Lady History

This week on Lady History:  Meet our friend from undergrad, Kelsie, a real life actual archaeologist! Learn about four fabulous goddesses in the last episode of 2020! In this episode you'll hear about dynamic diety Ishtar,  serpentine sky-hero Nüwa, fabulous fairy-mother Danu, and grain goddess Persephone. Logo by: Alexia Ibarra Editing by: Lexi Simms Music by: Alana Stolnitz A full text...

Happy Holidays! No new episode this week, but here is some of our favorite cut content to tide you over until next week.

This week on Lady History: Let's spice it up! In this episode we introduce a special new format and play some Lady History games with improv icon Erin Keif. Logo by: Alexia Ibarra Editing by: Lexi Simms Music by: Alana Stolnitz Special thanks to Erin Keif from guesting on this episode! Listen to Erin's show Hey Riddle Riddle wherever you get your podcasts.  A full text transcript of this show...

This week on Lady History: In countless rap albums, history books, and late night talk shows these women have been misrepresented. For far too long these women's stories got told wrong. Now we are telling them right. Meet the bra-burning (?) birds of the 1960s, freedom femme Harriet Tubman, and awesome activist Monica Lewinsky.  Logo by: Alexia Ibarra Editing by: Lexi Simms Music by: Ala...

This week on Lady History: Let's get down to business and meet some badass boss ladies! Meet landowning lass Elleanor Eldridge, headstrong hair-expert Madame C. J. Walker, and entrepreneur empathetic Mary Ellen Pleasant. Logo by: Alexia Ibarra Editing by: Lexi Simms Music by: Alana Stolnitz A full text transcript of this show, as well as sources, attributions, and further readings, can be found at...

This week on Lady History: Put down that pie and take a minute to join us in acknowledging and honoring the hard work of Native women. Learn the stories of musical madam Zitkala-Sa, dynamic doctor Susan La Flesche, and lionhearted leader Sacagawea.  Logo by: Alexia Ibarra Editing by: Lexi Simms  Music by: Alana Stolnitz  A full text transcript of this show, as well as sources, attri...

This week on Lady History: Learn the stories of three women the world lost too soon: courageous chemist Alice Ball, awesome actress Brittany Murphy, and ruthless revolutionary Ryu Gwansun. Logo by: Alexia Ibarra Editing by: Lexi Simms Music by: Alana Stolnitz A full text transcript of this show, as well as sources, attributions, and further readings, can be found at ladyhistorypod.tumblr.com Ryu G...

This week on Lady History: Enter the Lady History Library and crack open a book with us! Today we will explore the lives of 3 authors: artistic anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston, outstanding orator Maya Angelou, and goth gal Mary Shelley.  Logo by: Alexia Ibarra Editing by: Lexi Simms Music by: Alana Stolnitz Archival Audio of Maya Angelou In This Episode: Courtesy; William J. Clinton Preside...

"Women belong in all places where decision are being made." - RBG.  This week on Lady History: Meet the women in the room where it happens. Join us as we explore the lives of women who were political icons. Meet radiant Representative Patsy Mink, democracy-loving daughter Alice Roosevelt, and compassionate Chief Wilma Mankiller. Logo by: Alexia Ibarra Editing by: Lexi Simms Music by: Alana St...

This week on Lady History: Ghouls, gals, and non-binary pals join us for a spooktacular episode where we explore the truth behind witch accusations. Meet passionate princess Hwi-bin Kim (김 휘빈), would-be witch La Viosin and persecuted post master Katharina Henot. Logo by: Alexia Ibarra Editing by: Lexi Simms Ooky Spooky Music by: Alana Stolnitz A full text transcript of this show, as well as sou...

This week on Lady History: Let's take a trip to the zoo and meet our favorite ladies in zoology and primatology: mammal matron Helen Martini, devoted dame Dian Fossey, and a special surprise final lady. You will just have to listen to find out! Logo by: Alexia Ibarra Editing by: Lexi Simms Music by: Alana Stolnitz A full text transcript of this show, as well as sources, attributions, and further r...

This week on Lady History: It's a bird, it's a plane, no it's a shero! I'm holding out for a shero 'til the end of the night! Meet these three ladies we call our sheroes: radical rower Ida Lewis, sympathetic superstar Selena, and courageous curator Rose Valland. Logo by: Alexia Ibarra Editing by: Lexi Simms Music by: Alana Stolnitz A full text transcript of this show, as well as sources, attributi...

This week on Lady History: These queens? They're timeless icons, sister! Meet subversive sovereign Catherine the Great, royal ruler Queen Amina, and motherly monarch Boudica.  Logo by: Alexia Ibarra Editing by: Lexi Simms Music by: Alana Stolnitz A full text transcript of this show, as well as sources, attributions, and further readings, can be found at ladyhistorypod.tumblr.com Follow us on...

This week on Lady History:  We are talking about suffragists history tends to forget. These ladies advocated for the vote. Meet adolescent advocate Mabel Ping Hua-Lee, wise wordsmith Delilah Beasley, and change-making champion Ida B. Wells. The archival audio in this episode is from the Library of Congress.  "Your mother's gone away to join the army" from 1913 is played before the cold o...

This week on Lady History:  We are talking about ladies who slay in the kitchen. Meet cookbook connoisseur Amelia Simmons, culinary creative Buwei Yang Chao, and calamitous cook Mary Mallon. Logo by: Alexia Ibarra Editing by: Lexi Simms Music by: Alana Stolnitz A full text transcript of this show, as well as sources, attributions, and further readings, can be found at ladyhistorypod.tumblr.co...

This week on Lady History: Crimes: they committed them; we talk about them.  Join us as we talk about poison purveyor Giulia Tofana, guillotined gal Charlotte Corday, and mob madam Virginia Hill. Logo by: Alexia Ibarra Editing by: Lexi Simms Music by: Alana Stolnitz A full text transcript of this show, as well as sources and further readings, can be found at ladyhistorypod.tumblr.com Follow u...

This week on Lady History:  Join us to learn about ladies of legend and lore, because why myth bust when you can myth share? Meet medical maiden Agnodice,  headstrong hero Artemisia, and courageous champion Mulan. Let's find out together... is she real? Or is she fantasy? Logo by: Alexia Ibarra Editing by: Lexi Simms Music by: Alana Stolnitz A full text transcript of this show, as well a...

This week on Lady History: ARRRRR MATEYS!!! These lady pirates were the captains of their own destinies. Get ready to sail the high seas with the stories of three iconic pirates: Ching Shih,  Anne Bonny, and Grace O'Malley.  Logo by: Alexia Ibarra Editing by: Lexi Simms Music by: Alana Stolnitz A full text transcript of this show, as well as sources and further readings, can be found at...

This week on Lady History: Get ready to take off as we immerse ourselves in the lives of lady pilots. Learn the mystery of Amelia Earhart, explore the legacy of the Night Witches, and hear the story of Jackie Cochran. Logo by: Alexia Ibarra Editing by: Lexi Simms Music by: Alana Stolnitz A full text transcript of this show, as well as sources and further readings, can be found at ladyhistorypod.tu...

This is a trailer. Come back later for the real stuff. This "Episode": Starring Alana, Lexi, and Haley. Edited by Alana.  Logo by Alexia Ibarra, you can find her on Instagram and Twitter at LexiBDraws Follow us: Twitter: @ladyhistorypod Instagram: @ladyhistorypod Tumblr: ladyhistorypod.tumblr.com Email: ladyhistorypod@gmail.com