Mary Cassatt

Mary Cassatt

Author: The History Chicks | AIRWAVE May 15, 2024 Duration: 2:30:19
The History Chicks : A Women's History Podcast
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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 expression) and forged a singular style that was all her own. This episode is supported by: OSEA: Clean, vegan skin and body care for 10% off on your first order with code CHICKS Lume: 15% off all Lume deodorant products with code CHICKS Blueland: 15% off good for you and the earth cleaning products at this unique link BLUELAND/CHICKS LolaVie: Great hair at 15% off with promo code CHICKS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 100

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Duration: 2:13:21
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Pocahontas, 2024 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:14:03
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Paris 2024 Travelogue [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:49:16
We took fifty friends with us on our latest women's history tour to the City of Light! From a private nighttime tour of Versailles to a luncheon at Veuve Clicquot, through pastries shaped like apples at A. LaCroix patiss…
Sarah Winchester and the Winchester Mystery House [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:18:17
Join us on this Halloween bonus episode as we revisit our 2019 coverage of Sarah Winchester! The Winchester Mystery House has intrigued people for almost a century. Its story has always been a dramatic one, full of ghost…
New York City Travelogue 2024 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:17:06
Join us as we discuss our recent field trip to the city that never sleeps! Fifty friends joined us for a women's history extravaganza (and thirty more dropped by for a celebration on the water)! From the gritty realities…
Victoria Woodhull, 2024 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:04:25
It's election season here in the US, so we're revisiting the life of the very first woman to run for the American Presidency in 1872. Victoria Woodhull crafted a life for herself from very raw materials when she traveled…
Gertrude Ederle [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:07:55
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Fannie Lou Hamer 2024 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:03:33
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Emily Roebling [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:09:22
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Empress Maria Theresa of Austria Part 2 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:42:00
Maria Theresa was the only woman to rule the Hapsburg dominions in her own right and is considered to have been one of its most successful leaders. Gathering the broken pieces of the empire she inherited, she assembled a…

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