Gals Guide

We're exploring Creative Expression within rebellion. Bonnie starts us off with the sculpture artist, Edmonia Lewis. Edmonia brought her African and Native American heritage to a neoclassical marble sculpture. Learn all about her incredible work.

Katie finishes Equality Month of our Rebel Era by talking about the young peace activist from the Young Women for Leadership (YWL). Learn about the Rima Sultana Rimu from Bangladesh. 

Debbi continues Equality Month of our Rebel Era, by talking about the powerful activist, Fannie Lou Hamer. 

Bonnie starts off Equality Month of our Rebel Era, by talking about the amazing Civil War spy. Known by a couple of names Mary Elizabeth Bowser, Mary Richards, or Mary J.R. Garmin. Born into slavery she was a Union spy in the Confederate White House.  

March 15, 2025, will mark 100 years since the kidnapping, rape, and murder of Madge Oberholtzer. Madge’s trial was directly responsible for dismantling the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana.

A powerful and poignant special episode, Madge Saved Lives, releases on the 100th anniversary of Madge Oberholtzer’s kidnapping, March 15, 1925. This episode shines a light on a harrowing event in history that sparked significant change. Learn about Madge's courageous stand and the legacy her tragic story left behind. Her bravery and the events surrounding her kidnapping became a catalyst for justice and societal change—a story that deserves to be remembered and honored.

This episode is different from our regular episodes but it exemplifies Gal’s Guide’s mission to highlight the powerful, untold stories of women in history.

More info available at galsguide.org

Katie finishes up Solidarity Month by talking about the author Jessie Redmon Fauset. As an editor of The Crisis as well as a poet and novelist, Jessie showcased the true image of African-American life. Her characters were working professionals and dealt with themes of feminism, "passing" and racial discrimination. Learn more about Jessie on this week's episode.

Riwo continues Solidarity Month with a powerful episode about the work of Tarana Burke and the #MeToo Movement. 

Julie continues Solidarity Month at Gal's Guide. Julie tells us Georgia Gilmore who used food as a connecting and fundraising tool for the Montgomery Bus Boycott movement. She was the rebel gal behind the "Club from Nowhere." 

February is Solidarity Month at Gal's Guide. Bonnie starts off by talking about the movement and awareness of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW).

Riwo wraps up resistance month talking about the Tibetan warrior nun, Ani Pachen.