All About Eve

October is Black History Month in the UK, and in this episode Julia & Anna celebrate two incredible Black British women. Julia tells us about Lilian Bader, who was the first Black woman to join the RAF - but bloody 'ell did she have to fight to get there. Anna discusses Mary Seacole, the nurse who, after being rejected to join nursing crews in the Crimean War by the British Army decided to make her own way there.


Links for the episode:

Lilian Bader:
 Amazing YouTube video by Lorena Thompson-Kerr
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ipnAtuBFok

Mary Seacole:
The Wonderful Adventures of Mary Seacole in Many Lands 1857
https://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/item126795.html

Anna celebrates the shy women among us with the tale of Caroline Herschel, a.k.a the Comet Huntress. In the 1780s, she was appointed the first female professional scientist and astronomer - despite having raging imposter syndrome her whole life. Julia discusses Greta Thunberg, the teenage activist from Sweden, who along with other young women is changing the world. 

Anna celebrates the shy women among us with the tale of Caroline Herschel, a.k.a the Comet Huntress. In the 1780s, she was appointed the first female professional scientist and astronomer - despite having raging imposter syndrome her whole life. Julia discusses Greta Thunberg, the teenage activist from Sweden, who along with other young women is changing the world. 

Anna tries to do justice to the incredible Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize. Wangari started a movement to plant trees in her home country of Kenya, empowering women and staring down the government in the process. Julia tells us about the mysterious woman found wandering the streets of Bristol in the 1800s, speaking an unknown language and wearing strange clothing. Her name was later discovered to be Princess Caraboo...

Wangari Maathai Sources:
Documentary: Wangari Muta Maathai (1940 - 2011) (The one Anna mentions): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW5qdeNKfs0&t=776s
Faces of Africa - Wangari Maathai: The Eco-warrior with a smile:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOK1I8tIAqo
Film Clip from 'Taking Root: The vision of Wangari Maathai':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzikL5MJWCg
Remembering Wangari Maathai, First African Woman to Win Nobel Prize:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKjFslPNeLU

Anna tries to do justice to the incredible Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize. Wangari started a movement to plant trees in her home country of Kenya, empowering women and staring down the government in the process. Julia tells us about the mysterious woman found wandering the streets of Bristol in the 1800s, speaking an unknown language and wearing strange clothing. Her name was later discovered to be Princess Caraboo...

Wangari Maathai Sources:
Documentary: Wangari Muta Maathai (1940 - 2011) (The one Anna mentions): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW5qdeNKfs0&t=776s
Faces of Africa - Wangari Maathai: The Eco-warrior with a smile:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOK1I8tIAqo
Film Clip from 'Taking Root: The vision of Wangari Maathai':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzikL5MJWCg
Remembering Wangari Maathai, First African Woman to Win Nobel Prize:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKjFslPNeLU

Julia tells us about Gloria Allred, the civil rights activist and lawyer who has spent a lifetime fighting sexism, from gendered restaurant menus to sexual assault. Anna discusses Arunima Sinha, the first female amputee to climb Everest whose astounding story has to be heard to be believed, and gives new meaning to the word 'perseverance'. Could also be titled "How to climb Everest even when absolutely everything goes wrong for you".

Julia tells us about Gloria Allred, the civil rights activist and lawyer who has spent a lifetime fighting sexism, from gendered restaurant menus to sexual assault. Anna discusses Arunima Sinha, the first female amputee to climb Everest whose astounding story has to be heard to be believed, and gives new meaning to the word 'perseverance'. Could also be titled "How to climb Everest even when absolutely everything goes wrong for you".

Anna talks about Annie 'Londonderry', a woman who won a bet to become the first woman to cycle around the world in the 1890s. Julia talks about Artemisia Gentileschi, considered one of the most important women to paint in the renaissance period and whose works were often attributed to men. 

Sources for Annie Londonderry:
 https://totalwomenscycling.com/mountain-biking/eastern-unknown-trail-paradise-switzerland

http://mentalfloss.com/article/72276/retrobituaries-annie-londonderry-first-woman-cycle-around-world

https://www.vox.com/2014/7/8/5880931/the-19th-century-health-scare-that-told-women-to-worry-about-bicycle

Sources for Artemisia Gentileschi:
Michael Palin's Quest for Artemisia BBC

https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/artemisia-gentileschi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemisia_Gentileschi

https://www.wikiart.org/en/artemisia-gentileschi

Anna talks about Annie 'Londonderry', a woman who won a bet to become the first woman to cycle around the world in the 1890s. Julia talks about Artemisia Gentileschi, considered one of the most important women to paint in the renaissance period and whose works were often attributed to men. 

Sources for Annie Londonderry:
 https://totalwomenscycling.com/mountain-biking/eastern-unknown-trail-paradise-switzerland

http://mentalfloss.com/article/72276/retrobituaries-annie-londonderry-first-woman-cycle-around-world

https://www.vox.com/2014/7/8/5880931/the-19th-century-health-scare-that-told-women-to-worry-about-bicycle

Sources for Artemisia Gentileschi:
Michael Palin's Quest for Artemisia BBC

https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/artemisia-gentileschi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemisia_Gentileschi

https://www.wikiart.org/en/artemisia-gentileschi

Julia talks about Aggie Underwood, a pioneering journalist from 1940s America who was known for firing a gun in the office when things got too quiet. Anna talks about Eartha Kitt, the icon of stage, screen and music who stood up for what was right and changed the game.

Sources for Aggie Underwood:
https://derangedlacrimes.com/?tag=agness-aggie-underwood
The First with the Latest!: Aggie Underwood, the Los Angeles Herald, and the Sordid Crimes of a City - By Joan Renner
https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=PVPN19660303.2.87&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agness_Underwood

Sources for Eartha Kitt:
America's Mistress: Eartha Kitt, Her Life and Times, Book by John L. Williams https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eartha-Kitt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmSWVqpb-N0&t=296s Terry Wogan interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r0dWxy17C8 Terry Wogan Interview Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGYwf7e_cr8&t=49s Interview on compromise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS02GeKuWQ4 Video for "I want to be evil"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0vo7fLzkpU "Old-fashioned Millionaire"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6khQvOlwkcw "Monotonous"