Sheela Na Gig Podcast

Happy November & Happy Belated Halloween! We meant to get this out in time for Halloween, but we missed by a few days. Sorry! But it's still “Spooky season” -Right!? The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. On March 25th, 1911, was considered one of the deadliest industrial disasters in U.S. history. One hundred and forty-six garment workers...

Farmer, healer, and midwife, Grace White Sherwood was accused of turning herself into a cat and causing the death of livestock! This land owner and single mother was the last person known to have been convicted of witchcraft in the state of Virginia.   https://sheelanagigpodcast.com/ Podbean: https://sheelanagigpc.podbean.com Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2nMtfIynuxuMaBA5m4Augh IHeartradi...

Did you know that prior to 1974, a married woman couldn't have a credit card in her own name? And prior to 1978 women couldn't be astronauts!! WTF!? And wait, there's lots more, so you'll have to tune into this episode of The Sheela Na Gig Podcast to find out! I think you'll be as shocked as we were! We, of course, as always, welcome all your questions & comments too! So bring em'! And Thanx f...

OMG! April & Missy had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Director Amie Farrell and lead actor Cheryl Daro, from the upcoming Play, Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson–Apt. 2B by Kate Hamill, at the Long Beach Convention Center. The play opens Oct 17th & runs through Nov 2nd! So don’t wait, get your tickets now! A little about the play-Two free-spirited women solve mysteries and kick butts in M...

Missy & April were delighted to welcome Michele C. Hollow to our Sheela Na Gig Podcast! In this episode, Michele share's her favorite "Sheela", Mary Anning, with us. In fact, Michele has written a wonderful book about Mary Anning called Jurassic Girl! At age 12, Mary Anning found the skeleton of the first ichthyosaurus, a fish-like creature that lived during the Jurassic Period. It was more th...

Hear Part II of Award-winning author Fawn Brokaw Doyle’s amazing “Sheela,” her 8th great-grandmother, Sarah Rapalje! Sarah made history in 1625 as the first child of European heritage born in New York, when it was a small Dutch colony.    https://sheelanagigpodcast.com/ Podbean: https://sheelanagigpc.podbean.com Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2nMtfIynuxuMaBA5m4Augh IHeartradio: https://www...

Award-winning author Fawn Brokaw Doyle shares an amazing “Sheela,” her 8th great-grandmother, Sarah Rapalje. Sarah made history in 1625 as the first child of European heritage born in New York, when it was a small Dutch colony. Researching Sarah's life and the history of New Amsterdam (later New York City) provided her with an entirely different perspective on colonial America, one that extended b...

"Things that women weren't allowed to do 50 or more years ago"   It's hard to remember a time when women couldn't vote, divorce their husband or even wear pants! All were forbidden by law and not that long ago , if you think about it! In this special episode Missy & April discuss the things that women weren't allowed to do 50 or more years ago and discuss the many "Sheelas" that paved the way...

What’s it like when you’re a unique & prolific artist, whose husband locks you in a room for days on end, forcing you  to paint, while he takes all the credit!? Meet the one & only, Margaret Keane, an artist known for her paintings of children with large sad eyes. She was one of the most popular artists of the twentieth century. But the world did not even know her name for more than a deca...

As an undergraduate at Yale, Maya Lin gained national attention when she won a nationwide design competition for a Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., and that is when the controversy began!   https://sheelanagigpodcast.com/ Podbean: https://sheelanagigpc.podbean.com Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2nMtfIynuxuMaBA5m4Augh IHeartradio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1323-sheela-na-...

This is now the re-edited version! No longer missing an early & important chunk of her life! So sorry about that! Missy & April didnt realize the recording had stopped, so had to go back in & edit in that missing piece of her life. We record in a parking garage, so please excuse the echo during that part! Ok, just kidding no parking garage, but sure sounds like it! Not sure what happen...

We ARE An Award-Winning Podcast! Missy and April are thrilled to have received four awards from Women Who Podcast Magazine: 2nd Place in Service to others for our reporting of Truus & Freddy Oversteegen & Hannie Schaft; 2nd place for Impactful Story about the Night Witches; Second Place in the category of “Laughter and Cheer” for Missy’s coverage of the incorrigible  Caresse Crosby, and th...

