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She the People Podcast
She the People is a weekly podcast hosted by Heather Linder and Billy Puckett, recognizing some of the most influential women in history that you should have learned about in school
Railway companies made up yet another industry that excluded women from their ranks, but when Olive Wetzel Dennis became a civil engineer she wouldn't take no for an answer. The first female engineer for a major rail company, her decades long career resulted in numerous improvements that impacted the entire travel industry. Learn more in this week's She the People!
Hosts: Heather Linder & Billy Puckett
Producer & Music Composition: Tim Corpus
Sources:
https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/olive-dennis-7092.php
http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2015/02/cornell-rewind-phenomenal-first-women-engineering
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/olive-dennis-train-comfort-engineer
http://www.researchjournal.yourislandroutes.com/2010/03/the-lady-engineer-olive-d-wetzel-dennis/
https://transportationhistory.org/2017/03/10/women-in-transportation-history-olive-dennis-us-railroad-civil-engineer/
In an era where women were rarely given the opportunity to make an impact in science and math, Rosalind Franklin stood out among some of the most influential scientists of the era. After decades of being nearly anonymous due to her work being taken without credit, she is finally being recognized for her significant advancements in DNA research.
Hosts: Heather Linder & Billy Puckett
Producer & Music Composition: Timothy Corpus (timcorpus.com)
Sources:
https://www.famousscientists.org/rosalind-franklin/
https://www.sdsc.edu/ScienceWomen/franklin.html
https://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/rosalind-franklin-a-crucial-contribution-6538012
https://www.livescience.com/39804-rosalind-franklin.html
https://www.biography.com/people/rosalind-franklin-9301344
https://interestingengineering.com/rosalind-franklin-unsung-hero-discovery-of-dnas-structure
Marjory Stoneman Douglas's name has been thrust into the spotlight again recently due to the latest mass school shooting that took place last month, so we decided to learn more about that school's namesake. Listen to this week's episode to hear about the life of the woman who almost single-handedly saved the Florida Everglades.
Hosts: Heather Linder & Billy Puckett
Producer & Original Music: Timothy Corpus (timcorpus.com)
Sources:
http://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/15/us/marjory-douglas-champion-of-everglades-dies-at-108.html
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/issues-ideas/article1960434.html
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/15/us/marjory-stoneman-douglas-who-was-trnd/index.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1998/05/15/environmentalist-marjory-stoneman-douglas-dies-at-108/99d2a81d-2141-4dd1-b8fc-69d4cb0da27b/?utm_term=.9f54bf5a4841
https://www.nps.gov/ever/learn/historyculture/msdouglas.htm
http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/columns/Column-Marjory-Stoneman-Douglas-would-be-proud-of-these-kids_165737344
Why haven't you heard of Pauli Murray? This accomplished lawyer, educator, and civil rights activist is one of America's most influential individuals of the 20th century, but her gender and sexuality likely kept her out of our textbooks. Learn more about Pauli as Black History Month comes to a close in this week's She the People.
Hosts: Heather Linder & Billy Puckett
Producer and Music Composition: Tim Corpus (timcorpus.com)
Sources:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/04/17/the-many-lives-of-pauli-murray
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/21/books/review/the-firebrand-and-the-first-lady-by-patricia-bell-scott.html
https://www.salon.com/2015/02/18/black_queer_feminist_erased_from_history_meet_the_most_important_legal_scholar_youve_likely_never_heard_of/
https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/02/19/387200033/the-black-queer-feminist-legal-trailblazer-youve-never-heard-of
As the only formally educated person in her family, Mary McLeod Bethune realized how important access to education was. She became a successful educator, civil rights activist, philanthropist and businesswoman, all while serving as an adviser to four different presidents. Learn more about her amazing life as She the People observes Black History Month.
