Women Inspire
Ever pick up a history book and wonder where all the women were? Over half the world's population are female, so what have they been doing all this time? Well an awful lot as it happens! Join Laura as she delves into our rich and colourful past to tell stories of truly remarkable women through time. Stories which will uplift, empower and inspire.
Episodes
21 episodes
Edith Cavell
The story of the pioneering nurse, who saved the lives of countless British and Allied servicemen, but who paid the ultimate price.
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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19:04
Claudia Jones
Known as the “Mother of the Notting Hill Carnival,” Claudia Jones dedicated her life to fighting intolerance, inequality and oppression. In her short life she defied poverty, illness and prejudice to achieve the extraordinary. Liste...
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Episode 19
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15:21
Kitty Marion
“The greatest enemy of freedom is not the tyrant but the contented slave.”Meet Kitty Marion, the music hall performer who became the most dangerous and revolutionary suffragette of them all. We chart a journey which spans ...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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23:47
Althea Gibson
“Shaking hands with the Queen of England was a long way from being forced to sit in the colored section of the bus going into downtown Wilmington, North Carolina.”Althea Gibson knew from the start she was going to be somebody. H...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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19:22
Hedy Lamarr
Once named the most beautiful woman in the world, Hedy Lamarr was also possessed of a brilliant and inventive mind. In this podcast we celebrate a complicated, but remarkable woman.
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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20:12
Una Marson
Una Marson was once described as "the most significant black feminist of the interwar years". Broadcaster, activist, journalist and poet she was a true pioneer, but she has often been overlooked. Listen to her story here...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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18:47
Lily Parr
Hear the story of a footballing legend with a "kick like a mule!"
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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17:30
Jayaben Desai
"A person like me, I am never scared of anybody,”As a newly arrived refugee from East Africa, Jayaben Desai hoped for a new and better life, but instead she and her fellow workers found themselves humiliated and exploited. Burning with i...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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19:37
Joe Carstairs
"I had a country going. I ran a country"Meet Joe Carstairs, the cigar smoking, cross dressing, speedboat racing, force of nature. Once the fastest woman on water, Joe defied convention and lived her life in her own inimitable way...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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20:35
Mary Shelley
“Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.”At the age of only nineteen, Mary Shelley wrote her terrifying gothic masterpiece, "Frankenstein". Her own life was as dramatic as fiction, so who was the woman behind the book?
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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21:59
Mary Wollstonecraft
In November 2020 a statue by artist Maggi Hambling which honours the brilliant and contradictory Mary Wollstonecraft, was unveiled. It has caused much controversy, but whatever your view on it, the statue gives us a wonderful opportunity ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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19:28
Amy Johnson
“I have always believed that those who live colourfully, fight courageously and love greatly, remain to enrich our memories and shape our actions.”In May 1930 pilot Amy Johnson took off from Croydon Airport destined for Australi...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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20:06
Adelaide Hall
“Sing to the Moon Addie, and the stars will shine!”A phenomenal singer and bright star of the jazz age, our podcast today charts the fascinating life and career of a pioneer who blazed a trail for other jazz musicians to follow.A...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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22:16
Noor Inayat Khan
The last word before she spoke before died “LIBERTE”Descended from Indian royalty, Noor Inayat Khan is sometimes known as “The Spy Princess”. A peace-loving dreamer, she would became a British secret agent and the first fe...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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23:59