History Gap

Bessie Coleman was America's first black and Native American woman to gain a pilots license and was known as 'Queen Bess' by her fans. From fearsome stunts, to paving the way for black women after her, Bessie lived quite the life of adventure. Join Jorja and Mollie as they tell her story.  

From a young girl Grace O'Malley learned the ways of piracy and the ocean, before long she was a fearsome Pirate Queen with a 20 ship fleet and over 200 men under her thumb. She was so infamous she even caught the attention of Queen Elizabeth herself. Join Jorja and Mollie as they tell her story. 

Virginia Woolf is one of the world's most famous women in literature, but how much do we actually know about her? In this episode of History Gap join Mollie and Jorja as they explore the life of Virginia including her relationship with Vita Sackville-West.

The myth, the legend, the Martyr most people have heard the name Joan of Arc, but how much do we really know about her? From peasant girl to taking charge of armies, Joan lives quite the life and pays the price. Jorja and Mollie tell her story. 

As a young girl Junko Tabei had a dream to climb mountains and so she did. Junko would go on to summit over 70 of the world's highest peaks and would even be the first woman to climb Mount Everest. Mollie and Jorja tell her story. 

History Gap is back with a new series and a new co-host. Join (extremely) amateur history fans comedy writer Mollie Goodfellow and creator and producer Jorja McAndrew as they educate themselves on some of the cool women from the past that they didn’t learn about in history lessons - mostly because they weren’t listening. 

From Junko Tabei, incredible mountain climber, to Anne Lister, dubbed the ‘first modern lesbian’, History Gap is a snappy look at the stories of women who were doing brave, exciting, sometimes evil and always interesting things with new episodes dropping weekly. 

In this episode of History Gap the girls take a look at the complicated life and legacy of fashion designer Gabrielle Chanel from orphanages to Nazi Spies, and dresses with pockets. 

Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas is ICONIC and welcomes us into the Christmas spirit every year. But how did Mariah become a Christmas legend, and what role did her childhood play in her love for Christmas? 

In this episode of History Gap, the girls uncover the story of Nellie Bly a ground breaking investigative journalist who spent 10 days undercover in a New York women's insane asylum, changing mental health legislation forever. 

On this week’s episode of History Gap, Lucy and Jorja consider the role of magic and superstition during World War 2 as Lucy tells the story of Russia’s ‘Night Witches’ - an all-female air division who were feared greatly by the Nazi’s and Hitler himself. The girls also discuss the sexism women experience during and after the war effort and theorise how these brave women must have felt.