Hosts: Heather Linder & Billy Puckett
Producer & Music Composition: Tim Corpus (timcorpus.com)
Sources:
http://www.nytimes.com/1974/07/11/archives/20000-at-unveiling-of-statue-to-mary-bethune-in-capital-a-fine.html
http://www.blackpast.org/aah/bethune-cookman-university-1904
https://www.biography.com/people/mary-mcleod-bethune-9211266
http://www.blackpast.org/aah/bethune-mary-jane-mcleod-1875-1955
http://www.cookman.edu/about_BCU/history/our_founder.html
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/mary-mcleod-bethune
In the wake of America's Great Depression, Catherine Bauer Wurster published a book that forever changed how the United States approached public housing. An adviser to five sitting presidents, this "Houser" put a spotlight on the lack of quality opportunities in housing and ensured the government provided subsidies to improve living conditions. Learn more about Bauer Wurster in this week's She the People!
Hosts: Heather Linder & Billy Puckett
Producer & Music Composition: Tim Corpus (timcorpus.com)
Beer: California Lager, Anchor Brewing Company
Sources:
https://www.socialworkhelper.com/2013/02/04/the-history-of-public-housing-started-over-70-years-ago-yet-still-evolving/
http://apps.americanbar.org/abastore/products/books/abstracts/5530024%20chapter%201_abs.pdf
http://texts.cdlib.org/view?docId=hb658006rx&doc.view=frames&chunk.id=div00031&toc.depth=1&toc.id
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=4866
http://self.gutenberg.org/articles/catherine_bauer_wurster
Houser: The Life and Work of Catherine Bauer by H. Peter Oberlander and Eva Newbrun
http://www.nytimes.com/1964/11/24/woman-hiker-dead.html
https://www.citylab.com/equity/2017/02/hard-lessons-from-chicagos-public-housing-reform/515934/
http://www.academia.edu/7697086/The_Interior_of_Modernism_Catherine_Bauer_and_the_American_Housing_Movement
http://voiceofwitness.org/books/high-rise-stories/
Already a well-known, best selling author throughout Canada, Nellie McClung also had the goal of making sure women were treated as equals. Through an active role in government, and joining four other women to form the Famous Five, she was able to change the direction of women's rights for our neighbors to the north. Learn more in this week's She the People!
Hosts: Heather Linder & Billy Puckett
Producer & Music Composition: Tim Corpus (timcorpus.com)
Sources:
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/nellie-letitia-mcclung/
http://www.ournellie.com/about-nellie/
https://www.historicacanada.ca/content/heritage-minutes/nellie-mcclung
http://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/biography/biographi226e.shtml
https://www.thoughtco.com/nellie-mcclung-508318
http://www.canadianchristianleaders.org/leader/nellie-mcclung/
https://archive.org/details/OCanada_317
For decades, the steel industry was one of the most important in all of the United States, but despite the existence of unions, workers of all genders and races were treated unfairly. That's where Alice Peurala stepped in and became one of the most influential voices in the steel industry. Learn more about her landmark lawsuits and tireless work to make sure steel workers got their fair shake in this week's She the People!
Hosts: Heather Linder & Billy Puckett
Producer and Music Composition: Tim Corpus (timcorpus.com)
Sources:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2012/2/8/1058372/-Alice-Puerala-A-Woman-Of-Steel
http://www.illinoislaborhistory.org/hall-of-honor-articles/2012
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1986-06-21/news/8602140343_1_union-politics-south-works-department-store-union
https://socialistworker.org/2014/11/18/woman-steel
http://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/23/obituaries/alice-peurala-local-leader-of-steelworkers-dies-at-58.html
http://www.nytimes.com/1979/06/18/archives/woman-in-steel-drive-for-equality-court-ordered-that-she-be-hired.html
Prior to the 1930s, women had only served in the United States Senate as a sign of respect to the widowed wives of senators until a special election could be held. Then Hattie Wyatt Caraway came along and decided to "try out my own theory of a woman running for office." She was soon one of the most respected voices in U.S. government. Learn more in this week's She the People!
