Queen, warrior, mother, rebel, symbol of freedom - Lakshmi Bai did it all. 

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- Toler, Pamela D. Women Warriors: an Unexpected History. Beacon Press, 2020.

- Bridgeman/aci, et al. “India's Warrior Queen Didn't Back down from the British.” History Magazine, 6 Oct. 2020, www.nationalgeographic.com/history/magazine/2020/09-10/india-warrior-queen-lakshmi-bai-fought-british-rule/.

- “The Sikhs in the Punjab.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., www.britannica.com/place/India/The-Sikhs-in-the-Punjab.

- Staff, HistoryNet. “Who Is Manikarnika? The Real Story of Lakshmi Bai, the Rani of Jhansi.” HistoryNet, HistoryNet, 14 Nov. 2019, www.historynet.com/who-is-marnikarnika-legendary-hindu-queen-lakshmi-bai.htm.

- “Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi: the Heroic Queen Dubbed India's 'Joan of Arc'.” HistoryExtra, 26 Nov. 2020, www.historyextra.com/period/victorian/manikarnika-who-was-rani-lakshmibai-how-did-she-die-hero-queen-jhansi-lakshmi-bai-east-india-company-bollywood/.

The idea is that nuns renounced the secular world, denounced procession and devoted themselves to prayer, but did they really?  Listen and find out. 

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- Schulenburg, Jane Tibbetts. “Women's Monastic Communities, 500-1100: Patterns of Expansion and Decline.” Signs, vol. 14, no. 2, 1989, pp. 261–292. JSTOR, Accessed 19 Dec. 2020.

- POWER, EILEEN. MEDIEVAL ENGLISH NUNNERIES: c. 1275 to 1535 (Classic Reprint). FORGOTTEN Books, 2015.

In a world where opportunities for women were severely limited, heading a monastery offered recognition, power and freedom in varying degrees.  

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- Yin, Steph. “In an Ancient Nun's Teeth, Blue Paint - and Clues to Medieval Life.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 9 Jan. 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/01/09/science/10-archaeology-teeth-painting.html.

- Katz, Brigit. “A Medieval Nun Wanted to Escape Her Convent-so She Faked Her Death.” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 12 Feb. 2019, www.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews-arts-culture/medieval-nun-wanted-escape-her-conventso-she-faked-her-death-180971477/.

- Schulenburg, Jane Tibbetts. “Women's Monastic Communities, 500-1100: Patterns of Expansion and Decline.” Signs, vol. 14, no. 2, 1989, pp. 261–292. JSTOR, Accessed 19 Dec. 2020.

- Gies, Frances, and Joseph Gies. Women in the Middle Ages. HarperPernennial, 2018.

- POWER, EILEEN. MEDIEVAL ENGLISH NUNNERIES: c. 1275 to 1535 (Classic Reprint). FORGOTTEN Books, 2015.

Female divinities, humans and monsters in ancient Greek mythology.  What impact they had on cultural history and what attitudes they reflected.

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A woman who defied America’s most powerful family - a story of Washington’s run-away slave.  (Part 2 of 2)

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A woman who defied America’s most powerful family - a story of Washington’s run-away slave.  (Part 1 of 2)

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A conclusion to the story of war, glamor and betrayal.  May-ling (youngest) is now Taiwan's First Lady.  Ching-ling (mid.) is basking in communist glory...kind of.  Ei-ling (oldest) is living a private and privileged life in exile. 

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- CHANG, J. . BIG SISTER, LITTLE SISTER, RED SISTER: Three women at the heart of twentieth-century china. Published October 29th 2019 by Vintage Digital.

Continuing the story of the three sisters that shaped 20th century China.  May-ling (youngest) is now China's First Lady.  Ching-ling (mid.) is stepping up her support for the communist cause.  Ei-ling (oldest) is making a lot of money.

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- CHANG, J. . BIG SISTER, LITTLE SISTER, RED SISTER: Three women at the heart of twentieth-century china. Published October 29th 2019 by Vintage Digital.

Going to be shifting the episode release day around until I find a schedule that works best.  One will be coming out later this week.  Have difficulties coping with life at the moment.  Thanks all!!!

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- Self deprecating anxiety 

This one is about: Glamour, war and the three sisters that shaped 20th century China.  Ei-ling (oldest) made herself one of China's richest women.  Ching-ling (mid.) became Mao's vice-chair.  May-ling (youngest) was a major political figure in pre-Communist China.

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- CHANG, J. . BIG SISTER, LITTLE SISTER, RED SISTER: Three women at the heart of twentieth-century china. Published October 29th 2019 by Vintage Digital.