Mary Anning’s grueling, dangerous, and meticulous toiling enabled many men of science to do their own work and furthered the study of times long past…but she was mostly omitted from the narrative. Thankfully, like the fossils that she discovered, she left enough of an evidence trail to help write her back in. (more…)
Archive for April 2019
Episode 124: Mary Anning
Posted 20 April 2019 by The History ChicksTagged As: Fossils, Geologist, Paleontologist, STEM Women | Categories: Episode, Podcasts | Leave a Comment
Episode 123: Annie Londonderry (Kopchovsky)
Posted 7 April 2019 by The History ChicksTagged As: Adventurous Women, Gilded Age Influencers, Women's Cycling, Women's History | Categories: Episode, Podcasts | Leave a Comment

One of the publicity photos Annie had made on her adventure, 1894.
Her moments in the spotlight may have been limited, but Annie Cohen Kopchovsky lived them hard and bright as a marketer, adventurer, storyteller, and the first woman to bicycle* around the world.
(*or possibly, “around the world with a bicycle”- she played a little loose with the rules at points.)