Hosts: Heather Linder & Billy Puckett
Producer and Music Composition: Tim Corpus (timcorpus.com)
Sources:
http://ualrpublicradio.org/post/not-so-silent-hattie-caraway
http://history.house.gov/People/Listing/C/CARAWAY,-Hattie-Wyatt-(C000138)/
https://www.thoughtco.com/hattie-caraway-biography-3530379
https://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/hattie-caraway-declares-her-senate-candidacy-may-9-1932-222930
Widowed at age 20, Sarah Breedlove was driven to do whatever she could for work to put her child through school. This drive lead to her developing a hair care empire that trained and employed tens of thousands of black women throughout North America. And so began the legend of Madam C.J. Walker, the first female millionaire in the United States.
Hosts: Heather Linder & Billy Puckett
Producer & Music Composition: Tim Corpus (timcorpus.com)
Sources:
http://www.madamcjwalker.com/bios/madam-c-j-walker/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/theymadeamerica/whomade/walker_hi.html
http://time.com/3641122/sarah-breedlove-walker/
http://nwhm.org/education-resources/biographies/madam-cj-walker
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/madame-c-j-walker
https://www.biography.com/people/madam-cj-walker-9522174
Before becoming a 14-term (and still going!) delegate representing Washington, D.C. in Congress, Eleanor Holmes Norton spent years kicking ass as a lawyer. She fought for housing rights, employment rights, and helped define sexual harassment as discrimination. Learn more about Norton in this week's She the People!
Hosts: Heather Linder & Billy Puckett
Producer and Music Composition: Tim Corpus (timcorpus.com)
Sources:
https://norton.house.gov/about/full-biography
https://www.biography.com/people/eleanor-holmes-norton-9425250
http://www.blackpast.org/aah/norton-eleanor-holmes-1937
http://www.encyclopedia.com/people/social-sciences-and-law/law-biographies/eleanor-holmes-norton
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2016/10/27/what-the-new-series-good-girls-revolt-gets-right-about-d-c-del-eleanor-holmes-norton/?utm_term=.7670771cf7a0
Have you listened to any music over the last 60 years? Well, chances are that music was somehow influenced by Nadia Boulanger, the most prolific music teacher of the 20th Century. From Igor Stravinsky to Quincy Jones, her lessons impacted nearly every genre of music. Learn more about her life in this week's She the People!
Hosts: Heather Linder & Billy Puckett
Producer and Music Composition: Grandpupil of Nadia Boulanger, Tim Corpus (timcorpus.com)
Sources:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nadia-Boulanger
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170308-the-greatest-music-teacher-who-ever-lived
http://www.nytimes.com/1979/10/23/archives/nadia-boulanger-teacher-of-top-composers-dies-onewoman-graduate.html
Nadia Boulanger, A Life in Music - Leonie Rosensteil
As a minority, Anna May Wong had an immediate disadvantage in the white-washed world of 1920s Hollywood. However, her drive and her talent not only made her a force on the screen, but also on the stage and in fashion. Learn about the life of the first Asian-American movie star in this week's episode of She the People.
Hosts: Heather Linder & Billy Puckett
Producer and Music Composition: Tim Corpus (timcorpus.com)
Sources:
- https://www.vogue.com/article/met-gala-fashion-inspiration-anna-may-wong
- https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/actress-anna-may-wongs-life-story-be-told-big-screen-n169886
- http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/11/movies/film-a-dragon-lady-and-a-quiet-cultural-warrior.html?mcubz=0
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/10/06/what-overturning-interracial-marriage-bans-might-tell-us-about-what-happens-next-with-gay-marriage/?utm_term=.2723a2eaa48d
- http://www.filmreference.com/encyclopedia/Independent-Film-Road-Movies/Race-and-Ethnicity-THE-PRODUCTION-CODE-AND-MISCEGENATION.html
- http://www.pbs.org/program/anna-may-wong/
- https://www.buzzfeed.com/annehelenpetersen/anna-may-wong-your-new-favorite-star?utm_term=.kkgXyE0mr#.lmzymGL6v
- http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1022536,00.html
A passionate anarchist who was repeated silenced by the U.S. government, Emma Goldman may be the most controversial person we have featured, but there's no denying the positive impacts she had on feminism and the push for accessible birth control. Learn more in this week's She the People.
