Special Lady Day

For minisode 2, Caitlin and Producer Chad sit down to chat about Special Lady Day's origin story and Caitlin and Jessica's friendship.

On this episode of Special Lady Day, Jessica and Caitlin turn the spotlights on pioneering neurosurgeon Dr. Alexa Canady and American lawyer, feminist and civil rights activist, Florynce Kennedy. Also, Patti Smith is discussed and IT'S CAITLIN'S BIRTHDAY!!!!

And, no pressure, but everyone should watch this YouTube video of Dr. Alexa Canady being brilliantly interviewed by host Dee Dee Sharp.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB2sD7mJbSM&t=1024s&app=desktop

On this episode of Special Lady Day, Caitlin and Jessica delve into the lives of LGBTQIA rights pioneers Lucy Hicks Anderson and Gladys Bentley. If you'd like to learn more, check out the links below.

• http://www.wevebeenaround.com/ - Created by Rhys Ernst (co-producer of Amazon's hit Transparent) and produced by Christine Beebe. We've Been Around is a series of documentary shorts that chronicle the lives of trans trailblazers.
• https://www.queerportraits.com/
• https://www.spectrumsouth.com/ is a Texas-based online magazine focused on queer southern identity and culture
• https://www.blackpast.org/ is an online reference center makes available a wealth of materials on African American history in one central location on the Internet. The website brings the resources of African American history into every classroom in the world. It also makes every computer, regardless of its location, a classroom in African American history.
• https://legacyprojectchicago.org/ The award-winning Legacy Project is a Chicago-based cultural and educational non-profit dedicated to researching and promoting the contributions Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) people have made to world history and culture.  It is driven by a core of historians, biographers, educators, youth advocates, social activists, and community and business leaders who share a commitment to ending the redaction of LGBTQ contributions from shared human history.

“A Beginner’s Guide to Being an Ally to Trans People” by Ted Ravago: https://www.glaad.org/amp/beginners-guide-being-ally-to-trans-people

Here are places that support the trans community you can volunteer with or donate to

• https://transequality.org/
• https://srlp.org/
• https://www.genderspectrum.org/

Caitlin and Jessica greet 2020 with a look back at some of the special ladies of 2019.

https://twitter.com/lady_podcast

https://www.specialladyday.com/

In a case of special lady serendipity, Jessica and Caitlin both cover rad women from New York City. Learn about the New York City Ballet's first prima ballerina, Maria Tallchief and Pura Belpré, folklorist, puppeteer, and the New York Public Library's first Puerto Rican librarian.

Vintage Thirst Traps Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/vintagethirstraps/

American Hysteria Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=7682758

In this episode of Special Lady Day, Caitlin and Jessica discuss the Vietnamese military leaders the Trung sisters and the pioneering U.S. athlete Wilma Rudolph.

Happy Halloween! On today’s bonus episode, Jessica and Caitlin get spooked by the ghost of Olive Thomas and the Bell Witch.

On today’s episode, Caitlin and Jessica learn about the baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi and Dr. Gladys West, a key engineer in the creation of GPS.

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Caitlin and Jessica conjure the trailer to a film both recurring and inevitable.

On today’s episode, Jessica and Caitlin discuss American artist and designer Maya Lin and Elvia Carillo Puerto, aka “The Red Nun of Mayab.”

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