We recap and compare fact to fiction in 1993's movie adaptation of Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence

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Caroline Schermerhorn Astor was the absolute boss of New York society for many years. Do not cross her, or you will be left out in the cold.

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Helen Keller called her "Teacher" but we call her remarkable and accomplished!

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Writer, public speaker, friend, daughter, world traveler, and a woman who may have had physical disabilities, but was not disabled.

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Upper middle class Victorian New England: Polite conversations, genteel ladies, dapper gentlemen, beautiful architecture, and a 32 year old spinster taking a hatchet to her parents. Or did she? The woman that we discuss in this episode was propelled into the center of a media frenzy.

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Hello, Dolley: America's FIRST First Lady, networking hostess, and woman worth knowing!

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Was Abigail Adams a feminist? We discuss what we think.

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To call her a patriot, Second Lady, First Lady or mother of a president is just scratching the surface of Abigail Adams.

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The history and versions of the beloved story of a little girl in dire situation.

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Once upon a time, in ancient Egypt, a princess was born. But before her happily ever after, she had to live a challenging life of servitude, duty, and a deep belief in her own character. The long life of the woman that we discuss in this episode crosses cultural, territorial and social lines.

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