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Woes and Wonders of Women, Witches and WivesEpisode 21: The Unsolved Case of the Grimes SistersTrigger warning: This episode contains brief mention of sensitive topics, please skip if you don't want to hear! OOOF you guys it has been a minute since we uploaded new content and we are so sorry! Our lives got busy and things happened and we didn't have a backup plan so here we are. But we're BACK with a long and wild story of the murder of the Grimes Sisters and the twisty turny investigation that followed. Join us for a wild ride and let us know what you think happened to these two beautiful...2024-05-301h 48Woes and Wonders of Women, Witches and WivesEpisode 20: The Murder of Jasmine FioreHey Witches!! We're doing true crime! This week Juliana tells us about the tragic murder of Playboy Model, Jasmine Fiore. As always thanks for listening and supporting! Follow us and subscribe on Patreon and follow us on Instagram @woesandwonders to stay up to date with all of our wondrous activities!Love you! Elaine and Juliana Music is Pink’s Glass All music is composed and produced by Jason Shaw on AudionautiX and is released under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://crea...2024-05-0240 minWoes and Wonders of Women, Witches and WivesEpisode 19: Pirates Part 2 Anne BonnyJoin us this week to once again dive deep into some pirate lore as Elaine tells us the story of Anne Bonny! One of the most famous female pirates and ship-mate/friend/lover?/bestie of Mary Read who Juliana told us about last week. Ahoy mateys!Sources:https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anne-Bonnyhttp://www.thewayofthepirates.com/famous-pirates/anne-bonny/https://www.history.com/news/5-notorious-female-pirateshttps://www.nps.gov/people/anne-bonny-pirate.htmhttps://www.legendsofamerica.com/ah-annebonny/2024-04-1046 minWoes and Wonders of Women, Witches and WivesEpisode 18: Pirates Pt. 1: Mary ReadAhoy Witches!!! Sit back and enjoy this much-anticipated episode all about the famous pirate, Mary Read. Chit Chat includes: Juliana's beef with Disney and Elaine is opening a bar. Sources: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/if-theres-a-man-among-ye-the-tale-of-pirate-queens-anne-bonny-and-mary-read-45576461/ https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/read-mary-and-anne-bonney https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Read https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Mary_Read As always thanks for listening and supporting! Follow us and...2024-03-2728 minWoes and Wonders of Women, Witches and WivesEpisode 17: The Night WitchesOne day late on posting this but WORTH THE WAIT!! This week Elaine brings us the story of Marina Roskova and the Night Witches; the 588th Night Bomber Aviation Regiment in the Soviet Air force during World War II. Tune in to learn all about these incredible women, their planes, the missions they put their lives on the line to complete, and the war they waged on Nazi Germany from the air. Sources:Podcast: AirSpace Sn. 2, Ep. 10 by Emily Moyer, Executive Producerhttps://www.history.com/news/meet-the-night-witches-the-daring-female-pilots-who-bombed-nazis-by-night2024-03-1559 minWoes and Wonders of Women, Witches and WivesEpisode 16: KhutulunHey Witches! Welcome back to the pod! This week, Juliana tells the story of the Mongolian Warrior Princess, Khutulun. Chitchat includes discussion on Disney movies, Elaine cries and Juliana impulsively chopped her hair with dull scissors. FUN! As always thanks for listening and supporting! Follow us and subscribe on Patreon and follow us on Instagram @woesandwonders to stay up to date with all of our wondrous activities!Love you! Elaine and Juliana Music is Pink’s Glass All music...2024-03-0738 minWoes and Wonders of Women, Witches and WivesEpisode 15: Alice CoachmanHi all! Welcome back to our podcast! We took a week off to deal with some personal things in our lives and reconfigure our podcast schedule to match up better with our work and life schedules, listen to the episode for more details! That being said, lets get into it!This week Elaine takes us into the life and story of Alice Coachman, one of the first Black women to compete in the Olympics and the ONLY American woman to win a gold medal at the 1948 Olympics. She was truly and incredible athlete and woman and an...2024-02-2152 minWoes and Wonders of Women, Witches and WivesEpisode 14: Badass Women of the Civil Rights MovementHappy February! In honor of black history month, we will be focusing on some amazing