Chickstory

This week we talk about a small but powerful powerhouse in the American comedy industry. This chick made some of the most famous comedians household names.

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Sources:

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

https://thecomedystore.com/mitzi-shore/

https://www.vulture.com/news/mitzi-shore/

Links for other things mentioned:

Dolly Alderton Book: https://www.amazon.com.au/Ghosts-Dolly-Alderton/dp/0241434548

The Queens Gambit: https://www.netflix.com/title/80234304

The Comedy Store Show: https://www.stan.com.au/watch/the-comedy-store

CITN (Danielle Laporte) - https://www.daniellelaporte.com/

Links for other things mentioned:

CITN (Danielle Laporte) - https://www.daniellelaporte.com/

Executive Producers Yvie Jones and Annette Staglieno.

Produced by Sam Petersen

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Maria Mitchell was an astronomer, a teacher and a womens rights advocate. She became the first American woman to discover a comet and her legacy still lives on to this day.

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Sources:

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

https://www.mariamitchell.org/about/about-maria-mitchell

https://www.brainpickings.org/2017/06/05/maria-mitchell-science-religion/

Links for other things mentioned:

CITN (30 Something Single) - https://www.instagram.com/thirtysomethingsingle/?hl=en

Brain Pickings: https://www.brainpickings.org/

Nats What I Reckon: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEFW1E8QzP-hKxjO2Rj68wg

Staged - https://iview.abc.net.au/show/staged

Jane Goody - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvPL1icDi8M

Executive Producers Yvie Jones and Annette Staglieno.

Produced by Sam Petersen

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This week we feature two woman separately who invented a device each that everyone in the modern world (mostly) still use to this day. One ironically, has the same last name as another inventor we featured in episode 5 who invented something in the same field! Chicks are awesome

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Links:

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Anderson_(inventor)

Executive Producers Yvie Jones and Annette Staglieno.

Produced by Sam Petersen

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Elizabeth J. Magie (pronounced Magee) was a writer, feminist, abolitionist and inventor. For centuries the game Monopoly has been credited to a man (lols!) but it was Lizzie who invented the game years earlier!

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Links:

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

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/business/behind-monopoly-an-inventor-who-didnt-pass-go.html

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/apr/11/secret-history-monopoly-capitalist-game-leftwing-origins

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/09/11/ms-monopoly-female-inventor-lizzie-magie/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lizzie-G-Magie

Executive Producers Yvie Jones and Annette Staglieno.

Produced by Sam Petersen

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Beryl Mills was our very first Miss Australia which is very trendy and cool. But there was so much more to her.

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Links:

http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mills-beryl-lucy-11130

Executive Producers Yvie Jones and Annette Staglieno.

Produced by Sam Petersen.

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Myra Juliet Farrell was a prolific inventor with over 24 patents to her name! Some of the most common household items we still use today we owe to Myra!

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Links:

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

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/today-in-history/australian-myra-taylor-freed-women-from-torture-of-the-corset/news-story/1080ebba3223846749267eed90a82db3

Executive Producers Yvie Jones and Annette Staglieno.

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This week we discuss Frances Levvy, an animal protection advocate from Sydney and a co-founder of the RSPCA.

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Executive Producers Yvie Jones and Annette Staglieno.

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Dubbed 'the Mother of Rock', Roxon became the most influential rock journalist in the world from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. She gained an international following for her witty, passionate appraisals of musicians and their work. Roxon remained a fan first and foremost and her hit predictions became legendary.

Embedded in the rock and emerging punk scene in New York, she knew all the new and emerging stars including David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Alice Cooper and Patti Smith.

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https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/australian-writer-lillian-roxon

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

Mother of Rock Documentary

Executive Producers: Yvie Jones and Annette Staglieno.

Produced by Sam Petersen

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Before Princess Di, the world had the original tragedy of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, better known as Sisi (Sissi). They probably would have been friends! Her story was more dramatic and less sordid. But just as heartbreaking. 

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Links:

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

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/magazine/2019/05-06/empress-elisabeth-of-austria/

Executive Producers Yvie Jones and Annette Staglieno.

Produced by Sam Petersen

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Known as the 'Angel of Death' Dulcie Markham reportedly "saw more violence and death than any other woman in Australia's history".

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Sources:

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

https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/conversations/leigh-straw-2019/11158482

Executive Producers: Yvie Jones and Annette Staglieno.

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