It's 1850 and Harriet Tubman, only just recently escaped from slavery, has begun a new life of freedom in Philadelphia.  But that very same year Congress will pass the Fugitive Slave Act, which will throw her life and the lives of all escaped slaves into peril.

Follow Harriet from her first steps of freedom to the dawn of the Civil War as she risks everything to save her family from enslavement.  Returning to the South again and again, she becomes a guiding beacon for all slaves yearning for freedom.  It is during this time she will earn her nickname: Moses.

Harriet Tubman is perhaps one of the greatest figures in American history; a freedom fighter, nurse, advocate and leader. 

But before she was any of that, she was a young girl, born in bondage.  Small but strong, enslaved but obstinate and self-assured.  After a traumatic head injury at the age of 13 she will begin seeing visions of the future, she will hear the voice of God instructing her to guide herself and her people to freedom. Her family, friends and masters know her by the name of Araminta (Minty) Ross.

Part II of our first episode.  Elizabeth Tudor is now fifteen years old, orphaned and left with no one to rely on but herself.  She has already faced her first brush with treason and lived to tell the tale.  But there are still ten long years ahead of her before she will sit on the English throne.  Her trials and tribulations are only just beginning.

History remembers Elizabeth I as a powerful, beloved, and successful monarch.  To this day, she is one of the most recognizable figures in Western history.

But before all of that, before the Golden Age, she was simply Elizabeth Tudor, the product of what many considered to be an unholy union between Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.  Declared illegitimate by the age of two, she would spend the first 25 years of her life at the mercy of those who controlled the English throne.  With no one to trust but herself, she would have to rely on every ounce of wit, bravery and determination she had to survive the cut-throat climate of the English Court.

Just a quick introduction, a bit of info about me and what I'm hoping to do with this new podcast:  

I'm an amateur history nut with a penchant for performance and a passion for research and exploration.  Once a month I sit down with my trusty goblet of wine and discuss the lives and legends of badass women history may have over looked.