by The History Chicks | Apr 6, 2011 | Biography Episode, Episode, Podcasts
**Special warning: If you plan to listen to this with little ones, please run through it first yourself.
Due to the very nature of our subject matter, there is unavoidable and graphic violence, though brief, in this episode!
by The History Chicks | Apr 5, 2011 | Episode Hints
This clue is a little sketchy.
by The History Chicks | Mar 24, 2011 | Biography Episode, Episode, Podcasts
Get out your best china and polish that silver! Don a feathered turban, and settle in for a chat about a woman who was not only one of the greatest hostesses in the history of party throwing, but a woman who was an extraordinary networker, before networking was cool. Not just another first lady…the first, First Lady.
In this episode we shine the spotlight on a woman who lived in one, Dolley Payne Todd Madison.
Dolley after shedding her Quaker garb
Dolley Payne was not born of high society, but into a simple Quaker family in North Carolina in 1768. Dolley- her given name- true!- was the third of eight children born to John and Mary Payne. The family moved when Dolley was young, first to Virginia and then to Philadelphia.
This tall, dark haired, blue eyed beauty married a Quaker lawyer, John Todd when she was 21. The couple had two sons. Tragically, John and the youngest son ( who was only 3 months at the time) died of yellow fever when Dolley is 25. This event unleashes the rest of her life that plays out like a classy, well mannered, dynamic soap opera!
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by The History Chicks | Mar 22, 2011 | Episode Hints
You may have to put on your thinking caps for this one.
Beckett Graham and Susan Vollenweider: Two women. Half the population. Several thousand years of history. About an hour.
