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- Cool Dead Women: Edith Nesbit
JK Rowling's forgotten idol, Edith Nesbit, wrote about loveable, bulgy-eyed monsters, threw wild parties, and was part of a legendary open marriage (in the 1800s!)
11 min - Cool Dead Women: June Jordan, Miriam Makeba, Muriel Rukeyser (Protest Edition)
Not one, not two, but three Cool Dead Women! We explore the stories of two revolutionary American poets and one South African exile musician. All fought hard for they believed in, and we hope they inspire you do the same.
31 min - Cool Dead Women: Elma Napier
A writer! The first woman elected to a Caribbean parliament! A royal scandal! All of this (and a pet lion) await you in our newest episode...
11 min - Cool Dead Women: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Moonshine, orange groves, and catching flounders barehanded: the life of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, author of The Yearling.
17 min - Cool Dead Women: Jeannette Rankin
Before Nancy Pelosi, before literally any woman was in federal office...there was Jeannette Rankin.
11 min - Cool Dead Women: Sophie Blanchard
Sophie Blanchard, the world's first female aeronaut and the inspiration behind the new Amazon movie, The Aeronauts. Sort of.
7 min - Cool Dead Women: Lucia Pamela
Lucia Pamela: a child piano prodigy turned beauty queen turned astronaut who released her first album in her mid 60s.
12 min - Cool Dead Women: The Three Parachutists
Hannah Szenes, Haviva Reik, and Sara Braverman were three Jewish Parachutists of Mandate Palestine. One of our heavier episodes...
11 min - Cool Dead Women: Dr. Denmark
Dr. Leila Denmark was a pediatrician in Atlanta who started treating children (or "little angels," as she called them) in 1928...and didn't stop for 73 years.
She also helped develop a vaccine for whooping cough, popularized "mush," wrote numerous books, and was the fourth-oldest person in the world when she died.
Thank you to our lovely listener, Carrie, for bringing Dr. Denmark to our attention! Do you have a Cool Dead Woman to share?
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About Cool Dead Women
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A spy who used "sexpionage" to help win WWII, a pre-Dylan singer-songwriter who mysteriously disappeared, and a 24-year-old who discovered the cure for leprosy, only to have her title usurped and die months later: these are a few of the Cool Dead Women You Should Know.
Hosted by Blair and Erika Waters (a mother-daughter team brand new to podcasting) you can find us on Spotify and Itunes — with new episodes every other Thursday.