Herstory Sessions

It took a lot of people a lot of time to win the right to vote for women. In this episode I talk about Elizabeth Stanton, Susan B Anthony, and Alice Paul's fights for the 19th Amendment, plus some other info about the movement and the right to vote. Article on black women and the 19th Amendment: https://www.nps.gov/articles/african-american-women-and-the-nineteenth-amendment.htmSourceshttps://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/susan-b-anthonyhttps://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/elizabeth-cady-stantonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SusanB.Anthony#Anti-slavery_activitieshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27ssuffrageintheUnitedStates#NineteenthAmendmenthttps://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/alice-paulhttps://www.alicepaul.org/about-alice-paul/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/15/arts/design/the-complex-history-of-the-womens-suffrage-movement.html

Medusa's myth evolved over the centuries, and is still a well-known character today. This is my first ever short! If you enjoy this and would like more like this, reach out on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @herstorysession Sourceshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJr3rSC2rMshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medusa https://symbolsage.com/the-story-of-medusa/https://hyperallergic.com/432102/dangerous-beauty-medusa-in-classical-art-metropolitan-museum/

Hedy Lamarr invented frequency hopping, and even held a patent for a frequency hopping device she came up with for military use. She was a beautiful movie star with an inventive mind, and much of our technology today is based on her idea.

Now for the final part of Radium Girls! Their contributions to the understanding of radium and workplace safety were significant and are still felt today. I am honored to have learned these women's stories, and hope you enjoyed this multi-episode topic.

On to part 3! Some of the women finally take USRC to court, but the company is going to fight them at every single step still.

I'm back with part 2 of the Radium Girls! In this one, they're only getting sicker, but they soon discover the cause, and start gaining more allies that will end up helping them in their fight against the company that employed them.

After Marie Curie discovered radium, it was everywhere, including in the paint used to make watch dials and numbers glow in the dark. But unbeknownst to the women that painted these dials, it was slowly poisoning them. This is the first of a multi-parter, and is based on the book Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore.

These three women made great contributions to humankind, and they've got the Nobel Prizes to prove it. From Marie Curie to Baroness Bertha von Suttner to Malala Yousafzai, learn what makes each them special in this week's episode. Malala's campaign is ongoing, and you can learn more and donate at https://malala.org/If you'd like to learn about other Nobel Prize winning women, check out this list. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/lists/nobel-prize-awarded-women/Sourceshttps://www.nobelpeaceprize.org/Historyhttps://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/lists/nobel-prize-awarded-women/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1903/marie-curie/biographical/https://www.biography.com/scientist/marie-curiehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curiehttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Marie-Curie/Death-of-Pierre-and-second-Nobel-Prizehttps://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1905/suttner/facts/https://biography.yourdictionary.com/bertha-von-suttnerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BerthavonSuttnerhttps://malala.org/malalas-story?sc=headerhttps://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/malala-yousafzaihttps://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/lists/nobel-prize-awarded-women/

The Salem Witch Trials are among the most infamous, but they aren't the only trials that happened in colonial America. I cover those too this week, but also cases from all over the colonies, including a woman whipped for just for (supposedly) using witchcraft to find lost things. The Puritan colonies were not a good place to be different from others, especially if you were a woman...Sourceshttps://wednesdayswomen.com/alse-young-colonial-eras-first-woman-executed-as-a-witch/https://connecticuthistory.org/witchcraft-in-connecticut/https://www.history.com/news/before-salem-the-first-american-witch-hunthttps://www.mentalfloss.com/article/87525/brief-history-witches-americahttps://time.com/4543405/connecticut-witch-trials/https://www.britannica.com/event/Salem-witch-trialshttps://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/witchcraft-in-colonial-virginia/

These women lived thousands of years ago, yet we still know their names today. Women who took the throne for themselves, in a society where that was meant to be a man's job. Today, learn about Hatshepsut, Nefertiti, Cleopatra, and a bit about women's lives in Ancient Egypt!Sourceshttps://www.worldhistory.org/article/623/women-in-ancient-egypt/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMbmU2Hw8B8https://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/queens-of-egypt.htmlhttps://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/hatshepsut.htmlhttps://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/nefertiti#section_3https://www.arce.org/resource/nefertiti-egyptian-wife-mother-queen-and-iconhttps://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/nefertiti.htmlhttps://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/cleopatra.htmlhttps://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/cleopatra