BitchStory - Stories of badass women that history "forgot"

These women are BADASS! This is part 2 of our women athletes episode. There are currently 3 blog entries up at Kellymcclain.blogspot.com where you can read this information too if that's your jam.

There were a lot of sources for this episode; the main sources are:

⁠https://sports.yahoo.com/womens-history-sports-pioneers-10-140838754.html⁠

⁠https://www.npr.org/2022/02/22/1082272202/women-soccer-contracts-equal-pay-settlement-uswnt⁠

⁠https://www.axios.com/2024/04/09/ncaa-womens-basketball-championship-views#⁠

⁠https://www.statista.com/statistics/240377/nba-finals-tv-viewership-in-the-united-states/#:~:text=The%202023%20NBA%20Finals%20were,the%20Boston%20Celtics%204%2D2⁠

Thanks for listening and supporting us.

This is a 2 parter...in the first part we will enlighten you with just how wide the pay gap is between male and female athletes, and break down the weak ass arguments that try to justify it. And we will start on our list of badass women who set records, blazed trails, and broke barriers for the female athletes who would follow them.

Check out the blog that goes with this podcast here: https://kellymcclain.blogspot.com/2024/04/women-athletes-pay-gap-and-other.html

There were a lot of sources for this episode, and many of them are listed on the blog. The others are:

https://sports.yahoo.com/womens-history-sports-pioneers-10-140838754.html

https://www.npr.org/2022/02/22/1082272202/women-soccer-contracts-equal-pay-settlement-uswnt

https://www.axios.com/2024/04/09/ncaa-womens-basketball-championship-views#

https://www.statista.com/statistics/240377/nba-finals-tv-viewership-in-the-united-states/#:~:text=The%202023%20NBA%20Finals%20were,the%20Boston%20Celtics%204%2D2

Thanks for listening and supporting us. (Special thanks to my hubs and his friend, my new PR manager, Bahb) <3

I have always said that comedy is group therapy and that comedians serve a purpose much deeper than just making us laugh. There's a blog that goes with this podcast now, so you can read my thoughts and the scoop on these 2 funny ladies here: kellymcclain.blogspot.com

Chances are goods that you've heard of Wanda Sykes. But do you know Moms Mabley? I bet you don't. She was a badass woman before badass was even a thing!

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

https://thevogue.com/artists/wanda-sykes/

Whoopi's documentary:

We are diving deep into the history of women's suffrage, the ERA, and a couple of badass ladies who were at the forefront of the fight for equal rights.

It started with women wanting the right to vote. Even John Adam's wife had something to say about it: “I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a Rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice or Representation.”

But did they "remember the ladies"? Um...NO.

Then we wanted equality in the eyes of the law. And that fight is ongoing. We might actually have flying cars before we have equality!

Anyway, enjoy this ep while you're ironing your red handmaid's cloak or making your husband a sandwich.

Like our new name?

SOURCES:

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/programs/19th-amendment-centennial/toolkit/suffrage-timeline/

https://rockthevote.org/explainers/the-19th-amendment/

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/equal-rights-amendment-explained?utm_medium=PANTHEON_STRIPPED&utm_source=PANTHEON_STRIPPED

https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/essays/alice-paul-suffrage-militant

https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/crystal-eastman/

https://www.aclu.org/documents/crystal-eastman

Do you notice anything different?

Lisa and I did some brainstorming about this podcast . We decided that it’s probably in the best interest of the podcast to do a little rebranding. I personally feel extremely passionate about the notion of reclaiming the word Bitch.  I am a pretty rabid feminist at this point, like to consider myself an ally, and am constantly learning how to be a better human.  Lisa is a proud Queer with a passion for world history as well as Civil Rights and Equality.  We obviously both have existential rage of a feminist flavor and want to push against the limitations placed on us by society.

However... seeing as how AI and all of the powerful institutions are still essentially run by the patriarchy, ridiculous conservatism and poorly applied political correctness (insert eye rolls here!), particularly in regards to language, it is nearly impossible to market the podcast with the name “Bitchstory”.  So we decided to compromise on our  steadfast Bitchery and tweak the name. 

