Moms Against the Machine
A podcast by two Stay-at-Home-Moms reminding the world that women have been around since before the revolution, how their contributions tie in to today's political climate and why it affects as moms and the women and girls of today.
Moms Against the Machine
Ep. 5 - She Fought the Machine: Women of WWII and the Rise of Facism
In Episode 5, “She Fought the Machine, Part 1,” Chelsey and Jenn unpack how early-20th-century fascism weaponized gender—banning contraception, rewarding motherhood, and erasing women’s autonomy—then spotlight five trailblazers who refused to stay silent: Sophie Scholl, Nancy Wake, Noor Inayat Khan, Virginia Hall, and Hedy Lamarr. From leaflets smuggled past Gestapo checkpoints to groundbreaking frequency-hopping patents, these women show how truth, science, and sheer defiance became the first line of resistance—an inheritance we must claim again as modern-day “national renewal” efforts aim to scrub our history and silence dissent.
Key Sources
- Paxton, Robert O. The Anatomy of Fascism. Knopf, 2004.
- Pine, Lisa. “Nazi Family Policy.” Oxford Bibliographies, 1997.
- US Holocaust Memorial Museum. “Noor Inayat Khan.” Holocaust Encyclopedia, ushmm.org.
- University of Munich White Rose Archive. Sophie Scholl trial transcripts, 1943.
- Lamarr, Hedy & Antheil, George. U.S. Patent 2,292,387, “Secret Communication System,” 1942.
- Heritage Foundation. Project 2025 Mandate for Leadership, project2025.org.
- Newsweek. “Trump Executive Order Targets Married Women’s Financial Autonomy,” April 2025.
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