Girls! Girls! Girls! Podcast
1) Nellie Bly *Rebroadcast*
In this rebroadcast episode of Girls! Girls! Girls! Bea takes you on an adventure through the life and career of investigative journalist and all round rad gal, Nellie Bly. You can find transcriptio...Show More
2) Homai Vyarawalla
Homai Vyarawalla fit so much incredible stuff into the first half of her life. She was India's first female photojournalist, and her career spanned some of the most important years in India’s recent h...Show More
3) Chien-Shiung Wu
Chien-Shiung Wu, also known as the First Lady of Physics, was a scientific powerhouse. She worked for the Manhattan Project, lectured across the US at various universities and even contributed to Nobe...Show More
4) Vilma Espín
Is there anything Vilma Espín can't do? She was part of the 26th July Movement, created and led by the Castro brothers and Che Guevara. Once the group overthrew the Batista regime, she became unoffici...Show More
5) Adelaide Knight
Adelaide Knight was a leading member of the east end suffragette movement, as well as being one of the founding members of The Communist Party of Great Britain. Also discussed was Elea Chang, the fo...Show More
6) Bessie Beatrice Stringfield
It's my birthday tomorrow! So to celebrate I'm talking about someone who shares my name, the amazing Bessie Beatrice Stringfield, who spent most of her life motorcycling across America. Also discuss...Show More
7) Huda Sha-arawi
HAPPY SERIES 2! It's happening everyone, keep calm. Who better to kick off the new series than with Huda Sha-arawi, a feminist activist who played key roles in the 1919 Egyptian Revolution as well as ...Show More
8) Whina Cooper
In honour of and respect to New Zealand, this week Bea talks about the incredible Māori elder and social activist Whina Cooper, who spent her life working at grassroots levels to improve the lives of ...Show More
9) Annette Kellermann
Looking forward to Summer and the lovely swimming costumes you're going to wear? Well you can thank Annette Kellermann for that, Australia's 'Million Dollar Mermaid'. Annette took up swimming as physi...Show More
10) Clara Zetkin
HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY! What better way to celebrate the day than to talk about the incredible socialist women who created it? Clara Zetkin was a socialist and later communist activist, conce...Show More