History's Unsung Heroes Podcast
1) Nancy Harkness Love- Interview with Heather B. Moore-Lady Flyer
Learn about Nancy Harkness Love, the first female commercial pilot, founder of the Women's Flying Training Detachment and the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) during World War II, from USA T...Show More
2) Phillis Wheatley-The Poet Who Broke Boundaries.
<p>Learn about the amazing work of Phillis Wheatley, the mother of black literature in America.</p><p><br></p><p>Sources: </p><p></p><p>Sources </p><p>Carretta, Vincent. Phillis Wheatley: Biography of...Show More
3) Elizabeth Willing Powel
<p>Learn about one of American's most influential founding mothers, socialite and patriot, Elizabeth Willing Powel.</p><p>1. <em>A Portrait of Elizabeth Willing Powel: 1743-1830</em>, David Walker...Show More
4) Lydia Barrington Darragh
<p>Learn about the wife, mother, Quaker and Patriot Spy, Lydia Barrington Darragh.</p> <p><br /></p> <p>Sources:</p> <p> 1. Footon, George. "The World's Greatest Military Spies and Secret Service." 19...Show More
5) Sybil Ludington
<p>Sybil Ludington, the patriotic heroine who helped warn the colonists of the English invasion of Connecticut and New York.</p> <p><br /></p> <p>Sources: </p> <p> </p> <p>Berton Braley, “Sybil Luding...Show More
6) President and Humanitarian Manuel Quezon
<p>President Manuel Quezon was a lawyer, leader, and humanitarian who took in Jewish refugees during World War II.</p> <p><br /></p> <p> </p> <p>Sources: </p> <ol> <li><p>Borneman, Walter. (2017). <e...Show More
7) Thomas Savage with Ora Smith
<p>After his journey across the sea to Jamestown, young Thomas Savage was thrust into the care of Chief Powhattan to learn the Algonquian ways and language. Learn more about the boy interpreter and hi...Show More
8) John Rolfe
<p>Ever wonder about Pochantas's husband? John Rolfe was a shipwreck survivor, widower, tobacco planter, ambassador, Jamestown leader, and father. Learn about his incredible journey. </p> <p>Sources: ...Show More
9) Anne Burras Layton-The First Englishwoman to Survive in the New World.
<p>Learn about Anne Burras Layton, the first Englishwoman to arrive and survive in the New World.</p> <p><br /></p> <p>Link to First Lady of Jamestown.</p> <p> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/First-La...Show More
10) Mary Dyer and the Quest for Religious Freedom
<p>Learn more about Mary Dyer, the first and only female Quaker to be executed in America for her beliefs.</p> <p><br /></p> <p>sources:</p> <p>Burrough, Edward. “A Declaration of the Sad and Great Pe...Show More