Oh Yes She Did!

Join us as we discuss Mary Blair, an artist, animator, and designer for The Walt Disney Company. (you've probably seen her iconic style on It's a Small World). We'll walk you through her work and her time with the big mouse himself (aka Walt Disney).

This week's recommendations: 

• The Queens of Animation by Nathalia Holt
• The Art and Flair of Mary Blair by John Canemaker
• Mary Blair's Unique Flair: The Girl Who Became One of the Disney Legends by Amy Novesky and Brittney Lee

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Intro/Outro Music: Tripped and Fell in Love (instrumental) by Yacht.

This week we talk about Lupita Nyong'o, filmmaker, actress, and activist. Join us as we talk about her life from childhood to badass philanthropist.

This week's recommendations: 

• 12 Years a Slave (movie)
• Black Panther (movie)
• Us (movie)
• Sulwe (book)

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Intro/Outro Music: Tripped and Fell in Love (instrumental) by Yacht.

This week we talk about Mary Shelley, the original goth queen and author of Frankenstein. Join us as we look at how the life she lived influenced the way she wrote.

TW: Child Loss

This week's recommendations: 

• Romantic Outlaws by Charlotte Gordon  
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
• Mary Shelley (movie)
• Penny Dreadful (TV Show)

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Intro/Outro Music: Tripped and Fell in Love (instrumental) by Yacht.

This week we talk about Queen Liliʻuokalani the only queen of Hawaii and the last sovereign monarch of the kingdom.  Join us as we look at how she fought for her people until the very end. 

This week's recommendations: 

• Princess Kaiulani (Movie)
• Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen by Liliʻuokalani

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Intro/Outro Music: Tripped and Fell in Love (instrumental) by Yacht.

This week we discuss Katherine Johnson, an American mathematician whose calculations at NASA were critical to the success of the first and US spaceflight. Join us as we look at how she changed the course of history.

This week's recommendations: 

• Hidden Figures (either the movie or the book)
• Outlier movie

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Intro/Outro Music: Tripped and Fell in Love (instrumental) by Yacht.

This week we tell you the story of the Radium Girls, a group of girls who helped change the way employers are required to provide for their employees. Join us as we talk about how these badass women fought literally tooth and nail to give their sisters a chance.

This week's recommendations: 

• The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore
• These Shining Lives is a play written by Melanie Marnich

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Intro/Outro Music: Tripped and Fell in Love (instrumental) by Yacht.

This week we dive into the life of Rose Mackenberg, an American investigator who specialized in fraudulent psychic mediums. She worked alongside the legendary Harry Houdini as his chief undercover investigator in his quest to expose frauds. Join us as we delve into the mystery and intrigue she involved herself in everyday.

This week's recommendations: 

• Houdini's Girl Detective: The Real-Life Ghostbusting Adventures of Rose Mackenberg by Rose Mackenberg & Tony Wolf
• Nightmare Alley by William Lindsay Gresham
• The Diviners by Libba Bray

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Intro/Outro Music: Tripped and Fell in Love (instrumental) by Yacht.

This week we dive into the life of Katharine Dexter McCormick, an American suffragist, philanthropist, and millionaire. Using her considerable fortune, Katharine funded most of the research necessary to develop the first birth control pill. Join us as we delve into this real life wonder woman.

This week's recommendations: 

• Katharine Dexter McCormick: Pioneer for Women's Rights by Armond Fields
• The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution by Jonaathan Eig
• My Notorious Life by Kate Manning

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Intro/Outro Music: Tripped and Fell in Love (instrumental) by Yacht.

This week is Part 2 of our conversation about Michelle Obama: a lawyer, writer and the wife of the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama. Michelle was the first African-American First Lady. 

This week's recommendations: 

• Becoming by Michelle Obama

Intro/Outro Music: Tripped and Fell in Love (instrumental) by Yacht.

This week we talk about Michelle Obama, a lawyer, writer and the wife of the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama. Michelle was the first African-American First Lady. Join us for Part 1 of our journey into her life.

We don't have any recommendations this week. Hope you have a great holiday & we'll see you next year for Part 2.

Intro/Outro Music: Tripped and Fell in Love (instrumental) by Yacht.