. We thought it was time to tell the stories of two women with fabulous, well-known nicknames that mask who they really were. (Lady Gaga and Madonna are amazing but come back in 120 years and we’ll talk.) (more…)
Episode 114: Anne Frank
Posted 9 November 2018 by The History ChicksTagged As: Anne Frank, Female Diarist, Holocaust, Women of WWII | Categories: Episode, Podcasts | Leave a Comment
Anne Frank’s life was only 15 years long, but her legacy? It’s going to outlast us all.
Annelies Marie Frank was born on June 12, 1929 in Frankfurt, Germany, second child to Otto and Edith who were both from well-to-do, German Jewish families. Otto was a decorated officer in the German army, well traveled, spent a couple years in the United States and went back to Germany to work at his family’s bank and throat lozenge company. Edith graduated from a Protestant girl’s school, and worked for her family’s business. (more…)
Episode 110: Georgia O’Keeffe
Posted 12 August 2018 by The History ChicksTagged As: American Artists, American Modernism, Female Artists, Georgia O'Keefe | Categories: Episode, Podcasts | Leave a Comment
The line between Georgia O’Keeffe’s childhood in Wisconsin to her death nearly 100 years later is as jagged, complex, colorful, unique, ever- changing and interesting as the vistas outside her final New Mexico homes.
Episode 109: Grace O’Malley
Posted 21 July 2018 by The History ChicksTagged As: female pirates, Grace O'Malley, Gráinne Ní Mháille, Granuaile, Irish History, Seafaring women | Categories: Episode, Podcasts | Leave a Comment
Gráinne Ui Mháille, Grainne, Granuaile, Gráinne Mhaol, Grace, That Irish Pirate Queen From the 16th Century…whatever you call her, her life and legacy as a strong, independent, bold, fearless (and yes, criminal) woman doesn’t change.

Statue at Westport House, Co Mayo, Ireland
Episode 107: Mary Pickford
Posted 11 June 2018 by The History ChicksTagged As: Early Hollywood, Mary Pickford, Silent Film, Women in Business | Categories: Episode, Podcasts | Leave a Comment
Mary Pickford was an actress, writer, director, producer, studio head and entrepreneur…but she’s often remembered as “that pretty girl with the curls in silent movies.”
Excuse us? Oh no, that just won’t do.

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