Hosts: Heather Linder & Billy Puckett
Producer & Music Composition: Tim Corpus (timcorpus.com)
Sources:
- https://jwa.org/womenofvalor/goldman
- https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/oct/06/emma-goldman-modern-anarchist
- https://www.thenation.com/article/emma-goldman-occupies-wall-street/
- http://www.isreview.org/issues/34/emmagoldman.shtml
- http://www.utne.com/politics/howard-zinn-speaks-emma-goldman-ze0z1304zsch
- https://jwa.org/thisweek/dec/21/1919/emma-goldman
Growing up as a part of a working-class Jewish family, Edna Ferber took her experiences from the often anti-Semitic Midwest and turned them into some of the most relatable, and best-selling stories of the 20th Century. Learn about the fascinating life that took her from small town Iowa to the most exclusive circles of New York City in this week's She the People.
Hosts: Heather Linder & Billy Puckett
Producer and Music Composition: Tim Corpus (timcorpus.com)
Sources:
https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/ferber-edna
http://www.michiganwomenshalloffame.org/Images/Ferber,%20Edna.pdf
https://www.biography.com/people/edna-ferber-9293049
http://www.thedailybeast.com/american-dreams-1924-so-big-by-edna-ferber
https://jwa.org/thisweek/dec/27/1927/show-boat
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/edna-ferber
In this week's listener recommended episode, the work of Cathleen Morawetz make Heather and Billy realize just how little they understand about math, and just how much of an impact Cathleen's work had in a variety of areas. Tune in to learn about the incredible work of this mathematician in this week's She the People.
Hosts: Heather Linder and Billy Puckett
Producer and Music Composition: Tim Corpus (timcorpus.com)
Sources:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/11/science/cathleen-morawetz-dead-nyu-mathematician.html?mcubz=0
https://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/morawetz.htm
https://www.awm-math.org/noetherbrochure/Morawetz83.html
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Biographies/Morawetz.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/ct-cathleen-morawetz-obituary-wapo-met-20170816-story.html
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/11/math-women/506417/
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/mar/05/girls-lack-self-confidence-maths-science-oecd-school-engineering
One of the most famous tennis courts in the world is Centre Court at Wimbledon, and it was built because of the overwhelming demand to see the sport's biggest star in the world: Suzanne Lenglen. In this She the People, we talk about the Parisian player who battled through a childhood riddled with sickness to become one of the most successful tennis players in history.
Hosts: Heather Linder & Billy Puckett
Producer & Music Composition: Tim Corpus (timcorpus.com)
Sources:
- http://bleacherreport.com/articles/277686-queens-of-the-court-the-divine-suzanne-lenglen
- http://edition.cnn.com/2013/06/06/sport/tennis/suzanne-lenglen-french-open-tennis/
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/05/24/suzanne-lenglen-the-original-tennis-diva-of-the-1920s-who-brough/
- https://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/inductees/suzanne-lenglen/
- http://www.vogue.com/article/suzanne-lenglen-industry-icons-tennis
- http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/suzanne-lenglen-117th-birthday-google-doodle-today-tennis-champion-four-facts-a7044376.html
James Bond has nothing on Nancy Wake. This millionaire-turned-WWII spy took out so many Germans that the Nazi government's Gestapo, who named her the White Mouse, made her their most wanted person. We're excited to talk more about the most decorated woman of World War II in this week's She the People.
Hosts: Heather Linder & Billy Puckett
Producer & Music Composition: Tim Corpus (timcorpus.com)
Sources:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/14/world/europe/14wake.html?mcubz=0
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/aug/08/nancy-wake-white-mouse-gestapo
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-21735824
http://www.nzedge.com/legends/warriors/nancy-wake/
Few people have been as influential and as under appreciated to blues and rock 'n roll music as Big Mama Thornton. Her powerful voice and raw performances influenced artists for decades and her songs went on to be some of the most recognizable in history. Tune in to this week's She the People and learn more about her amazing life and career.
