by The History Chicks | Jul 21, 2020 | Episode, Podcasts
While researching Zephyr Wright, we both learned quite a bit about her employer, Lady Bird Johnson. Since we knew a lot about her (and our libraries were still closed) we thought we would share the story of this intelligent woman who had her own interests and accomplishments outside the work she did with her husband, President Lyndon B. Johnson.
(more…)by The History Chicks | Jul 6, 2020 | Episode, Podcasts
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by The History Chicks | Jun 26, 2020 | Episode, Podcasts
In 1889, Aunt Jemima crossed from the footlights to the grocery store, where she’s been a fixture for 131 years. On the eve of her departure, we give you the dark history of this American icon – and the stories of a few women who made her come alive.
(more…)by The History Chicks | Jun 15, 2020 | Episode
Fannie giving her testimony in 1964 at the Democratic National Convention…despite the president’s attempts to silence her.
Fannie Lou Hamer was called the “Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement” and, sometimes, “The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement” and both are very appropriate. (more…)
Beckett Graham and Susan Vollenweider: Two women. Half the population. Several thousand years of history. About an hour.
