We begin with the marriage of Elizabeth to Mike Todd. Here she is with her children, Mike, and a honkin’ big diamond in 1957. Library of Congress
From the tragic death of husband number three, Mike Todd, through her two marriages to Richard Burton, and Elizabeth’s first stay at the Betty Ford Center, we look at Elizbeth’s life of wild ups, crazy downs, and a whole lot of living in between. (more…)
Modern Screen magazine, 1950 wikicommons
She was a child star, a Hollywood superstar, a wife seven times (or eight depending on how you count- men or “I dos?”) a mother of four, a dear friend, businesswoman, activist, and, despite all of her efforts, had the most public of private lives. One would think that all that activity would indicate, “Hey, Chicks, this is a two-parter,” but no, we were quite surprised. (more…)
Julia, 1978 by Lynn Gilbert via wikicommons
For photos, book recommendations, and links to things that we discussed in this episode, please visit our ORIGINAL SHOWNOTES; to read about Susan’s adventures in French cooking, check out THIS POST.
Are you going to be in London in June? Please join us at our London Local’s Meet-Up Dinner on June 25th, for more information and to get tickets, visit our friends at Like Minds Travel.
Grab one of the last couple of spots in our OCTOBER NEW ENGLAND FIELD TRIP, or come out to the Meet-Up Dinner in Boston on October 21st! Information and sign-ups are also here at Like Minds Travel.
Portrait of Harrum Sultan (Roxelana) circa 1500s, artist unknown, Public Domain
Kidnapped as a young girl and sold into slavery in a foreign land, Hurrem Sultan captured the heart of a king… and transformed the course of an empire. (more…)
In honor of not only National Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day and National Women’s History Month, we’ve remastered and re-edited our coverage of Jane Addams, the Mother of Social Work, into one episode. This show, like all of our episodes, is broken into chapters with good stopping and restarting points.
Library of Congress
For the links and media that we discussed in the episode, please click on over to our original shownotes here: JANE ADDAMS SHOWNOTES
For more information and a toolkit for learning, and doing, more for National Social Work Month, visit the National Association of Social Workers.
Please join us, if you can, at either our Local’s Meet-Up Dinner Cruise in London on Saturday, June 25, 2022 or (and?) at our Boston Local’s Meet-Up Dinner Cruise in Boston also on a Saturday: October 21, 2022.
Our New England Field Trip to Boston and Newport from October 16-23, 2022, is filling fast, with just a few more open spaces left. We would love to travel with you, and the folks at Like Minds Travel did a spectacular job organizing the tours around our former subjects, and the dinners for maximum fun…we’re so very, very excited!
And, finally, here is a direct link to our new merch shop if you’re thinking, “I would love a t-shirt, tote, sticker, magnet…something to support The History Chicks!” (And there is always a button to the right, scroll down, that says Shop our Shop! —->)
End music: Marie Hines, Worth the Fight
