Welcome to the Breaking Barriers series of our A Little Louder Now podcasts. During this series, Alex and Alicia shine a light on two trailblazing women in a different themed topic each month. These two take their fangirling seriously and are excited to share about women who broke down barriers and reached back to pull up the next generation.

This month, our topic is Boss Babes. We are shining a light on two fearless women in power and leadership. Our featured Boss Babe for this episode is Julia Gilliard, the first and only woman to date to hold the positions of Deputy Prime Minister, Prime Minister and leader of a major party in Australia. We celebrate Julia's iron strength, determination and vision to lead her country. Alex and Alicia are new to Australian politics and did their level best to take you on a journey through Julia's life in the best way possible. Take a listen!

Music by Jennifer Szakolczay

Editing by Brittany Waltmire

Learn more about Julia Gilliard:

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

https://www.aec.gov.au/voting/counting/hor_count.htm

https://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/ministers-and-shadow-ministers.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Australian_Labor_Party_leadership_spill

https://www.ag.gov.au/About/ForcedAdoptionsApology/Pages/default.aspx

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

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

http://www.executivestyle.com.au/one-cool-customer-2orn0

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-19/julia-gillard-shares-heartfelt-note-from-airline-passenger/11223258

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

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Julia-Gillard

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-girl-in-the-letter-emily-gunnis/1130510511?ean=9781472255099