Gallus Girls and Wayward Women Podcast
1) Mary Mallon: There's Something About Typhoid Mary
Mary Mallon emigrated to America as teenager in 1883. She became famous for being the first person in the Untied States to be identified as an asymptomatic carrier of Typhoid Fever. Mary is believed...Show More
2) Nancy Astor: Lady of the House
Although Constance Markiewicz had been elected to parliament before her but refused to take her seat, Nancy Astor was the American whirlwind who became the first female British MP in 1919. She did a h...Show More
3) Princess Caraboo - Beautiful Fraud
In early 1817, a mystery woman showed up in the town of Almondsbury in Gloucester, England. She seemed disoriented, and when she spoke her words were incomprehensible to English ears. The only thing a...Show More
4) Katherine Howard: Just a Girl
Teeny tiny Katherine Howard was Henry VIII's fifth and youngest wife. He met Katherine when he was almost fifty, and stuck in a marriage that made him miserable. Katherine, young and full of life ench...Show More
5) Jessica Mitford: The Red Debutante
Jessica Mitford was the communist âred sheepâ of the aristocratic, fascist sympathising Mitford clan. Known as âDeccaâ, she was the sister of novelist Nancy, Diana (who was the wife of fascist Oswald ...Show More
6) Unity Mitford: Ride of The Valkyrie
Although the rest of her family were fascist sympathisers of one sort or another, which was common among upper classes in inter-war Britain, Unity Mitford became an extreme right winger, a fanatical f...Show More
7) Episode 5: Mary Garden - Scotland's Diva
Described by some as "the Sarah Bernhardt of opera", Mary Garden was an actress, a talented singer, and quite the character. She was famous for  her formidable vocal range and she first rose to succe...Show More
8) Anne of Cleves: Henry's Luckiest Wife
We go back once again to Tudor times to look at the life of Henry VIII's fourth wife, Anne of Cleves. She has gone down in history (unfairly) as the ugly fat dim one, the one Henry was so repelled by,...Show More
9) Tsarina Alexandra - Last Empress of Russia
Alexandra Feodorovna, formerly Princess Alix Victoria Helena Louise Beatrice Von Hesse and By Rhine, was grand daughter to Queen Victoria, daughter of Princess Alice of Great Britain, and the last Tsa...Show More
10) Merle Oberon - Dark Angel
One of the most beautiful and enigmatic actresses of Hollywood's first century, the words âdark angelâ summed up Merleâs hauntingly beautiful, exotic looks perfectly. She was, in fact, Anglo-Indian, ...Show More