Breakfast with Mom

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! Today I want to tell you about Mildred Burke, a woman wrestler whose wrestling career spanned two decades.  My resources can be found in the show notes. Mildred Burke was an American professional wrestler who made significant contributions to the development of women's wrestling in the mid-20th century. She is considered one of th...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! Today I want to tell you about Mary Lillian Ellison, known as The Fabulous Moolah.   Mary Lillian Ellison  was an iconic professional wrestler whose career spanned more than five decades, making her one of the most influential and groundbreaking figures in the history of women's wrestling.  You can find my resources in the show no...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! Today I want to introduce everyone to Ethel Blanche Hairston AKA Ethel Johnson.    Ms. Ethel was an American professional wrestler whose ring name was Ethel Johnson.  She debuted at age 16, becoming the first African-American women's champion.  She was a fan favorite, billed as "the biggest attraction to hit girl wrestling si...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom!  Happy New Year everyone.  This is the first episode for our 2025 season! Today I want to introduce Emma Bentzen Koehler.  Emma Bentzen Koehler, was an entrepreneur and president of the San Antonio Brewing Association, was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on February 25, 1858 to her parents, Ulrich Friedrich Wilhelm Bentzen and Helene Henr...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! This is the last episode for 2024!!  With us today we have returning guests the “Adult Daughter” and the “Teen Daughter”.  Today we thought we would play another round of Am I the A-Hole.  We had some much fun the last time so we’re doing it again. Thank you for joining us for this special episode.  May your breakfast be hot and your c...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! Today we have a special quest at our table.  With us we have the Teen Daughter!  In today’s episode the Teen will share with us a project she just presented in her AP Seminar class. All the things:  Music: "Electronic Rock (King Around Here)" by Alex Grohl https://pixabay.com/music/search/electronic%20rock%20king Logo Artwork...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom!  This is our 4th and final episode for our Pink Ladies series.  Today I want to tell you about a lesser known Lady Pink named Elizabeth H Baker.  It is not known when Elizabeth H. Baker was born the exact date and location of her birth remain uncertain. She was raised in a period when women’s roles were often confined to the domestic s...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom!   This is part 3 of our Pink Ladies series.  Mary Louvestre was an African-American Union spy in Norfolk, Virginia, during the United States Civil War. She delivered details of plans for the conversion of the wrecked USS Merrimack to an ironclad that would be named the CSS Virginia and which represented a great advance in Confederate n...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! This is the bonus episode we promised you!!  With us today we have the “Adult Daughter” and the “Teen Daughter”.   Today we thought we’d do something fun and read from Reddit’s Am I the A-hole.  Mom and I will take turns reading the scenario and the others will comment.  Stick around for a bonus to our bonus episode.  CHEERS! All the t...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! As we mentioned in our last episode we will be highlighting the female Pinkerton Detectives.  Today is dedicated to Hattie Lawton.  Hattie was Pinkerton’s second — and often called the best — female detective. Described as both “delicate and driven,” she was renowned at the agency for her skill in gathering vital information in underco...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! The next few episodes of Breakfast with Mom we will highlight the first female Pinkerton detectives.  Today is dedicated to the very first woman to be hired by Allan Pinkerton and one that would be a lifelong friend of Allen’s.  She was even buried in his family plot. Kate Warne was an American law enforcement officer best known as the...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! The history of diving girls is a fascinating chapter in the world of entertainment and athleticism, dating back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Diving girls, also known as "high divers" or "swan divers," were performers who specialized in diving from great heights into small bodies of water, often while r...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom!  Today’s episode will be a little different than what we normally cover.  This will most likely be a long one, so sit back and relax with a nice cup of coffee or tea.  Resources for today’s episode will come from https://texasobituaryproject.org/ and Newspaper.com exact links will be in the show notes.   Resources: https://texasobituar...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom!   Do you recognize the following names: Norma Jean Baker Gladys Pearl Baker Charles Stanly Gifford Today I want to tell you a story about Norma Jean Baker aka Marilyn Monroe, not the story we have all heard time and time again.  Resources can be found below. Resources: https://michelle-morgan.blogspot.com/2012/08/stanley-gifford-and-he...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom.  Today I want to tell you about a female journalist from the mid- 19th century. Nellie Bly, born Elizabeth Jane Cochran on May 5, 1864, in Cochran's Mills, Pennsylvania to Michael Cochran and Mary Jane Kennedy.  She was one of 15 children in her family, and her father was a wealthy landowner and businessman.  Bly attended boarding...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom!  Today I want to tell you about Seneca Village.  Seneca Village was a community in the early 19th century located in what is now Central Park, New York City. Established around the 1820s, it was one of the first predominantly African American communities in the city. The village was home to both African Americans and some Irish and Ger...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom!  Today Mom and talk about our Denver trip! All the things:  Music: "Electronic Rock (King Around Here)" by Alex Grohl https://pixabay.com/music/search/electronic%20rock%20king Logo Artwork: Strawbeary Studios https://www.youtube.com/@StrawbearyStudios/featured Episode was researched, written and edited by Shanoa Social Media:...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom!  We are headed to Denver to the True Crime and Paranormal Podcast Festival!  In this episode we talk about our hopes and dreams for the weekend along with who we are excited to see again or meet for the first time.  In our next episode we will discuss the reality of the weekend, please stay tuned! All the things:  Music: "Electron...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! In this week's episode we talk about Emily Warren Roebling and the Brooklyn Bridge.   Resources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Warren_Roebling https://structurae.net/en/persons/emily-warrren-roebling https://bridgebuilderinpetticoats.com/bibliography/ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9190747/emily-roebling Say What?!:   h...

Send us Fan Mail *****TRIGGER WARNING***** Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom Today we are going to discuss a phenomenon that occurred in the 19th century commonly referred to as “Fasting Girls”.  Please note this episode makes reference to eating disorders and mental illness, if these topics are triggering please feel free to skip this episode.  All my resources can be found in the show...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom!  Today I want to talk about Sister Rosetta Tharpe.  You can find resources in the show notes along with a link to her music on YouTube.  S ister Rosetta Tharpe was a pioneering American musician who played a significant role in the development of early rock and roll and gospel music. Born Rosetta Nubin on March 20, 1915, in Cotton Plan...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom! Today I want to tell you about Gustav Klimt, and the story of his stolen art.   Gustav was an Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most prominent figures in the Vienna Secession movement. Born on July 14, 1862, in Baumgarten, near Vienna, Austria, Gustav demonstrated artistic talent from a young age. He studied at the Vienna Schoo...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom!   Trigger warnings….this story includes fetal homicide and decapitation please listen with caution. Pearl Bryan was a 22-year-old pregnant American woman from Greencastle, Indiana who was found decapitated in Fort Thomas, Kentucky, on February 1, 1896 by a 17-year-old farm hand named Johnny Hewling. Her head was severed below the fifth...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom!   This is the 112 anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic.  I won’t bore you with the story of the Titanic but I do want to give a brief summary of the Titanic story just in case there are some out there that have been living under a rock their whole life- the luxury liner RMS Titanic, launched on May 31, 1911, and set sail on it...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom!  Today we take a light hearted approach, I tell Mom two Easter Stories and some "dad" jokes.  I hope you find it as fun as we did! Resources:   https://www.surfnetkids.com/easter/activities/two-silly-easter-bunny-stories/ https://parade.com/1165566/marynliles/easter-jokes/ All the things:  Music: "Electronic Rock (King A...