Chickstory

In this week's ep, Phoebe tells Annie all about Anne Fraser Bon, a pastoralist, philanthropist and advocate for Aboriginal people who campaigned for a public inquiry into the treatment of Victoria's Aboriginal people.

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Podcast - One Minute Remaining

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/one-minute-remaining-stories-from-the-inmates/id1644995366

Book - The Tea Ladies - Amanda Hampson

https://www.readings.com.au/reviews/the-tea-ladies-by-amanda-hampson#

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This week, Annie tells Phoebe all about Marina Raskova who founded three female air regiments during the Second World War, one of which was known as the Night Witches.

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Podcast - Sentimental Garbage

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/sentimental-garbage/id1444729607

Book - Hamnet - MAggie O'Farrel

https://www.readings.com.au/product/9781472223821/hamnet--maggie-ofarrell--2021--9781472223821

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This week Phoebe tells Annie all about Catharina "Toto" Koopman a Dutch-Javanese model who worked in Paris prior to World War II where she served as a spy for the Italian Resistance and was captured and held prisoner in the Ravensbrück concentration camp.

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Podcast - Cover Up: Body Brokers

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/cover-up-body-brokers/id1734449977

Book - Darling Girls - Sally Hepworth

https://www.readings.com.au/product/9781250284525/darling-girls--sally-hepworth--2024--9781250284525

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We're back with another season of all-new Chickstories. Kicking off Season 7, Annie tells Phoebe all about Grace Brebner, a woman of many firsts for Australian women's policing including becoming the first policewoman in Victoria to reach inspector rank.

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Podcast - Ghost Story

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ghost-story/id1708635466

Book - The HIdden Book by Kirsty Manning

https://www.readings.com.au/product/9781760879884/the-hidden-book--kirsty-manning--2023--9781760879884

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In this final Ep of Season 6, Phoebe tells Annie all about Jessie Vasey, founder of the War Widows' Guild of Australia, who, almost single-handedly founded a self-help organisation that assisted women widowed through war.

Thanks for listening to another Season of Chickstory - we'll be back in 2024 and can't wait to bring you more incredible stories about Chicks In History!

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This week Annie tells Phoebe all about Mae West. You've probably heard of this Hollywood legend, but we guarantee there's probably a lot you haven't heard, like that one time she saved Paramount Pictures from bankruptcy.

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This week, Phoebe tells Annie all about Annie Kopchovsky, a pioneer of women's cycling who cycled the world in the 1890s just days after learning to ride a bike.

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We are mixing it up this week with the History of Hysteria. This week, Annie tells Phoebe all about Hysteria, its origins, its treatments and mans fascination with this terribly gendered condition.

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We're still on a wee break (New Eps return next week!) so here's another one of our favs..In this Ep, Phoebe tells Annie all about Noor Inayat Khan, the first female radio operator to be dropped into Nazi-occupied France

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We're taking a short break while Phebe is away sunning herself in Thailand! Enjoy one of Annie's favourites from the archives...

We bet most of you have heard of John Macarthur - Australia's so-called father of the wool industry but have you heard of his wife - Elizabeth Macarthur? This week Annie gets mad and tells Phoebe all about the incredible woman behind the man behind the wool industry.

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