Cool Dead Women Podcast
1) Cool Dead Women: Edith Nesbit
JK Rowling's forgotten idol, Edith Nesbit, wrote about loveable, bulgy-eyed monsters, threw wild parties, and was part of a legendary open marriage (in the 1800s!)
2) Cool Dead Women: June Jordan, Miriam Makeba, Muriel Rukeyser (Protest Edition)
Not one, not two, but three Cool Dead Women! We explore the stories of two revolutionary American poets and one South African exile musician. All fought hard for they believed in, and we hope they ins...Show More
Cool Dead Women: June Jordan, Miriam Makeba, Muriel Rukeyser (Protest Edition)
30:52 | Jul 10th, 2020
3) Cool Dead Women: Elma Napier
A writer! The first woman elected to a Caribbean parliament! A royal scandal! All of this (and a pet lion) await you in our newest episode...
4) Cool Dead Women: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Moonshine, orange groves, and catching flounders barehanded: the life of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, author of The Yearling.
5) Cool Dead Women: Jeannette Rankin
Before Nancy Pelosi, before literally any woman was in federal office...there was Jeannette Rankin.
6) Cool Dead Women: Sophie Blanchard
Sophie Blanchard, the world's first female aeronaut and the inspiration behind the new Amazon movie, The Aeronauts. Sort of.
7) Cool Dead Women: Lucia Pamela
Lucia Pamela: a child piano prodigy turned beauty queen turned astronaut who released her first album in her mid 60s.
8) Cool Dead Women: The Three Parachutists
Hannah Szenes, Haviva Reik, and Sara Braverman were three Jewish Parachutists of Mandate Palestine. One of our heavier episodes...
9) Cool Dead Women: Dr. Denmark
Dr. Leila Denmark was a pediatrician in Atlanta who started treating children (or "little angels," as she called them) in 1928...and didn't stop for 73 years. She also helped develop a vaccine for w...Show More
10) Cool Dead Women: Belle da Costa Greene
Meet the world's most glamorous librarian.