Unusual Women: Recent Episodes
Broghanne and Mikayla
Every week take a little piece of your day and listen to The Unusual Women Podcast. Take that time and learn about the influential women in history that you were not taught about. Follow along with us as we share their background and their accomplishments as it is rightly deserved.
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Sit ins, protests and defending her land and culture. Madonna Thunder Hawk is an Indigenious Rights and Environmental Activist and our Season 2 final Unusual Woman.
Hosts: Broghanne Jessamine and Mikayla Orrson
Music: Sterling Nickels
Produced by: Elemental Women Productions LLC
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An artist whose work was commited to "a dialogue between the landscape and the female body", Ana Mendieta is this week's Unusual Woman.
Hosts: Broghanne Jessamine and Mikayla Orrson
Music: Sterling Nickels
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A woman of firsts, a life of educating and action. We are so happy to be talking about Mary Ann Shadd Cary, this week's Unusual Woman.
Hosts: Broghanne Jessamine and Mikayla Orrson
Music: Sterling Nickels
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Studying culture, sex and gender. Margaret Mead's work is still relevent today. Let's talk identity, culture and this week's Unusual Woman.
Hosts: Broghanne Jessamine and Mikayla Orrson
Music: Sterling Nickels
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A science fiction writer from the 1600s, the earliest known science fiction writer to be exact. A woman ahead of her time, Margaret Cavendish is this week's Unusual Woman.
Hosts: Broghanne Jessamine and Mikayla Orrson
Music: Sterling Nickels
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Content Warning: Racism
Two women who never met but soared their way into USA history, Maggie Gee and Hazel Ying Lee are this week's Unususal Women.
Hosts: Broghanne Jessamine and Mikayla Orrson
Music: Sterling Nickels
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Resources
ANTI-ASIAN VIOLENCE RESOURCES
Asain Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC)
Stop AAPI Hate
Asian American Feminist Antibodies
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Angelica Ross is a pioneer for trans women everywhere from our tv screens to coding. This woman's journey is still being written, Angelica Ross is this week's Unusual Woman.
Hosts: Broghanne Jessamine and Mikayla Orrson Music: Sterling Nickels Produced by: Elemental Women Productions LLC To find out more about Elemental Women Productions LLC check out our website: https://www.elementalwomenproductions.com and support our work including this podcast on our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/elementalwomenproductions By joining our Patreon community you are helping us fund the amazing projects we do and also get exclusive perks; such as 5 extra epsiodes of our Unusual Women podcast and more.
Resources The Center in NYC GLAAD Crisis Text Line (USA and Canada) text HOME to 741741 (UK) text SHOUT to 85258 OutRight International Directory
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Shirley Chisholm, the first woman to run for President of the United States, a woman whose contributions to the US are still active today and this week's Unusual Woman. Hosts: Broghanne Jessamine and Mikayla Orrson Music: Sterling Nickels Produced by: Elemental Women Productions LLC To find out more about Elemental Women Productions LLC check out our website: https://www.elementalwomenproductions.com and support our work including this podcast on our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/elementalwomenproductions By joining our Patreon community you are helping us fund the amazing projects we do and also get exclusive perks; such as 5 extra epsiodes of our Unusual Women podcast and more.
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An incredible actress, a household name, Hedy Lamarr had a remarkable career in Hollywood but did you know about her other passion, inventing.
Hosts: Broghanne Jessamine and Mikayla Orrson
Music: Sterling Nickels
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When we watch Documentaries, we view it like a fly on the wall, sneaking through the wondow into an unseen world! For our first episode of Season 2 of Unusual Women may we introduce, Ruby Grierson, the mother of modern documentaries!
Hosts: Broghanne Jessamine and Mikayla Orrson
Music: Sterling Nickels
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A group of women in India that fight for those the system works against. Real Life superheroes. This week we feature Sampat Pal the founder of The Gulabi Gang.
Hosts: Broghanne Jessamine and Mikayla Orrson
Music: Sterling Nickles
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"Peace cannot exist without justice, justice cannot exist without fairness, fairness cannot exist without development, development cannot exist without democracy, democracy cannot exist without respect for the identity and worth of cultures and peoples" These words were said by Rigorberta Menchu, winner of The Nobel Peace Prize, fighter for the rights of indigenous people and this week's Unusual Woman.
Hosts: Mikayla Olivia Orrson and Broghanne Jessamine
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Founded an organization that still exists today, a pioneer in sex education, writer and nurse. Margaret Sanger is this weeks Unusual Woman.
Hosts: Broghanne Jessamine and Mikayla Orrson
Music: Sterling Nickles
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In the dark of the night The Night Witches would come. Founded during World War Two and led by Marina Raskova, they would defeat their enemies. Heroes of War and this week's Unusual Women, Marina Raskova and The Night Witches.
Hosts: Mikayla Orrson and Broghanne Jessamine
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A Leader of a Rebellion, a protector and Drag King. This week's Unusual Women is Stormé DeLarverie.
Hosts: Broghanne Jessamine and Mikayla Orrson
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Who is the fairest of them all? Adriana Caselotti is the actor and singer behind the iconic Snow White, uncredited until decades later, blacklisted by Walt Disney himself, and this week's Unusual Woman.
Hosts: Mikayla Olivia Orrson and Broghanne Jessamine
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Sexual Harassment in the work place is an ongoing issue but did you know it only really became an actionable offense in 1986? Michelle Vinson testified before the Supreme Court and her case meant that Sexual Harassment was now against the law. Find out more in this week's Unusual Women.
Hosts: Elizabeth Broghanne Jessamine and Mikayla Olivia Orrson
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"Don't tell me Women are not the stuff of heroes"- Qiu Jin A poet, a teacher, an activist. Qiu Jin fought for equality, for women's education and to end the practice of foot binding. A worthy warrior for Unusual Women Episode 3.
Hosts: Mikayla Olivia Orrson and Broghanne Jessamine
Music: Sterling Nickles
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This week's Unusual Woman is Rachel Carson a scientist who's research on fertilizers and pesticides helped create the Environmental Defense Fund and brought awareness to the environmental crisis.
Hosts: Broghanne Jessamine and Mikayla Olivia Orrson
Music: Sterling Nickles
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Unusual Women is featuring remarkable women who we feel have not had the recognition they deserve. Starting off with Claudette Colvin. A fighter of civil rights. Without her the landmark case of Browder V. Gayle may not have come to pass.
Writer: Mikayla Olivia Orrson
Hosts: Broghanne Jessamine and Mikayla Olivia Orrson
Music: Sterling Nickles
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