Hosts: Heather Linder & Billy Puckett
Producer & Music Composition: Tim Corpus (timcorpus.com)
Sources:
https://www.biography.com/people/big-mama-thornton-40355
http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1573
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/15-women-who-could-be-in-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-20160414/big-mama-thornton-20160414
http://arhoolie.org/big-mama-thornton-interview
Audio Files sourced for educational purposes through Archive.org
Growing up, Mae Jemison always just assumed she would go to space one day. After all, the United States had just put people on the moon, so wouldn't everyone go eventually? She may not have guessed right about that, but she did end up in space, as the first African-American woman to become a NASA astronaut. Learn more in this week's episode of She the People.
Hosts: Heather Linder & Billy Puckett
Producer & Music Composition: Tim Corpus (timcorpus.com)
Sources:
https://www.space.com/17169-mae-jemison-biography.html
https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/jemison-mc.html
http://www.npr.org/2017/02/22/516695456/after-making-history-in-space-mae-jemison-works-to-prime-future-scientists
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/therootdc/post/mae-jemison-on-forging-your-dreams-dancing-and-saving-the-earth/2012/03/21/gIQAbB3IcS_blog.html?utm_term=.2265bbbbf9f8
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/02/business/executive-life-the-boss-what-was-space-like.html
Katharine Graham was able to make an opportunity out of tragedy when she became the publisher of the Washington Post after the death of her husband. The Post soon became known as one of the premier newspapers in the world and under her guidance, brought down a presidency.
Presented by: Camelia Bakes (cameliabakes.com)
Hosts: Heather Linder & Billy Puckett
Producer & Music Composition: Tim Corpus (timcorpus.com)
Sources:
https://www.biography.com/people/katharine-graham-9317709
http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/06/katharine-graham-washington-post-marthas-vineyard
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/04/AR2005080400963_2.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/17/obituaries/katharine-graham-former-publisher-of-washington-post-dies-at-84.html
During the Civil Rights Movement, there were several forms of protest used. Gwendolyn Brooks chose to use the form that she knew best: poetry. Learn about Brooks, the future academic, Pulitzer Prize winning poet raised on the south side of Chicago in this week's episode of She the People.
{Correction} Link to the correct reading of "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks: https://youtu.be/oaVfLwZ6jes
Thanks to Judy Swann for this correction.
Presented by Camelia Bakes (cameliabakes.com)
Hosts: Heather Linder and Billy Puckett
Producer and Music Composition: Tim Corpus (timcorpus.com)
Sources:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/gwendolyn-brooks
http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/05/29/530081834/remembering-the-great-poet-gwendolyn-brooks-at-100
https://www.illinois.gov/poetlaureate/Pages/brooks.aspx
Elizabeth Blackwell was originally admitted into medical school as a joke, but the joke was on them, as she soon became the first woman doctor in the United States with successful practices on two continents.
Presented by: Camelia Bakes (cameliabakes.com)
Hosts: Heather Linder & Billy Puckett
Producer & Music Composition: Tim Corpus (timcorpus.com)
http://www.amazingwomeninhistory.com/elizabeth-blackwell-first-female-doctor/
https://www.famousscientists.org/elizabeth-blackwell/
https://www.nwhm.org/education-resources/biography/biographies/elizabeth-blackwell/
https://cfmedicine.nlm.nih.gov/physicians/biography_35.html
Alice Paul doesn't get the same amount of recognition as Susan B. Anthony or Elizabeth Cady Stanton, but it sure isn't because she didn't work as hard. From hunger strikes to organizing some of the original women's marches, she is one of the most influential women's rights activists in history.
Presented by: Camelia Bakes (cameliabakes.com)
Hosts: Heather Linder & Billy Puckett
Producer & Music Composition: Tim Corpus (timcorpus.com)
Sources:
http://www.alicepaul.org/who-was-alice-paul/
http://www.archives.upenn.edu/people/1800s/paul_alice.html
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2013/03/100-years-ago-the-1913-womens-suffrage-parade/100465/
https://www.nwhm.org/education-resources/biography/biographies/alice-paul/
http://nationalwomansparty.org/learn/who-is-alice-paul/
We're entering the wide world of sports in this episode to talk about one of the most dominant athletes of all-time. Babe Didrikson won a team track competition by herself, is a three-time Olympic medalist and had the most dominant run of any professional golfer in history.
