Have you ever wondered what life would be like for a smart as hell woman who decided to be a lawyer? Well, wonder no more! This week, your hosts delve into life for the First Woman on the Supreme Court bench, or FWOTSC. Part one of two, we cover her early life all the way up to her appointment on the bench.

 

Image: "Sandra Day O'Connor", courtesy of White House Photographic Collection, National Archives, Washington, D.C. Found with Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Link: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sandra-Day-OConnor#/media/1/424738/262744

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This week we talk about Elizabeth Coleman, the world's first black Native American woman to get a pilot's license. Join the crew as we discuss planes, war, explosions, and flying circuses!

 

Image credits:  "Bessie Coleman, Curtiss Field, L.I. 1922" Courtesy of: "Cradle of Aviation Museum" 

link: https://www.cradleofaviation.org/history/history/women-in-aviation/bessie-coleman.html

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Lauren, B, and Hannah discuss the life and works of Minnie Vautrin, who was a missionary in China in the mid 20th century. She travels, she digs trenches, she does it all! Trigger warning: war violence and suicide. 

 

Image credits:  No Title Shown For Image.  "  Courtesy of "National Women's History Museum's Website" - Author:  By Hua-ling Hu, PhD | 2016.    link: https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/minnie-vautrin

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Join our hosts Lauren, Hannah and B as they take a trip to Forbidden City Lane for the second part of our Cixi journey.  

 

Image credits:  "Empress Dowager Cixi; Katharine A. Carl (1865–1938); Oil on canvas with camphor wood frame, 1903; Transfer from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, S2011.16 "  Courtesy of "Smithsonian Snapshots" - link: https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/snapshot/cixi-last-empress-dowager-china

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Our host, Lauren, gives us her take on Cixi's life, putting it into terms B and Hannah can relate to - DRAMA!  This is like Game of Thrones but in ancient China.  Huddle around as we spill the tea! 

 

Image credits:  "Empress Dowager Cixi; Katharine A. Carl (1865–1938); Oil on canvas with camphor wood frame, 1903; Transfer from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, S2011.16 "  Courtesy of "Smithsonian Snapshots" - link: https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/snapshot/cixi-last-empress-dowager-china

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Join in as hosts Lauren, Hannah and B dig into life during 1930s - 1940s Germany, and how a family rebelled against the Nazi Regime.  Even more specifically, how one young woman (that's Sophie) had her own "Regina George"moment while do so. 

 

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Join Lauren and Hannah as they discuss the life and performances of math prodigy Shakuntala Devi. With guest appearances by Hannah's cat, these two marvel at the size and scope of Shakuntala's talent with numbers. Join in as they mispronounce their way through this incredible story of the Guinness World Record holder for Fastest Human Computation.

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Lauren, Hannah, B, and Anika explore the horrendous life and works of child murderer Beverley Allitt. Join them as they learn about British healthcare, nursing standards, and the sweet life of ignorance being shattered for so many parents of sick children. Trigger warning as this episode discusses the murder of minors. 

 

Image credits to Crackle

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Host Lauren Schill joins Paul Hesse for part three in a series about Dowager Empress Cixi. We discuss her takeover from her adopted son the Emperor Guaqnxu following the 100 days of Reform and her role arming the Boxer Rebellion. Cixi and the Emperor fle3e to Xian and then return to Beijing. Cixi starts a charm offensive, institutes further reforms including for women's education and to end foot binding. She and the Emperor Guanxu die within a day of each other, him with high levels of arsenic. Within 3 years of her death, the Puyi Emperor abdicates and the Qing Dynasty ends. Cixi rules China for decades without ever stepping in the front part of the Forbidden City, which was off limits to women. 

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Host Lauren Schill guests on the Chinese Revolution Podcast, run by host Paul Hesse. This is the first part of the discussion about Cixi and discuss her childhood, family background, as well as becoming a concubine and rising through the ranks. The coup that takes her to power follows the Second Opium War and her husband's death at the Imperial Hunting Lodge Cixi and Cian rule from behind the silk curtain and begin modernization of China, while facing resistance from conservative forces.

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