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We think that all women in the 1800s were demure housewives and mothers but there were some women who took America by storm with their criminal enterprises.

In this episode Kit and Sherlock cover three notorious East Coast women gangsters who lived lives on the edge as pickpockets, thieves, blackmailers, fences and financiers of major bank robberies in which the stolen money was never recovered.

Join us as we delve into the darker side of women in history.  

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The Appalachian Trail is a brutal 2,050 mile hike that travels through 14 states and takes 4-6 months to complete.

Only 20% of hikers that start the trek actually finish.

Emma Gatewood started her journey when only 6 people before her had completed the trail.  She was 67 years old when she started in May 1955.

She reached the end of the trail in September 1955.  Reporters were present as she sang America the Beautiful as a tribute to her quest and the beauty that surrounded her.

She saved the Appalachian Trail by becoming a celebrity and bringing attention to the trail's much needed restoration.

To this day she inspires people to explore our gorgeous country by hiking.

Join Kit and Sherlock for the details of Emma's historic climb through the Appalachian Mountains.

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We go to work thinking we're safe.  That's what women who worked in the paint factories were told in the 1920s.  It was a lie.  

These women were exposed to high levels of radiation without their knowledge.  Their stories of strength and perseverance in fighting the big corporations are inspirational and deeply sad.

Join Kit and Sherlock to hear the details of the Radium Girls' fight for justice.

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223 young women volunteered in 1917 to be sent to the front of WWI to revolutionize military communication.

These women connected over 26 million calls in 20 months working near the front lines with a speed six times faster than the men they replaced.

While bombs and arial attacks from the enemy whizzed around them, they connected critical calls for artillery support, troop movements, and pilot takeoffs, significantly improving the efficiency of the American war effort.

Their proficiency in English and French was essential for coordinating between American and French forces.

They worked under bombings and gas attacks but stayed strong.

General Pershing credited them with accelerating communications, which some believe helped end the war sooner.

Join Kit and Sherlock for details about these brave women who not only helped end the war but were instrumental in America granting women the right to vote with the passing of the 19th amendment.

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We think it was only men who dug for gold and made or lost a fortune during the multiple gold rushes throughout America in the 1800s but that's not true.

Thousands of women got "gold fever" and set out to claim their fortune.  Some established businesses, some were ranchers but...some were prospectors donning pants with a shovel and pick axe over their shoulders digging for the elusive gold.

These were women with brains and brawn making and sometimes losing fortunes in the Wild West and beyond.

Join Kit and Sherlock for more about the women who formed the future of the West.

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Women behind the scenes is where all the action and work took place at NASA.

Men at NASA didn't want to have anything to do with computers.  They considered complex calculations to be "women's work" so they passed the task of learning IBM's new Fortran computer program to Dorothy Vaughan, a mathematics genius.

She accepted the challenge and brought NASA into the computer age making the space program at NASA possible.

Katherine Johnson was instrumental in sending the first astronauts, Alan Shepard and John Glenn into space.  She also brought the crew of the damaged Apollo 13 back to Earth safely.

Join Kit and Sherlock to hear more about these two incredible women.

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American women were not only instrumental in computing complex mathematical calculations for scientific research starting in the 1870s, they were instrumental in launching the space program that we know today.

Join Kit and Sherlock for an in-depth dive into the history of how women launched the space program.

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The Iditarod is the annual dog sled race held in Alaska since 1973.

We applaud the women who have competed in this race against all odds while being discouraged by men and encouraged by women.

However, we bring light to the cruelty of the dogs that has endured for 54 years.

Join Kit and Sherlock for the whole story of the treatment of dogs throughout the history of the Iditarod.

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You may not know Daisy Bates but we all should celebrate the contribution she made to the Civil Rights movement and especially the historic event in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957.

She tore down the wall of segregation in schools in the South.  Ms. Bates did what no one had done before.  She was instrumental in ensuring that nine black students, the Little Rock Nine, not only were accepted into an all-white high school in Arkansas in 1957 but that they succeeded in continuing their education.

Daisy Bates is an American hero and should be celebrated on a national level.

Join Kit and Sherlock for the whole story of Daisy Bates, an American hero.

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The Little Rock Nine were nine black teenagers who changed history.

They bravely went against the hordes of white people trying to keep them from entering an all white high school in Little Rock Arkansa in search of a better education.

They were assaulted physically and verbally but it didn't stop them.

These kids were the bravest of the brave.

Join Kit and Sherlock for the story of desegregation of schools in the South in the 1950s and what these students had to endure to change schooling in America.

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