Badass Women of America
This podcast is about the women in history who broke barriers and made history yet you probably have never heard of them. Join us each week for a new episode about a woman or women who fought in wars, were amazing explorers, were pioneers in aviation – women who weren’t in our history books. These were exciting, brave, adventurous women who helped shaped this country. Join me, Kit and my friend Sherlock, as we share the exciting stories of these women whom you will want to know. These are the Badass Women of America.
Episodes
45 episodes
Sanora Babb vs Steinbeck Part 2
We promised you in the previous episode that we would offer proof that Steinbeck used the notes of Sanora Babb from interviews with Dust Bowl migrants to write The Grapes of Wrath. Did he miraculously write The Grapes o...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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33:02
Sanora Babb vs Steinbeck - Part 1
It's difficult to sum up Sanora Babb's life. Raised in poverty, didn't attend school until age eleven, became Valedictorian of her high school class, became a journalist good enough to receive a job offer from the Los Angeles Times in ear...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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26:37
Two Women Who Changed History
In 1968, Diane Crump was the first woman to be granted a professional jockey license and in 1970, the first woman to compete in the Kentucky Derby.She fought through crowds of protesters to get to the track.In 1955, Clau...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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27:35
True Story of Sarah Rector - Child Oil Magnate
Sarah Rector was only 11 years old when oil was discovered on property she owned.Born in 1902, Sarah was a descendant of a freed black slave in the Creek Native American tribe. Therefore she was entitled to a land allotment on Indi...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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22:32
Packhorse Librarians - What?!!
This week's episode is about the Packhorse Librarians of Kentucky.96 women of rural Kentucky rode up to 100 miles per week on horses and mules delivery books to remote, isolated corners of the Appalachia Mountains from 1935...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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28:36
First Women Stand Up Comedians!
Before Phyllis Diller and Totie Fields, women did not do stand-up comedy.Phyllis and Totie paved the way for women comedians in a male dominated profession despite having to fight their way through personal hardships.Join Kit and ...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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27:10
Mrs. Claus! Another Hero of Christmas
Do we really know where Mrs. Claus comes from, what she does, who she is?Talk about an unsung hero!Join Kit and Sherlock as they reveal the history of Mrs. Claus.SPOILER ALERT!If you haven't watched the TV sho...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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11:39
Georgia Tann Stole Over 5,000 Children
How did single mothers manage to protect their children during a time when the children could be snatched away from them for no good reason?Not only was there very little help for single mothers in the 1950s, there was also the threat of...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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29:32
BULLFIGHTERS!
It's a controversial topic but this episode does not debate the sport of bullfighting but brings attention to the American women who crossed the border to become bullfighters.From the 1950s with Patricia McCormick (bullfighter, artist...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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39:16
Clara Barton - who was she really?
Clara Barton is one of the few women in our history books but is her story really told?She wasn't a trained nurse, she was an administrator who organized medical supplies to the battlefields of the Civil War. But that's not only wh...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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32:10
Women Heroes of the American Revolutionary War
It wasn't just the men who fought during the American Revolutionary War!Some women fought as soldiers, some as journalists, some as spies and some who rallied to fight against the food shortage by conducting 30 food riots.Do...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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31:24
Martha Gellhorn - Greatest War Correspondent
Martha Gellhorn was one of the greatest war correspondent of the 20th Century.When she was refused credentials as a reporter to cover the WW2 invasion of Normandy, France, otherwise known as D-Day, she didn't take "no" for an answer....
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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21:23
She Made a Fortune by Eavesdropping on Wealthy Men
Mary Ellen Pleasant made a fortune as a domestic by listening to the conversations of the white men of means that she was serving. She listened and invested making millions. Then she shared all her millions with people who needed he...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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30:50
Women Making History - An Explorer and a Daredevil!
Louise Arner Boyd was the first woman to explore the Arctic in the 1920s.Annie Edson Taylor was the first person to plunge over Niagara Falls in a barrel - at the age of 63!Join Kit and Sherlock for the details of these amazing wo...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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26:58
Women Who Followed Their Passions
Florence Parpart, inventor extraordinaire! Beginning at the age of 25 she revolutionized health and safety with two very different inventions.Margo Jones was instrumental in bringing professional theater to cities across the countr...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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26:31
When Women Ruled Hollywood
From the late 1800s through the late 1920s women were a major force in filmmaking. They were producers, directors, screenwriters and editors. They were innovative in not only storytelling but in new methods of filmmaking.Then...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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29:01
SPIES!
If you don't know Josephine Baker or think you know Josephine Baker, think again. The most celebrated American entertainer around the world was also one of the best spies during WW2.Also, one of the greatest spies during WW2 was Vi...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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38:39
Women Who Built and Maintained the Railroads
If you think only men built the railroads, think again.Enslaved black women were "rented" to railroad companies by their "slave owners" to build the railroads in the early to mid 1800s.Plus women inventors who improved railr...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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30:33
Crazy Fads Over the Centuries
There have been crazy fads throughout the centuries.Hair PinningRing TurningFlagpole SittingPhonebooth StuffingGoldfish SwallowingPanty RaidsStreakingAs well as flam...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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27:19
The Great Escape from Slavery
The story of Ellen and William Craft's escape from slavery in 1848 is epic. Disguised as a white man Ellen travelled 1,000 miles with her husband acting as her slave in order to obtain freedom from the torment of having no rights t...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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33:29
Two Great Ladies of New York
The stories behind the Statue of Liberty and the erection of the Brooklyn Bridge are more interesting than you can imagine.The construction of the Statue of Liberty didn't happen because of the governments of France and America - it was ...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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32:57
What Suffragettes Suffered for Women's Right to Vote
The suffragettes were not women who only marched with banners in the streets of our country. They were women who for decades were beaten, imprisoned, ostracized, ridiculed and tortured because they were a threat to the hold that men had o...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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25:12
Trailblazing Women Doctors of the 1800-1900s
Elizabeth Blackwell and Alice Ball - two women doctors who made history long, long, long before we were born!Elizabeth Blackwell tried multiple times to get accepted into a medical school in the 1840s only to be finally accepted because ...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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39:02