Hosts: Heather Linder & Billy Puckett
Producer & Music Composition: Tim Corpus
Sources:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/sports/golf/babe-didrikson-zahariass-legacy-fades.html
http://www.geoffsmith.org/courses/babe.shtml
http://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-babe-didrikson-zaharias
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0626.html
https://www.olympic.org/news/golden-cyclone-didrikson-takes-la-by-storm
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Babe-Didrikson-Zaharias
http://thisislikesogay.blogspot.com/2011/02/good-ol-gal-from-beaumont-texas.html
Some of you may recognize the name Geraldine Ferraro as being the first woman on a major party's presidential ticket, thanks to the rise of Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin, but how much do you really know about her past and what lead her to become the rising Democratic star of the 1980s? After this episode, you'll know a lot more.
Hosts: Heather Linder & Billy Puckett
Production & Music Composition: Timothy A. Corpus (timcorpus.com)
Sources:
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/12/us/politics/women-white-house-clinton-geraldine-ferraro.html?_r=0
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/27/us/politics/27geraldine-ferraro.html
https://www.biography.com/people/geraldine-a-ferraro-9293789
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/42283362/ns/politics-more_politics/t/ferraro-first-female-vice-president-candidate-dies/#.WUBuWlXyu00
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/geraldine-ferraro-changed-political-outlook-women/
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2011/03/26/president-obama-passing-geraldine-ferraro
Before Amelia Earhart even learned to fly, Bessie Coleman was drawing crowds of thousands around the U.S., overcoming obstacles of racism and sexism to become the first African-American to hold a pilot's license.
Hosts: Heather Linder & Billy Puckett
Music & Sound Editing: Timothy A. Corpus
Mid-break Song: String Quartet No. 2 - Timothy A. Corpus timcorpus.com
Sources:
http://www.bessiecoleman.org/bio-bessie-coleman.php
http://www.nationalaviation.org/our-enshrinees/coleman-bessie/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/bessie-coleman-pilot-first-african-american-woman-google-doodle-international-licence-queen-bess-150-a7547481.html
http://www.notablebiographies.com/Co-Da/Coleman-Bessie.html
https://www.biography.com/people/bessie-coleman-36928
http://www.bessiecoleman.org/bio-bessie-coleman.php
https://www.womenofaviationweek.org/five-decades-of-women-pilots-in-the-united-states-how-did-we-do/
Our ninth episode features our second listener recommendation thanks to the Galesburg, IL Area Convention & Visitors Bureau! Galesburg resident Mary Ann Bickerdyke dropped everything to go help wounded Union Army soliders during the Civil War, and ended up becoming known as the mother of modern nursing along the way. Tune in to learn more in this week's She the People!
Hosts: Heather Linder & Billy Puckett
Music Production & Composition: Timothy A. Corpus
Sources:
http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Mary_Ann_Bickerdyke
https://emilytaylorcenter.ku.edu/pioneer-woman/bickerdyke
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mary-Ann-Bickerdyke
https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/mary-a-mother-bickerdyke/15633
http://www.civilwarwomenblog.com/mary-ann-bickerdyke/
Have you ever wondered why undergarments are occasionally called bloomers? That would be because women's rights activist, Amelia Bloomer, was tired of the expectations of inconvenient corsets and long heavy dresses being worn in public. Hear about her life in this week's She the People!
Hosts: Heather Linder & Billy Puckett
Music Composition and Production: Timothy A. Corpus
Sources:
https://www.bitchmedia.org/post/lady-liquor-temperance-suffrage-and-the-matter-of-strange-bedfellows
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/when-american-feminists-were-pilloried-for-daring-to-wear-bloomers
https://www.nps.gov/wori/learn/historyculture/amelia-bloomer.htm
Treatments for polio, HPV, AIDS, cancer all have something in common: they were created thanks to the HeLa cell line. Learn about where that cell line came from, and why Henrietta Lacks might just be the most important person to ever live.
