Designer and artist Tonantzin Warmoth shares the life of Mexican painter and Icon Frida Kahlo. This podcast is a syndication of The #HerStory Podcast, which tells the stories of 50 historical women, not through names and dates of textbooks, but through the voices of contemporary women. Hear elected officials, academics, mothers, filmmakers, authors, activists, CEO’s, […]
The first “It Girl,” Evelyn Nesbit by political analyst and activist Maegan Carberry. This podcast is a syndication of The #HerStory Podcast, which tells the stories of 50 historical women, not through names and dates of textbooks, but through the voices of contemporary women. Hear elected officials, academics, mothers, filmmakers, authors, activists, CEO’s, and more […]
The story of Cleopatra Selene, the lesser-know but equally impressive daughter of Cleopatra the Great, is shared by historical fiction author Stephanie Dray. This podcast is a syndication of The #HerStory Podcast, which tells the stories of 50 historical women, not through names and dates of textbooks, but through the voices of contemporary women. Hear […]
Documentary filmmaker Jennifer Lee tells the story of runaway pirate Anne Bonny. This podcast is a syndication of The #HerStory Podcast, which tells the stories of 50 historical women, not through names and dates of textbooks, but through the voices of contemporary women. Hear elected officials, academics, mothers, filmmakers, authors, activists, CEO’s, and more offer […]
Lisa Maatz, Director of Government and Public Affairs at AAUW shares the story of one of America’s Political Giants, Elizabeth Cady Stanton. This podcast is a syndication of The #HerStory Podcast, which tells the stories of 50 historical women, not through names and dates of textbooks, but through the voices of contemporary women. Hear elected […]
The SheHeroes ChatCast is a weekly conversation with accomplished SheHeroes in entertainment, publishing, film, sports and more! We love chatting with these amazing women about what inspires them to pave the way for our future generation. Jessica Cox is a motivational speaker, the world's first licensed armless pilot, as well as the first armless black-belt […]
Have you followed the history of the ERA? This month we celebrate the anniversary of both the Seneca Falls Convention and the introduction of the "Lucretia Mott Amendment," (introduced by Alice Paul in 1923, in Seneca Falls for the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the 1848 Woman's Rights Convention) which read: "Men and women shall have equal rights […]
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin was born on 12th May 1910. She was a scientist & peace campaigner, and winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Born in Egypt to British parents, Dorothy developed an interest in chemistry at the young age of 10. At school she and one other girl were allowed to join the boys for […]
I’ve always been something of a history nerd. I come from a long line of history teachers, so I grew up watching Ken Burns’ documentaries, voraciously consuming books about historical figures, and enduring my father’s repetitive jokes about the battle strategies of the French. What most fascinated me, though, was the ever-evolving role of women in history, from Queen […]
Lorna Wing (1928 – 2014) became one of the world’s leading experts in autism; she died in June this year. Lorna was born in Kent and trained as a medical doctor, specialising in psychiatry. She met her future husband while studying medicine and they had a daughter, who was diagnosed in 1962 at the age […]
