Today’s subject is a writer, an academic, an activist, and a pioneer who wrote political ghost stories, queer supernatural romance, and anti-war dramas featuring Death as the ultimate choreographer. History may have tried to erase her efforts but we’re here to bring her back under the spotlight where she belongs. This is the story of Vernon Lee.

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Script written by: Kayleigh Donaldson

Script read by: Courtney Enlow

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When we talk about genre, we’re not just talking about science fiction and fantasy. There are other realms the term “genre” represents. Genre also includes horror — and women have had a presence in that world since its inception. Today, we’re going to take you down a lesser-known path of horror history to tell you about Paula Maxa, once referred to as The Most Assassinated Woman in the World.

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Script written by: Carly Lane

Script read by: Cher Martinetti

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Outside of the vitally important Ink and Paint Department—the artistic equivalent of Ginger Rogers having to do everything Fred Astaire does, but backwards and in heels—women were barred from every other department at the Studio. According to a 1946 interview with the Associated Press, Disney believed women lacked the talent and sense of humor to be animators. Two women—Disney’s first female animator, Retta Scott, and Disney’s favorite female artist, Mary Blair—would put the truth to that lie, and the influence of these two friends can be felt in animation to this day. These are the women of Disney animation.

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Script written by: Kayleigh Donaldson

Script read by: Stephanie Williams

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Frances Harper was an innovator of utopian fiction, a strident campaigner for civil rights and women’s suffrage, and a near-legendary figure in the fight for black women’s rights during and after the American Civil War.

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Script written by: Kayleigh Donaldson

Script read by: Stephanie Williams

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From the very beginning, women have been creating and shaping some of the most well-known characters in science fiction history. DC Fontana contributed to many of the most iconic genre shows airing in the ‘70s. But perhaps her greatest legacy is her influence on early Star Trek, where she is credited with further fleshing out the character of the Vulcan science officer known simply as Spock.

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Script written by: Carly Lane

Script read by: Cher Martinetti

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In the summer of 2017, in a special clip created to air during the Wimbledon tournament, Jodie Whittaker was announced as the newest actor, and the first woman, to take over the iconic role of The Doctor on the long-running British science fiction series, Doctor Who. But while debates raged across the internet about whether or not a woman should play the Doctor, and whether or not women’s voices were important to the long-running series, the thing many people lost sight of is that a woman had played one of the most vital roles in the creation of the series. Her name was Verity Lambert.

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Orson Welles once called her the “world’s greatest living radio actress.” The director William Friedkin once said that The Exorcist would not work without the contribution of the woman who gave voice to the demon Pazuzu. But Mercedes McCambridge, award-winning actress of radio, stage, and screen, initially went uncredited for what should have been her most famous role. An actress who specialized in playing tough women and a ferocious advocate for those struggling with addiction to alcohol, she was known for her incredible voice—and she was not afraid to use it. This is the story of Mercedes McCambridge.

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Wendy Froud grew up creating her very own fairy gardens. Little could she have known then that she would be building fairy gardens for the rest of her life, and like her literary namesake, would sculpt the imaginations of generations of children, young and old, with her extravagant, whimsical creations.

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Few books have had as seismic an impact on literature and pop culture at large as Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula. But some of Stoker’s key inspirations for Dracula came from notable, misunderstood, and overlooked women. From the infamous countess smeared by history to the social reformer fighting a devastating epidemic to the traveler who documented Transylvanian folklore: Bram Stoker's Dracula owes a substantial unpaid debt to the lives and work of forgotten female pioneers. Countess Elizabeth Bathory. Charlotte Thornley Stoker. Emily Gerard. These are their stories.

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Once upon a time, there lived a badass lady in 17th-century France. Her name was Marie-Catherine, Countess d’Aulnoy, and she’s the one we have to thank for telling the stories that led to the fairy tales we all know and love today. She also led a life full of intrigue, betrayal, and deception. In some ways, the Countess d’Aulnoy was a fairy tale all her own, the source of just as much myth as true fact, and if you ask us, it makes for a really thrilling story.

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