The Gulabi Gang, known for wearing pink saris and carrying weapons for self-defense, is 400,000+ members strong and seeks to protect women in India from violence, oppression, and corruption.    https://sheelanagigpodcast.com/ Podbean: https://sheelanagigpc.podbean.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2nMtfIy... IHeartradio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1323-s... Amazon Music: https://musi...

As we wait for the Women Who Podcast awards to be announced, Missy and April contemplate their proudest, silliest, and most tense-filled moments from the Sheela Na Gig Podcast, ranging from 14-year-old World War heroines to dolls that pee and poo to Beulah Henry’s Milka-A-Moo!   https://sheelanagigpodcast.com/ Podbean: https://sheelanagigpc.podbean.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2nMtf...

As most of you listeners know, Missy is a big podcast listener,, but probably her very favorite investigative journalist is Madeleine Baran, best known as the lead reporter for the APM podcast In the Dark. Baran has received accolades including three Peabody Awards, a Gracie Award and two Sigma Delta Chi Awards for her reporting. She is brave, undaunting & compassionate and has the ability to...

On the night of April 26, 1777, 16-year-old Sybil Ludington climbed onto her horse and set off on a mission: a 40-mile ride to muster local militia troops in response to a British attack on the town of Danbury, Connecticut. Riding all night through rain — and traveling twice the distance that Paul Revere rode during his famous midnight ride — Sybil returned home at dawn having given nearly the ent...

The first American woman to receive a medical degree, Elizabeth Blackwell, was instrumental in paving the way for other women to enter the medical profession.   https://sheelanagigpodcast.com/ Podbean: https://sheelanagigpc.podbean.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2nMtfIy... IHeartradio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1323-s... Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/782... Podc...

Social entrepreneur, civil rights activist, suborbital astronaut, and founder and CEO of Rise, Amanda Nguyen authored the Sexual Assault Survivors’ Rights Act, unanimously signed into landmark legislation, providing statutory rights for survivors of sexual assault and rape.   https://sheelanagigpodcast.com/ Podbean: https://sheelanagigpc.podbean.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2nMtfIy....

We are delighted to have the very talented Los Angeles based musician, singer, composer & producer and lawyer and a mother (no she did not work at the dead letter office)-Brooke Ferri with us today! April I & had the absolute pleasure of seeing her production, Adanza,back in April, at The Eastwood Performing Arts Center in LA. We were truly blown away by the onslaught of talented & div...

Lacking a formal engineering education or practical mechanical skills, Beulah Louise Henry managed to invent a broad array of consumer products from lifelike dolls to typewriters. A savvy entrepreneur, she challenged teams of professionals to help her realize her visions and changed how we work, clean, and play.      https://sheelanagigpodcast.com/ Podbean: https://sheelanagigpc.podbean.com/ Spoti...

Mercedes De Acosta was a poet, playwright, screenwriter, novelist, socialite, costume designer, and fashion influencer.  She also lived her life as an unabashedly out lesbian at a time, when this was hidden, looked down upon & unheard of. Her unapologetic strength, resilience, and ingenuity paved the way for others and her most impressive creation was herself During her life, Mercedes produced...

WE are so excited to share our latest Sheela Na Gig interview with you with the very talented Emma Andres. Emma is a professional ballet dancer, a dance teacher and contemporary/ classical ballet choreographer. She is also a storyteller, who has endeavored upon sharing Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women through an immersive and interactive dance experience— all set within the historic Victorian mano...

We welcome Julie Roland back on this episode! You may remember her from our last episode? She is a true modern day Sheela! At just 31 years old, Julie is already a lieutenant in the Navy- flying helicopters, an accomplished magician, a lawyer and much more! So we thought it would be fun for her to join us to talk about the amazing female magician, Dell O’Dell. Dell was an American female magician...

You’re going to LOVE our latest “Sheela!”- Meet Julie Roland! Missy met Julie recently at the iconic Magic Castle in Hollywood. After just a little bit of stalking and persuasion, she got Julie to agree to being interviewed on The Sheela Na Gig Podcast! Yay!   At just 31 years of age, Julie is already a lieutenant in the Navy- flying helicopters, an accomplished magician, a lawyer and that’s not a...

Gladys Bentley, an American blues singer, pianist, and entertainer, shone during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. An African American cross-dressing, bawdy performer, she drew crowds in New York speakeasies, singing her own “raunchy” lyrics to popular songs of the era.   https://sheelanagigpodcast.com/   Podbean: https://sheelanagigpc.podbean.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2nMtfIy...