This week, Max and Allison tell the stories of two women who marched to their own tune. The first, a woman who bested not one but two of the greatest men to ever play baseball, found herself a victim of society. Only to find herself amongst the outcasts and do it all over again; The other, a biblical matriarch, received the voice of God and brought life to her people in the desert: Jackie Mitchell and Miriam!

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This week, Max and Allison tell the stories of two women who did the impossible. The first, became the first person to free climb one of the most famous routes in the world. Only to come back a year later, and do it again in less than 24 hours; The other rode more than 40 miles under the cover of night, outpacing Paul Revere's famous ride, to raise an army and defend a young nation: Lynn Hill and Sybil Ludington!

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This week, Allison and Max tell the stories of two women whose contemporaries tried to wipe them from history. The first, a woman who lived more than a millennia before the birth of Christ, survives in recently discovered depictions that show her on equal footing with her husband: The Egyptian Pharaoh; The other, one of the last free Apache, used her powers as a legendary medicine woman to keep the American Army on the run for decades: Tiye and Lozen!

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This week, Allison and Max tell the stories of two women who, when confronted with a closed door, went right for the dynamite. The first, an orphan turned saint, founded a holy order dedicated to young girls and their education. The first of it's kind; The other, a former slave and a shrewd business woman, created a miracle cure that corrected both baldness and her own personal poverty: St. Angela Merici and Madame C.J. Walker!

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This week, Allison and Max tell the stories of two women who changed the world forever. The first, an activist in 19th century New Zealand, roused a nation to action. Finally winning a battle that had been raging for ages; The other, a noble concubine in ancient China, shattered unbreakable glass ceilings to become that country's first and only female ruler: Kate Sheppard and Empress Wu Zetian!

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Full "It's History!" episode on Wu Zetian available at https://youtu.be/1dt46XUyfsQ

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This week, Allison and Max tell the stories of two women who fought with everything they had to free their people. The first, a capitalist and activist from 19th century San Francisco, used her substantial wealth to fight slavery and advance the cause of Civil Rights; The other, a warrior queen from ancient Britain, left a path of vengeful destruction so all consuming that even London found itself in ruins: Mary Ellen Pleasant and Boudica!

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This week, Allison and Max return to France to tell the stories of two women who died fighting for what they believed in. The first, a philosopher and activist from 20th century France, sacrificed her body and eventually her life to a nearly 40 year protest in support for her cause; The other, a martyr famously burned at the stake and whose name is known around the world, single-handedly turned the tide of an 80 year war when she was only 17 years old: Simone Weil and Joan of Arc!

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This week, Allison and Max tell the stories of two women who lost everything and then made history anyway. The first worked with her father on the creation of mathematics that would influence humanity for thousands of years. The second, with literally nothing but an iron will and and unbreakable spirit, transformed herself from victim to hero to undeniable legend: Hypatia and Phoolan Devi!

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This week, Allison and Max tell the stories of two women who changed the world by losing their battles; A terminal cancer diagnosis for the first, led to a discovery that would eventually touch every living person on the planet and off it. The enmity of a people forced the second off the throne, but her progeny would lead England into it's Golden Age: Henrietta Lacks and The Empress Matilda.

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This week, Allison and Max travel to Africa and tell the stories of two fierce queens; One successfully held back the Portugese for decades, devoting her life to preserving the independence of her people. The other roused a nation, leading her people to war when outsiders exiled their king and threatened to defile their most sacred relic: Nzinga of Ndongo and Yaa Asantewaa.

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