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
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…
Althea Gibson Part 1 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:15:14
There are quite a few lines on a tennis court; sideline, baseline, service line - all of which have their functions. But beginning in 1950, a powerful and charismatic African American athlete named Althea Gibson began to…
Maria Anna Mozart and Clara Schumann [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:40:42
Maria Anna Mozart and Clara Schumann were talented and musically gifted women. They were both child prodigies and both dazzled audiences across Europe. While they were (and still are) often put in the shadow of a talente…
Alice Roosevelt Longworth Part 2 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:32:39
Alice Roosevelt Longworth was once the most famous woman in the world. She graduated from youthful frivolity into the deadly serious role of behind-the-scenes political engine and policy influencer; always the center of…
Alice Roosevelt Longworth Part 1 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:16:49
President Theodore Roosevelt had many challenges during his career… corruption in the New York police force, the creation of the Panama Canal , the Spanish American war, protecting the Grand Canyon and other national mon…
Mrs. Claus, 2023 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 15:56
Mrs. Claus has a history as colorful as her husband's so we spotlight it in our annual visit to her life! Originally, this episode is from 2014, but it's sort of a time-capsule episode: we've added things over the years,…
La Malinche [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:39:47
As a child, La Malinche was sold into slavery by her own family. Through a series of curious circumstances, she began working as a translator and cultural interpreter for Hernán Cortés, and became one of the most famous…
France Field Trip Travelogue, 2023 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:31:41
Please join us and our fellow Field Trip Friends, as we all tell you about our adventures in France! From the glitter of Paris to the Champagne country caves, we share all the highlights of our trip. There's also a very…

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