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Artemisia 1 of Caria - Bonnie's Middle Eastern Gal Pick
April 10, 2024 15:55 - 21 minutes - 23.4 MBBonnie starts us off with an exploration of women in the Middle East. Artemisia 1 of Caria was a Queen of what is now Turkey. She commanded ships, was a friend of Xerxes 1, King of Persia and she's written about in Herodotus.
Kate O'Brien - Jackie's Irish Gal Pick
April 01, 2024 04:33 - 31 minutes - 23.4 MBDid you think Ireland Month was over?! Well, we found a pot of gold on this April Fools Day! Gal’s Guide just happens to be so lucky because we know Jackie. Jackie is a native Hoosier who now calls Ireland home. She also runs the Castlelyons Library, which is supported and sponsored by Gal’s Guide. So for this bonus episode, Jackie Donegan tells us about the amazing Irish author Kate O'Brien!
Queen Medb - Riwo's Irish Gal Pick
March 28, 2024 16:06 - 30 minutes - 34.9 MBRiwo's pick is pre-Christian times in Ireland. Her pick is also part historical but also part myth and legend. She’s a complex woman. Queen Medb (also spelled Maeve, Mave, Meave) her name is connected to alcohol - you know meade-woman - she starts a war over who has a prettier bull, and it takes 30 men in a night to satisfy her sexually. She’s a lot and she's not apologizing for any of it.
Sinéad O'Connor - Lori's Irish Gal Pick
March 18, 2024 17:41 - 21 minutes - 21.8 MBLori continues Ireland Month by talking about singer, songwriter, and activist Sinéad O'Connor. The Pope and Prince tie into this episode as we learn about the many albums, struggles, and talents of this Dublin musician.
Bernadette Devlin - Katie's Irish Gal Pick
March 12, 2024 03:22 - 22 minutes - 25.4 MBKatie continues Ireland Month with a campaigner for social justice, elected to Parliament at age 21, served prison time, wounded in an assassination attempt, and sometimes called "Ireland's Joan of Arc", Bernadette Devlin.
Lilian Bland - Bonnie's Irish Gal Pick
March 06, 2024 15:49 - 18 minutes - 18.8 MBIt's the start of Ireland Month! Bonnie's pick is an all-around adventurer. Lilian Bland is an aviator, horseback rider, lumberjack, painter, and car salesman. And when we say aviator we mean, she's the first woman to build her own plane 'cause it's 1910. And when we say car salesman, we mean the idea of cars is new.
Mariama Ba - Katie's African Gal Pick
February 26, 2024 13:00 - 25 minutes - 30.2 MBKatie finishes up African Gals Month by sharing about Senegalese author, Mariama Ba. So Long a Letter is a novel expressing the fate and the frustration of African women. Mariama received the Noma Award, a major book award in Africa.
Agojie - Leah's African Gals Pick
February 21, 2024 15:46 - 27 minutes - 32.2 MBGal's Guide Film Club is discussing the Viola Davis movie The Women King. Leah wanted to dig deeper into the real-life all-female military regiment in the Kingdom of Dahomey known as the Agojie. If you are wondering if they are what the Dorje Milaje of Black Panther is based on - you are correct my friend.
Professor Nox Makunga - Josh's African Gal Pick
February 14, 2024 18:46 - 23 minutes - 27.2 MBJosh returns to the podcast to talk about the medicinal plant biologist, Nokwanda Pearl Makunga. Professor Nox is a researcher in Biotechnology at Stellenbosch University. Her work is fascinating if you have a green thumb and even if you don't!
Huda Sha'arawi - Bonnie's African Gal Pick
February 08, 2024 20:54 - 19 minutes - 20.8 MBIt's a new month and Bonnie starts African Gal month with a trailblazer of the Egyptian Feminist movement, Huda Sha'arawi. Learn about this amazing suffragette.
Sister Elizabeth Kenny - Leah's Australian Gal Pick
January 31, 2024 19:39 - 23 minutes - 27.1 MBLeah closes out Australian Gals Month with her pick. Sister Elizabeth Kenny (who was a military sister, not a religious sister) was an Australian Bush nurse who basically created physical therapy. At the time her methods of treating polio patients were unconventional but one day there was some help from the Mayo Clinic in the United States. Learn more about this amazing woman.
