Episodios

  • Series 1: Episode 22: Sarah Vaughan
    Jun 13 2023

    Meet the 'Divine One' of Jazz, Sarah Vaughan in this week's episode.

    Sources:
    Gillespie, Dizzy; Fraser, Al (2009) To Be. Or Not....to Bop, Minneapolis: University of MInnesota Press, P.486

    Wikipedia :)

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    21 m
  • Series 1 Episode 21: Karen Uhlenbeck
    Aug 1 2022

    This week's marvellous woman helps us to solve the age old question: are some people just made for Maths?

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    Sources:
    Karen Uhlenbeck's Pioneering Path - Ideas I Institute for Advanced Study (ias.edu)
    The National Medal of Science 50th Anniversary I National Science Foundation (nsf.gov)
    Karen Uhlenbeck- Wiki

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    19 m
  • Series 1 Episode 20: Sojourner Truth
    Apr 30 2022

    Today's epsiode explores the life and legacy of Sojourner Truth: activist, abolitionist, evangelist, mother, woman.

    Sources:
    Davis, Angela (1981). Women, Race and Class. Vintage Books A Division of Random House. p. 140.
    Mabee, Carleton; Susan Mabee New house. Sojourner Truth: Slave, Prophet, Legend, NYU Press, 1995, pp. 67–82.  
    Sojourner Truth - Quotes, Facts & Speech - HISTORY
    Sojourner Truth - Ain't I A Woman? - YouTube
    Stanton, Elizabeth Cady; Anthony, Susan B.; Gage, Matilda Joslyn, eds. (1889). History of Woman Suffrage. Vol. 1 (2 ed.). Rochester, N.Y: Susan B. Anthony. pp. 115–116.
    Wikipedia
    Sojourner Truth - Ain't I A Woman? - YouTube 

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    What I'm reading: The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki.

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    21 m
  • Series 1 Episode 19: Sappho
    Feb 13 2022

    Join us in learning about the world's potential first feminist, ancient poet and LGBTQA+ pioneer, silenced and ridiculed, but still being resurfaced today <3

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    Sources 

    Rose, H. J. (1960). A Handbook of Greek Literature. New York: E. F. Dutton. p. 95. 

    Sappho - Poems by the Famous Poet - All Poetry 

    Sappho | Biography & Facts | Britannica 

    Sappho: The Poetess — Making Queer History 

    Good ol' Wikipedia 

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    31 m
  • Series 1 Episode 18: Eleanor Rathbone
    Feb 6 2022

    This week we explore the life of Eleanor Rathbone and discuss poverty, privilege, family allowance, the downfall of Hitler and The 1918 Club.

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    Sources: 

    Eleanor Rathbone Charitable Trust (eleanorrathbonetrust.org.uk)
    Family Allowances Act 1945 - House of Lords Library (parliament.uk)
    Martin Gilbert, Prophet of Truth: Winston S. Churchill, 1922–1939 (London: Minerva, 1990), p. 722.
    Reeves, Rachel, 1979- (7 March 2019). Women of Westminster : the MPs who changed politics. London
    Smith, David F (1 August 2003). Commentary: The context and outcome of nutrition campaigning in 1934. International Journal of Epidemiology. Vol. 32. pp. 500–502. 
    Home Page (the1918club.org.uk)
    Eleanor Rathbone - UK Parliament
    Eleanor Rathbone - Wikipedia 

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    33 m
  • Series 1 Episode 17: Mary Quant
    Jan 30 2022

    This week we look at the life of fashion icon Mary Quant, Daisy the doll and the notion of fashion as a means of liberation.

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    Sources 

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00ny5v 

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00ny5vw 

    Mary Quant - Clothes, Miniskirt & Fashion - Biography 

    ABOUT MARY|MARY QUANT COSMETICS LTD.  

    Polan, Brenda; Tredre, Roger (2009). The Great Fashion Designer. New York: Berg. pp. 103–04 

    Seebohm, Caroline (19 July 1971). "English Girls in New York: They Don't Go Home Again". New York. p. 34. 

    V&A · Six Revolutionary Designs By Mary Quant (vam.ac.uk) 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVN8SzDRVgo&ab_channel=ThamesTv 

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    26 m
  • Series 1 Episode 16: Lily Parr
    Jan 21 2022

    Today's episode explores the life and legacy of LGBTQ+ icon Lily Parr; a prolific and pioneering footballer who definitely needs more recognition.

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    Sources: 

     History of women's football (thefa.com) 

    LGBT+ History Month: Lily Parr - trailblazer with a 'kick like a mule' - BBC Sport 

    Lily Parr - Wikipedia 

    Simkin, John "Lily Parr: Biography" (spartacus-educational.com) 

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    29 m
  • Series 1 Episode 15: Georgia O'Keeffe
    Aug 1 2021

    This week's episode of The A-Z of Marvellous Women concerns the artist Georgia O'Keeffe and her fascinating and beautiful life.

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    Sources:
    https://www.okeeffemuseum.org/about-georgia-okeeffe/
    Roberts, Norma J., ed. (1988) The American Collections, P.76.
    Good ol' Wikipedia <3

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    36 m