The History Chicks : A Women's History Podcast

The History Chicks : A Women's History Podcast

Author: The History Chicks | AIRWAVE Language: English Episodes: 100
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Two women. Half the population. Several thousand years of history. About an hour. Join us on an award-winning journey through herstory! The History Chicks celebrates the lives of remarkable women from ancient times to the modern day, exploring women’s history in engaging episodes full of deep research, pop culture references, and the occasional tumble down a rabbit hole.
Episodes
Empress Maria Theresa of Austria Part 1 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:31:20
Destined from her cradle for a seat on the throne, Maria Theresa had to fight both the prejudices of her age AND some of the greatest warriors of the time in order to secure her empire. Please join us on our Field Trip D…
Austria Field Trip Travelogue 2024 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:41:05
Please join us and our fellow Field Trip Friends as we tell you all about our adventures in Austria! From the glamour of the Habsburgs in Vienna to the musical history of Salzburg and points in between, we'll tell you ou…
The Statue of Liberty 2024 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:56:00
Today we bring you our traditional Fourth of July holiday coverage of the life and times of the Statue of Liberty, from her conception at a dinner party in France to the symbol of hope she has become for the world. Learn…
Gertrude Bell [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:15:06
Once upon a time, a daughter of privilege took her enormous intelligence, unfathomable bravery, and an entire set of Wedgwood china into the uncharted parts of the Middle East, making maps, discoveries and friends along…
Georgia O'Keeffe [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:25:39
Georgia O'Keeffe is known as the mother of Modernism; she created a vast body of work, always finding a novel way to express what she wanted to say through her art. After talking about Mary Cassatt, we were both drawn ba…
Mary Cassatt [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:30:19
Mary Cassatt had always been an independent thinker. But once she became a member of the radical group of artists known as the Impressionists, she sidestepped expectations of gender (and the traditional rules of artistic…
Clara Bow 2024 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:26:18
A young woman named Taylor Swift, who we admire greatly, has just released an album that includes a track called "Clara Bow". We thought we would reach back into the archives and bring you the story of Clara Bow, who was…
Babe Didrickson Zaharias [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:11:11
Babe's colorful personality, drive, and athleticism made her a role model for girls and women across the globe as an Olympian and a multi-sport professional athlete. We've spoken so often about her lately that we thought…
Althea Gibson Part 2 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:37:26
After decades of struggle against obstacles and expectations that would defeat most of us, Althea Gibson achieved international success in the world of tennis; breaking the color barrier at Wimbledon and opening the game…
Jessie Tarbox Beals [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:18:12
According to Jessie Tarbox Beals - the first female photojournalist in the world - the key to success is mostly HUSTLE. In her case, it looked like this: arrive in a new town, set up a darkroom, canvas the populace, ingr…

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