Mary Reibey - Katie's Australian Gal Pick
January 23, 2024 23:55 - 23 minutes - 28.5 MBKatie's Australian Gal is a legendary businesswoman who started as a convict. Learn about Mary Reibey, an incredible woman who is on the money and became a role model for many.
Edith Cowan - Barb’s Australian Gal Pick
January 15, 2024 13:00 - 23 minutes - 24.2 MBAustralian Gals Month continues! Barb's pick is a social reformer who was the first woman to serve as a member of Parliament.
Julia Gillard - Bonnie’s Australian Gal Pick
January 08, 2024 21:53 - 21 minutes - 23.7 MBIt is a new season of the Gal’s Guide Podcast! Can you believe it, it’s season 7! We’ve got a slightly new spin on all of 2024’s episodes. We’ll be learning about women around the world with a new region each month. This month, it’s Australia! Bonnie starts us off with the first female Prime Minister of Australia, Julia Gillard.
Susan La Flesche Picotte
November 27, 2023 23:32 - 35 minutes - 40.4 MBFor the last episode of Season 6, Barb ends Medicine Woman month with Omaha Medical doctor, Susan La Flesche Picotte. Season 7 begins on January 8, 2024, with Australian Gals.
Gladys Tantaquidgeon - Leah’s 1 Cool Medicine Woman
November 13, 2023 18:18 - 24 minutes - 28.2 MBMedicine Woman Month continues! Leah tells us about the amazing Gladys Tantaquidgeon who was 3rd generation medicine woman who lived to age 106!
Qi-yo Ke-pe - Bonnie’s 1 Cool Medicine Woman
November 08, 2023 18:23 - 22 minutes - 27.1 MBBonnie stars of Medicine Woman with the Great Healer of the Native Americans, Qi-yo Ke-pe.
Baba Yaga - Bonnie’s 1 Cool Folklore Gal
November 03, 2023 19:51 - 34 minutes - 35.4 MBBonnie finishes up Folklore Month with the Slavic hero/villain the Baba Yaga!
Kisa Gotami - Leah’s 1 Cool Folklore Gal
October 25, 2023 19:09 - 24 minutes - 23.4 MBLeah shares a Buddhist folktale of Kisa Gotami and the Mustard Seed.
Aleshea Harris - Kassie’s 1 Cool Folklore Gal
October 20, 2023 15:51 - 31 minutes - 33.3 MBKassie talks about the amazing modern playwright who has a folklore twist. Learn and celebrate Aleshea Harris and her play "Is God Is."
Lozen - Barb’s 1 Cool Folklore Gal
October 12, 2023 18:13 - 25 minutes - 27.6 MBBarb tells us about Lozen, the Chiricahua Warm Springs Apache who was a skillful warrior and a shield to her people. There is a trigger warning for this episode as we do discuss the capture and the imprisonment of Lozen and her people.
Folklore Bonus Episode
October 01, 2023 13:01 - 9 minutes - 8.74 MBOctober is Folklore Gals Month. To set the tone, Katie Young shares a quick and bonus episode about the lore of Banshees.
Ruth Wakefield - Leah’s 1Cool Working Women
September 27, 2023 17:49 - 26 minutes - 29.9 MBLeah finished up Working Women Month with a delicious treat! Learn about Ruth Wakefield, the inventor of the chocolate chip cookie. See if you think she got a tasty deal for her business creation.
Reshma Saujani - Barb’s 1 Cool Working Woman
September 18, 2023 13:00 - 34 minutes - 37.1 MBWorking Women Month continues! Barb tells us about the founder of Girls Who Code and the best-selling author of multiple books, Reshma Saujani.
Judith Love Cohen - Katie’s 1 Cool Working Woman
September 11, 2023 17:34 - 28 minutes - 31.9 MBWorking Women Month continues! Katie is up next telling us about the fantastic American aerospace engineer, who also happens to be the mom of actor, Jack Black.
