Life gets in the way of the best intentions, doesn’t it? Covid has derailed us this week so instead of talking about our visit to the land of Henry VIII we thought we would get in the Way Back Machine to our 2012 series on the wives of Henry VIII! We’ve remastered and edited them into one really short audiobook (or long podcast, however you want to think of it.) Beckett is still recovering but hopefully, we’ll be together in two weeks!
Posts Tagged Women’s History
Episode 207: The Wives of Henry VIII
Posted 10 July 2022 by The History ChicksTagged As: British History, Queens, Royalty, Women's History | Categories: Episode, Podcasts | Comments Off on Episode 207: The Wives of Henry VIII
Episode 200: Hurrem Sultan (Empress Roxelana )
Posted 23 March 2022 by The History ChicksTagged As: Ukrainian History, Women's History | Categories: Episode, Podcasts | Comments Off on Episode 200: Hurrem Sultan (Empress Roxelana )

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…)
Episode 193: Tattooed Ladies
Posted 13 December 2021 by The History ChicksTagged As: Betty Broadbent, Gus Wagner, Irene Woodward, Maude Wagner, Nora Hildebrandt, Olive Oatman, Tattoo History, Tattoos, Women's History | Categories: Episode, Podcasts | Comments Off on Episode 193: Tattooed Ladies
Inspired by her new tattoo (and challenged by another podcaster) Beckett explores the history of tattoos in women (mostly of North America and Europe, but there’s a history of the art itself, too.) (more…)
Episode 192: The Music Show #3
Posted 9 December 2021 by The History ChicksTagged As: Podcast Music, Women's History | Categories: Episode, Podcasts | Comments Off on Episode 192: The Music Show #3
We put themed music at the end of each episode – “dessert,” if you will. In the spirit of this holiday season, where we give ourselves the joy of eating dessert first, we’d like to highlight the artists whose work has enhanced ours over the past few years.
This episode would make delightful background music to your holiday activities (or commute, or walk…whenever you listen!)
For a more expanded soundtrack, head on over to Spotify for a playlist of songs from the three music episodes we’ve done over the years! SPOTIFY PLAYLIST!
Episode 187: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Part Two
Posted 18 September 2021 by The History ChicksTagged As: British History, Vaccine History, Women Writers, Women's History | Categories: Episode, Podcasts | Comments Off on Episode 187: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Part Two

by Jean-Étienne Liotard 1756
We left Lady mary rolling her eyes as people found reason after reason to not immunize against smallpox. While she cared about people not contracting a deadly disease, what Mary really want to be was a writer. Those letters she wrote from the road? She edited them into a book that was the first to capture a woman’s perspective of the Ottoman Empire. It would not be published in her lifetime, she had other things to do…like garden, socialize, write more biting commentaries on political and court life, raise two kids, ditch her husband and run off with a n’er do well Count to Italy, tour Europe, then entwine her life with another unscrupulous noble. (more…)
Episode 186: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Part One
Posted 6 September 2021 by The History ChicksTagged As: British History, Smallpox, Vaccine History, Women's History | Categories: Episode, Podcasts | Comments Off on Episode 186: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Part One

Circa 1716 by Charles Jervas
For a woman who is not well known these days and who lived way back in the 1700s, it’s surprising that there’s enough of a story to fill two episodes…Lady Mary Wortley Montagu is such a woman! (more…)
Episode 174: The Bowery Boys and the Shirtwaist Strike of 1909
Posted 15 March 2021 by The History ChicksTagged As: Bowery Boys, New York City History, Women's History | Categories: Episode, Podcasts | Comments Off on Episode 174: The Bowery Boys and the Shirtwaist Strike of 1909
We have been talking with our friends Greg Young and Tom Meyers, The Bowery Boys, for years about doing a project together. This isn’t that, but it is a subject that a lot (A LOT) of people have requested of us. Because it’s a bit out of our focus, we thought there’s no one better than Greg and Tom, experts in New York City history, to tell you about the city’s early 1900s women’s protest movements and how they are tragically tied to the Triangle Shirtwaist fire. (more…)
Episode 173: Women of the Wild West, Revisted
Posted 2 March 2021 by The History ChicksTagged As: American History, Annie Chambers, Belle Starr, Calamity Jane, Women of the Wild West, Women's History | Categories: Episode, Podcasts | Comments Off on Episode 173: Women of the Wild West, Revisted

First up: Calamity Jane

Belle Starr

And we end with end with Kansas City’s own, Annie Chambers
After spending so much time talking about the Harvey Girls and Fred Harvey, we got to thinking of their contemporaries (more…)