Introducing - Re-Feminist History!  You've heard of "revisionist history", I'm sure. It's one of the buzzwords of our time. Well we are having a little revision of our own! We will continue to uncover history's forgotten badasses, sing its unsung heroes, and proclaim the names that the history books "forgot" - and, we have fun doing it!  We swear a little, we (meaning Kelly) use poorly executed foreign accents, we laugh, and we learn a LOT!  So please join us in our own revisionist history - Re-feminist History!

Still available on Spotify, Apple, IHeart, Podbay, Podchaser, and frankly, almost anywhere you get your podcasts! Still publishing every other week.  Still feminist as fuck. 

Enjoy, please leave us a great review, and please share with a friend!

Isabella Goodwin - 1st female detective NYPD

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

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/13/obituaries/isabella-goodwin-overlooked.html

Milicent Patrick - (one of the) 1st female special fx artists

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

https://www.npr.org/2019/03/28/707306134/the-forgotten-woman-who-designed-the-creature-from-the-black-lagoon

https://www.lunaticsproject.com/post/film-history-the-uncredited-life-of-milicent-patrick

"You have the Conn" - https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/203068/whats-the-command-that-kirk-gives-when-he-turns-over-command)

In this surprising and spirited episode we discuss statistics at wound child marriage globally. It is considered a human rights issue and this problem is far more pervasive than you might suspect! Then we do a little deeper dive into the laws around chile marriage and the surprising stances of some famous organizations. You are on the ride with us as we try to make sense of all of this and bring it full circle to current events around reproductive healthcare. (CW: sexual abuse, child marriage, abortion, miscarriage, many f-bombs as usual) WHEW!

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SOURCES AND ORGS

https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/child-marriage-women-activists-africa/

Don’t forget to check out the other House Of Bleep pods: BitchScopes and BitchSplaining. 

January is Mental Health Awareness Month, so we are kicking off a brand new year of Bitchstory with some ladies who improved our lives with breakthrough discoveries in the area of mental health. Two of these ladies specifically did research in women’s reproductive health, and without them, we’d all be in institutions, labeled as hysterical and told it is all in our heads.

https://medium.com/invisible-illness/6-female-mental-health-heroes-you-should-know-this-womens-history-month-729765ab962

On this final episode on 2023, Lisa and Kelly do a run down of their all time favorite episodes of Bitchstory. Thank you for making 2023 awesome. Keep listening. We’ll see you in 2024, Bitches!

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Since I've decided November is Veterans Month and screw Thanksgiving, here's four more badass ladies who have done amazing things for the USA!

ASTRONAUT/RET. AF COL.

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

https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/eileen-collins/

PILOT

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

https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/meet-jacqueline-cochran

ARMY COL/NURSE

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

https://news.va.gov/99544/veteranoftheday-army-veteran-ruby-bradley/

FIRST NURSE ON BATTLEFIELD

https://www.pacificwarmuseum.org/about/news/blog-post-navy-flight-nurse-jane-kendeigh

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

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My husband Patrick is a Gulf War Vet, and now a Fire Chief on a base overseas. I did an interview with him about his experience in the War a few years ago. You can listen to it here

He has been wanting to pod with me about badass military chicks for awhile now. And this year, for Veterans' Day, we are honoring Col. Kim "Killer Chick" Campbell, a decorated war veteran who saved a lot of ground troops' bacon, and managed to do the impossible with an A10 Thunderbolt II, AKA a Warthog. She's just...well...you can do a drinking game with how many times Pat calls her a "badass". Let me know how that goes!

If you're a plane nerd, here's deets on the A10

(I apologize for the not perfect audio. I know Pat is harder to hear than my big bitch voice. I tried to amplify him. He needs a proper microphone to run with us bitches haha)

We would love it if you'd share this podcast with your favorite feminist or history nerd!

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