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire - Bonnie’s Working Women
September 07, 2023 04:11 - 20 minutes - 22.2 MBBonnie starts off Working Women month with a cautionary tale of the horrors of the workplace. On Saturday, March 25, 1911, a fire broke out in Manhattan. The tall building with unsafe conditions created a deadly industrial disaster. Taking the lives of 146 people, most of them women, inspired protests to create safer work conditions for all.
Stewardess Rebellion - Katie’s 1 Cool Thing
August 28, 2023 13:00 - 29 minutes - 34.4 MBThe Aviation drink with gin has REALLY KICK IN! Katie wraps up aviation month with the power of the Great Stewardess Rebellion. Inspired by the amazing book of the same name by Nell McShane Wulfhart. We also talked about the window, aisle, or middle seat before we got really upset with the sexism in the airline industry.
Wally Funk - Leah’s 1 Cool Aviation Gal
August 22, 2023 04:09 - 20 minutes - 24.7 MBLeah's super excited to tell you about one of her favorite Mercury 13 gals who also is the oldest woman to go to space! It's the delightful, Wally Funk!
Mama Bird Evelyn Johnson - Barb’s 1 Cool Aviation Gal
August 22, 2023 03:51 - 34 minutes - 42.1 MBBarb continues Aviation gals month with a high flyer who was born just 6 years after the Wright brother's first flight. Learn about Mama Bird the female pilot with the highest number of flying hours in the world. She was a colonel in the Civil Air Patrol and a founding member of the Morristown, Tennessee Civil Air Patrol Squadron
Sophie Blanchard - Bonnie’s 1 Cool Aviation Gal
August 08, 2023 00:17 - 20 minutes - 23.7 MBBonnie's pick to start off Aviation Gal's Month hits on her favorite things - her gal has a lot of names, she's the first in a few things, and there is a puppy element. That being said, it's a wild ride learning about Madame Sophie Blanchard, the French woman who was the first female professional balloonist...but she also was the first to....let's say, not land.
Jordyn Zimmerman - Katie’s 1 Cool Disabled Gal
July 31, 2023 00:37 - 33 minutes - 38.8 MBKatie wraps up Disability Gals Month by talking about the amazing accessibility enthusiast, Jordyn Zimmerman.
Judith Heumann - Leah’s 1 Cool Disability Gal
July 31, 2023 00:29 - 38 minutes - 45.1 MBLeah continues Disability Gals Month and celebrates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by talking about an inspirational activist, Judith Heumann.
Annie Jump Cannon - Edan’s 1 Cool Disabled Gal
July 24, 2023 16:39 - 37 minutes - 40.8 MBEdan continues Disability Gals Month telling us about the deaf astronomer, Annie Jump Cannon.
Tammy Duckworth - Bonnie’s 1 Cool Disabled Gal
July 17, 2023 05:22 - 22 minutes - 23.8 MBBonnie starts us celebrating disabled gals. First up, we learn about U.S. State Senator Tammy Duckworth. Tammy is a retired Lieutenant Colonel. She is the first woman with a disability to be elected to Congress. The First double amputee in the Senate. The first senator to give birth while in office.
Joyce Hobson & Alice Armstrong - Katie’s Cool Hamilton County Gals
June 26, 2023 16:39 - 29 minutes - 33.9 MBKatie wraps up Ham-co Gals month with not 1 but 2 awesome STEM ladies! Joyce Hobson was first female doctor in Hamilton County in 1879. Alice Armstrong was the first female patent holder in Hamilton County. The gals also talk about how the windows and floors in Noblesville are "unique" (AKA not plum, not the same size and slanted).
Dirty Helen - Lisa’s 1 Cool Hamilton County Gal
June 19, 2023 13:00 - 39 minutes - 42.2 MBThe Gal Pals are celebrating Hamilton County Gals! Lisa continues the month talking about Helen Worley Cromell, or Dirty Helen, the ‘good time party girl.
Avriel Shull - Barb’s 1 Cool Hamilton County Gal
June 14, 2023 22:49 - 39 minutes - 44.9 MBThe Gal Pals are celebrating Hamilton County Gals! Barb continues the month talking about Avriel Shull, a successful self-taught architect, designer and artist.
