Harlem Renaissance poet Esther Popel Shaw (1896-1958) was a writer, teacher, and activist. She wrote the legendary poem The Flag Salute in response to the lynching of a Black man accused of attacking a white woman. Read it now at sewingcirclepodcast.com/listen-now/esther-popel-shaw

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Episode TW: Domestic violence, death by suicide, sexual assault, miscarriage

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There’s no doubt that Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed in the United Kingdom, was guilty of murdering David Blakely. But is it possible that other factors sent her to the hangman’s noose? Should abuse and trauma be taken into consideration when sentencing an offender?

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Rebellious. Resilient. Remarkable.

Neus Catala (1915-2019) was a freedom fighter and Holocaust survivor who fought endlessly for justice as she worked to record the stories of other women who survived the camps.

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Undeterred, uncaged, and unreliable. 

Marlene Dietrich (1901-1992) was an actress, an activist, and a queer icon who built her own reality.

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The Sewing Circle is an upcoming women's history podcast. Join host Payton Alexander on a journey to discover women whose stories have often been left off the quilt of history. Learn more about fascinating, inspirational, despicable, and complicated women, one stitch at a time. Debuting February 12th.