Hosts: Heather Linder & Billy Puckett
Music: Timothy A. Corpus
Sources:
- http://www.lacksfamily.net/henrietta.php
- http://henriettalacksfoundation.org/
- https://www.theguardian.com/science/2010/jun/23/henrietta-lacks-cells-medical-advances
- http://pilotonline.com/news/local/health/cancer-killed-henrietta-lacks-then-made-her-immortal/article_17bd351a-f606-54fb-a499-b6a84cb3a286.html
- http://blackdoctor.org/481112/henrietta-lacks-hela-cells/
- “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot
Did you know the first computer programmer wrote her algorithms 100 years before computers were even invented? She was one of the world's preeminent minds in math and she would be the first to tell you. Listen to this week's episode to learn about Ada Lovelace.
Hosts: Billy Puckett & Heather Linder
Music: Timothy A. Corpus
Sources:
http://www.computerhistory.org/babbage/adalovelace/
https://www.sdsc.edu/ScienceWomen/lovelace.html
http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/ada-lovelace-the-first-tech-visionary
http://mentalfloss.com/article/53131/ada-lovelace-first-computer-programmer
http://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-ada-lovelace
http://theconversation.com/ada-lovelace-blazed-a-trail-in-science-we-need-more-women-to-follow-in-her-footsteps-66661
Most of you have probably heard of the publication, Mother Jones, but did you know that it's named after one of the U.S.'s most influential women from the late 19th Century? Listen to this week's episode to learn more about the life of Mary Harris "Mother" Jones.
Hosts: Heather Linder & Billy Puckett
Theme Music: Timothy A. Corpus
Sources:
http://www.fembio.org/english/biography.php/woman/biography/mary-harris-mother-jones/
https://aflcio.org/about/history/labor-history-people/mother-jones
http://www.motherjonesmuseum.org/information/who-was-mother-jones/
http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/abroad/mary-harris-who-became-mother-jones-the-united-states-fiercest-union-organiser-1.3017717
“A People’s History of the United States” by Howard Zinn
Leprosy has existed since biblical times and up until the early 1900s we had no idea how to treat it, other than send people away to leper colonies. That is, until 23 year old chemist Alice Ball started working on the case. Learn more about her life and how it was tragically cut short in this week's She the People.
Hosts:
Heather Linder & Billy Puckett
Original Music:
Timothy A. Corpus
Sources:
http://www.rejectedprincesses.com/blog/modern-worthies/alice-ball
http://io9.gizmodo.com/we-had-a-cure-for-leprosy-for-centuries-but-we-couldnt-1703005163
https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/1837
http://www.blackpast.org/aaw/ball-alice-augusta-1892-1916
https://sop.washington.edu/uwsop-alumni-legend-alice-ball-class-of-1914-solved-leprosy-riddle/
http://babesofscience.com/episodes/2016/2/22/episode-7-alice-ball
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/05/when-the-last-patient-dies/394163/
https://undark.org/article/alice-augusta-ball-chemical-drug-pioneer-african-american-scientists/
This week, we're talking about Senator Margaret Chase Smith, the first woman to receive delegates at a major political party's presidential convention. Learn more about her life and influential career while we share an M.O. Pale Ale from the Maine Beer Company.
Hosts: Heather Linder & Billy Puckett
Theme Song: Timothy A. Corpus
This week we're discussing voting rights activist and leader in the Civil Rights Movement, Fannie Lou Hamer. Learn a bit more about her amazing life while Billy and Heather share a bottle of Poll Tax from the 51st Ward Beer Company.
Credits:
Hosts: Heather Linder & Billy Puckett
Theme Song: Timothy A. Corpus
For our very first episode, we're going to talk about Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to the United States Congress. Join us as we chat about her life over a beer from her hometown of Missoula, Montana.
Credits:
Hosts: Heather Linder & Billy Puckett
Editor: Billy Puckett
Theme Song: Timothy A. Corpus
Sources:
http://history.house.gov/People/Listing/R/RANKIN,-Jeannette-(R000055)/
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/11/the-congresswoman-who-paved-the-way-for-hillary-clinton-214413
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/local/2016/12/05/federal-bill-honor-jeannette-rankin/95022250/
http://www.rankinfoundation.org/
http://suffrage100ma.org/jeannette-rankin/