Wangari Maathai understood the vital connections between living things and the Earth; of local communities and the wider world. It is true that many trees make a mighty forest, and Maathai’s Green Belt Movement made it clear to us all that the most important change for the greater good is one that each individual makes in their own backyard… a philosophy which would earn her the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Georgia Theresa Gilmore was born on February 5, 1920, in Montgomery, Alabama, where she lived and worked her entire life. And,as we explain in the podcast, that life was far from easy. By the time she was in her 20s she had a long list of jobs including laundress, railroad tie-changer, midwife, and the one that she used to solely support her growing household of six children, her mother, and various extended family: a cook.
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As is our tradition, we’re sharing our coverage of the life of this unsung hero of the holidays. While the original portion of this was created in 2014 (TEN YEARS? Whoa!) over the years we’ve added to it so no two years are exactly the same! As always, if you have little ears, you may want to preview it so no secrets are spoiled.
This year, we talked a little about this charming ad for Boots stores!
If you would like the links to things talked about in this episode, head back to 2014 via this link: OG Mrs. Claus
Happiest of holidays to you all! Thank you for hanging out with us in 2024! xo Beckett and Susan
Katharine Meyer Graham was born on June 16, 1917, in New York City, the fourth child of Eugene Meyer and Agnes Ernst Meyer. She had a very upper-class upbringing thanks to her incredibly successful investor father who had a second career in politics and a third in newspaper publishing after he purchased the then-failing Washington Post. Katharine’s mother, Agnes, was a powerhouse art patron and philanthropist (with a spicy side of political activism) while maybe not the fuzziest of maternal figures, she was a product of her times and class.
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