Lulu Miesse - Leah’s 1 Cool Hamilton County Gal
June 05, 2023 14:18 - 28 minutes - 34.4 MBThe Gal Pals are celebrating Hamilton County Gals! Leah starts off the month talking about the gal who organized for the local library and started the local bookmobile, Lulu Miesse.
Chien Shiung Wu - Bonnie’s 1 Cool Asian Gal
May 31, 2023 12:49 - 22 minutes - 21.3 MBThe Gal Pals are celebrating Asian Heritage Month! Bonnie finishes up the month talking about the Queen of Physics, Chein Shiung Wu!
Patsy Mink - Katie’s 1 Cool Asian Gal
May 15, 2023 20:41 - 29 minutes - 32 MBThe Gal Pals are celebrating Asian Heritage Month! Katie continues by discussing what she learned about the first woman of color to the U.S. House of Representatives, Patsy Takemoto Mink!
Junko Tabei - Barb’s 1 Cool Asian Gal
May 10, 2023 16:50 - 32 minutes - 33.8 MBThe Gal Pals are celebrating Asian Heritage Month! Barb starts us out with Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei. Junko is the first woman to summit Mt. Everest.
Sappho - Leah’s 1 Cool Poetry Gal
April 24, 2023 17:17 - 26 minutes - 30.3 MBSeason 5’s Poetry Gals continues with the Gal Pals honoring National Poetry Month. with guest Barb Conlin. Leah’s choice? Sappho, The Poetess, or The Tenth Muse.
Anne Sexton - Barb’s 1 Cool Poetry Gal
April 17, 2023 15:04 - 35 minutes - 36.4 MBSeason 5’s Poetry Gals continues with the Gal Pals honoring National Poetry Month. with guest Barb Conlin. Barb’s choice? Anne Sexton, who wrote confessional poetry.
Dorothy Parker - Katie’s 1 Cool Poetry Gal
April 10, 2023 04:38 - 25 minutes - 30.8 MBSeason 5’s Poetry Gals continues with the Gal Pals honoring National Poetry Month. with guest Barb Conlin. Katie’s choice? Dorothy Parker, one of the founders of The New Yorker..
Phillis Wheatley - Bonnie’s 1 Cool Poetry Gal
April 03, 2023 06:04 - 31 minutes - 35 MBSeason 5’s Poetry Gals kicks off with the Gal Pals in honor of National Poetry Month. with guest Barb Conlin. Bonnie’s choice? Phillis Wheatley, who is considered the first African-American author of a published book of poetry.
Gratia Countryman - Leah’s 1 Cool Librarian
March 28, 2023 14:27 - 37 minutes - 42 MBSeason 5’s Library Gals concludes with the Gal Pals talking about real life unicorns, librarians. with guest Amy Dalton. Leah’s choice? Her ancestor, Gratia Countryman, who was called the Jane Addams of libraries.
Elizabeth Gray Vining - Amy’s 1 Cool Librarian
March 22, 2023 19:10 - 30 minutes - 30.5 MBSeason 5’s Library Gals continues with the Gal Pals talking about real life unicorns, librarians. with guest Amy Dalton. Amy’s second choice? Elizabeth Gray Vining, who tutored the Japanese royal family post-World War II.
Anne Carroll Moore - Amy’s 1 Cool Librarian
March 16, 2023 16:19 - 39 minutes - 41.9 MBSeason 5’s Library Gals continues with the Gal Pals talking about real life unicorns, librarians. with guest Amy Dalton. Amy’s choice? Anne Carroll Moore, who was at the forefront of developing children’s centers in libraries.
Maria Mitchell - Bonnie’s 1 Cool Librarian
March 06, 2023 13:00 - 28 minutes - 31 MBSeason 5’s Library Gals begins with the Gal Pals talking about real-life unicorns, librarians. with guest Amy Dalton. Bonnie’s choice? Maria Mitchell, who found Miss Mitchell’s Comet
Ella Brennan - Leah’s 1 Cool Culinary Gal
February 27, 2023 18:52 - 25 minutes - 30.9 MBSeason 5’s Culinary Gals wraps up with the Gal Pals talking about women with big impacts on the culinary world with guest Barb Conlin. Leah’s choice? Ella Brennan, who gave us the Jazz Brunch.