Today's HERstory lesson is one with many messages. The first being that translators can erase a living breathing individual because they don't fit their narrative or on the flip side, over inflate the credits associated with an individual. Trota of Salerno is widely regarded as the first gynecologist, but there is mystery into who she was, and what the life of women in Salerno, Italy was like during the 10th-13th centuries. Her legacy has been conflated with a medical text, and my goodness does it get a bit confusing! Hopefully this mini break down of the circumstances surrounding the time of her life can bring a little bit of clarity to the whole story so we can champion and celebrate such an incredible medical pioneer.

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Age is but a number, and Gitika Gorthi hasn't let hers' deter her from pursuing her dreams. Gitika is the founder of IgnitedThinkers, an organization hoping to open up opportunities for young people interested in space and rocketeering! In this interview, Gitika shares with us how she found herself pursuing aerospace medicine, why it's important to get people interested at a young age, getting into a NASA program, and so much more!

To switch things up here at HERstory HQ, we decided to sprinkle in a few episodes throughout the season that are about women that are still making an impact on our society! For our first, we decided to hit the ice and talk about the legendary Bonnie Blair, a 5x Olympic gold medalist in speed skating! Bonnie has said that success means always doing your absolute best, and we couldn't agree more. After her incredible and recurring success as an Olympian, Bonnie has now found herself being a motivational speaker and humanitarian!

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Mary Joye is a licensed mental health counselor and the author of Codependent Discovery Recovery 2.0, an interactive book geared toward helping people find their way out of codependency. In this interview, Mary shares with us what her experience as a makeup artist for the band KISS taught her about herself, changing careers in her 40s, and what it really means to be codependent.

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María Jesús Alvarado Rivera was a pioneering feminist activist and driving force for women's rights in Peru. At an early age, she found herself advocating for not only the educational rights of women and girls in Peru, but also for the increasingly suppressed rights of the indigenous people of Peru. After time spent in exile in Argentina, Maria penned a number of works, including a radio play!

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Karen Liebenguth is a UK based mindfulness coach with a specialty in coaching in nature. In this interview, Karen tells us about how she came up with the idea of taking traditionally inside coaching sessions outside, why she feels so connected with nature, and so much more!

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Miriam Makeba led a life unlike any other. She was an outspoken woman who refused to let anyone else dull her shine. During her life, she experienced the onset of the apartheid, ending up the first Black musician to leave South Africa because of it. With celebrity big wigs as friends, Miriam used her new found fame as a platform to spread the word on the horrors of what was really going on in South Africa.

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Jeannette Ceja is a bilingual TV host and travel journalist. Always having felt a sense of exploration and the desire to be a global citizen, she has continuously made her own opportunities when others couldn't see her vision. In this interview, Jeannette shares with us some of her favorite moments in her career so far, dealing with rejection, how she came to find herself in the travel industry, and so much more!

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Better late than never, we apologize for the technical difficulties on our end... Welcome to Season 3, HERstorians!!!

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HERstorians! You're in for quite a treat this season! We have so many forgotten slices of HERstory heading your way. From America's very first real celebrity, Charlotte Cushman, to the widely accepted world's first gynecologist, Trota, we know you will be big fans of the stories we have coming your way.

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