This week, Phoebe tells Annie all about Ettie Rout, a safe sex campaigner in World War 1, who designed safe sex kits after recognising the venereal disease problem during the war. Her kits were handed out to all soldiers going on leave in an effort to administer preventative methods.

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Podcast: Buried Bones

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/buried-bones-a-historical-true-crime-podcast-with/id1455668750

Book: The Accident - Fiona Lowe

https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-accident-fiona-lowe/book/9781867246992.html

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This week, Annie tells Phoebe all about Eleanor of Toledo, a Spanish noblewoman who became the world's first lady as the Duchess of Florence—the first wife of Cosimo I de' Medici. A keen businesswoman, she financed many of her husband's political campaigns and is credited with introducing tomatoes, amongst other herbs and vegetables, to Italy.

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TV Show: Stanley Tucci- Searching for Italy

https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-series/stanley-tucci-searching-for-italy/season-2

Book: With My Little Eye - Sandra Hogan

https://www.booktopia.com.au/with-my-little-eye-sandra-hogan/book/9781760878467.html

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This week, Phoebe tells Annie all about Marie Beuzeville Byles, the first practising female solicitor in New South Wales. She was also an Australian conservationist, pacifist, mountaineer, explorer, avid bushwalker, feminist, journalist, and original member of the Buddhist Society in New South Wales.

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Podcast: Dolly Parton's America

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dolly-partons-america/id1481398762

Book: Holly Throsby

https://www.hollythrosby.com/

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This week, Annie tells Phoebe all about Jane Addams, who was instrumental in developing Social Work as a profession and was also the first American woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize.

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Podcast: You're Dead To Me

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/youre-dead-to-me/id1479973402

Book: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-midnight-library-matt-haig/book/9781786892737.html

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This week, Phoebe tells Annie all about Emma Constance Stone, the first woman to practice medicine in Australia who played an important role in founding both the Queen Victoria Hospital and the Victorian Medical Women's Society in Melbourne.

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Podcast: Catching Dad's Killer

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/catching-dads-killer/id1719919275

Book: Love, Just In

https://www.booktopia.com.au/love-just-in-natalie-murray/book/9781761470639.html

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This week, Annie tells Phoebe all about Clara (Clarissa) Barton, an American nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She is known for her humanitarian work and civil rights advocacy right up until her mid-70s.

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Podcast: Nothing Much Happens

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/nothing-much-happens-bedtime-stories-to-help-you-sleep/id1378040733

Book: The Seven Sisters Book Series

https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-seven-sisters-lucinda-riley/book/9781529003451.html

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This week, Phoebe tells Annie all about Maria Orosa, a food technologist, pharmaceutical chemist, humanitarian, and war heroine who also invented Banana ketchup!

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TV Show: Shakespeare - The Rise Of A Genius

https://iview.abc.net.au/show/shakespeare-rise-of-a-genius/series/1/video/ZW4039A001S00

Book: The Fancies - Kim Lock

https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-fancies-kim-lock/book/9781867251620.html

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This week, Annie tells Phoebe all about Dorothy Thompson, the first American journalist in history to be expelled from Germany (after meeting Hitler and calling him a 'little man') and was one of the few women news commentators broadcasting on radio during the 1930s.

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Podcast: Sarah Wilson - Wild

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/wild-with-sarah-wilson/id1548626341

Book: Gone - Glenna Thomson

https://www.amazon.com.au/Gone-Glenna-Thomson/dp/1761345508

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This week, Phoebe tells Annie all about Florence May Taylor, the first qualified female architect in Australia and the first female member of the UK's Institution of Structural Engineers in 1926.

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Book: Lenny Marks Gets Away With Murder, Kerryn Mayne

https://www.amazon.com.au/Lenny-Marks-Gets-Away-Murder/dp/176104804X

Podcast: The Easey Street Murders

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/casefile-presents-the-easey-street-murders/id1730470115

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This week, Annie tells Phoebe all about Stephanie Kwolek who created the first of a family of synthetic fibres of exceptional strength and stiffness. The best known of these fibres is Kevlar which led to the invention of the world's first bullet proof vest.

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Book: Sisters Under The Rising Sun

https://www.booktopia.com.au/sisters-under-the-rising-sun-heather-morris/book/9781760688356.html?

Podcast: Media Pressure

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/media-pressure/id1724255685

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