black women. This week, Juliana shares the story of performer, spy, and activist, Josephine Baker. Elaine tells us about the incredible and wildly resilient Fannie Lou Hamer. Sources: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Josephine-Baker https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/josephine-bakerhttps://www.biography.com/artists/josephine-baker https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/30/arts/design/josephine-baker-exhibition-berlin.html https://nmaahc.si.edu/josephine-baker As always thanks for listening and supporting! Follow us and subscribe on Patreon and follow us on I...2024-02-051h 12Woes and Wonders of Women, Witches and WivesEpisode 13: Pioneer WomenHey Witches! This week we get into the stories of some women who lived during what we would call the pioneer days in the Western United States (think 1800s). These women truly went through it in terms of just about everything; ambushes, widowing, cholera, yellow fever, cattle drives, childbirth, pretty much every struggle a pioneer woman could face. Tune in to learn about Marie Dorien and Margaret Herffernan Borland!Sources:https://www.womenhistoryblog.com/2015/07/margaret-borland.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Borlandhttps://en.wikipedia.org...2024-01-301h 21Woes and Wonders of Women, Witches and WivesEpisode 12: Coretta Scott KingThis week we dove into the life and legacy of Coretta Scott King, the wife of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We felt that she deserved her own episode to really appreciate all the work she did, throughout her life, to further equality in the United States and around the world, alongside MLK and after he was assassinated. Truly an inspiring, courageous, strong, kind, beautiful, wonderful woman we hope her story inspires you as much as it inspired us Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com2024-01-1556 minWoes and Wonders of Women, Witches and WivesEpisode 11: EmpressesDisclaimer: We are testing new microphones so there is some weird background noise. We are working on it :) Happy 2024!!! This week Elaine and Juliana are looking back at some badass Empresses and discussing how history likes to paint female rulers.... spoiler it's not great. Fast forward about 13 minutes to skip the chit-chatiness. Sources: https://www.asianstudies.org/publications/eaa/archives/wu-zhao-ruler-of-tang-dynasty-china/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wuhou https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-demonization-of-empress-wu-20743091/ https://ww...2024-01-081h 12Woes and Wonders of Women, Witches and WivesEpisode 10: A Woes and Wonders Christmas SpecialEpisode 10 is here and we're officially in double digits! This week we are traveling around the world to bring you the stories of some international holiday ladies! Juliana takes us to Italy, Russia and Bulgaria and Elaine takes us to Sweden, Germany and ends up in Ireland with the stories of different women, legends and holidays traditions. This is our last episode of 2023, as we are taking a little holiday break, we hope you have the happiest of holidays and a wonderful new year! See you in 2024!Sources:https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/la-befana-an-italian-christmas-tradition.html2023-12-1854 minWoes and Wonders of Women, Witches and WivesEpisode 9: Murderesses Pt. 2: Griselda BlancoMURDERESSES Pt.2 This week Juliana talks about quite the girl boss, Griselda Blanco. Known as “the black widow” and “the Godmother,” Blanco was a kingpin in the Miami cocaine scene in the 70s and 80s. She also allegedly/definitely killed all her husbands. Fun! As always thanks for listening and supporting! Follow us and subscribe on Patreon and follow us on Instagram @woesandwonders to stay up to date with all of our wondrous activities!Love you! Elaine and Juliana Music is Pink’s Glass All music...2023-12-1140 minWoes and Wonders of Women, Witches and WivesEpisode 8: Murderesses Pt. 1: Lizzie BordenHey Witches!! We have a bit of a special situation for you this week! Elaine and Juliana both had long and intense stories to tell about some maybe, maybe not, murderesses so we decided to give you TWO WEEKS of some lady criminals.This week Elaine regales us with the story of the life of Lizzie Borden and the deaths that made her famous. She details for us the morning of the crime and the investigation and trial that followed concluding in one resounding question: do you think Lizzie Borden did it?? Stay tuned for...2023-12-041h 10Woes and Wonders of Women, Witches and WivesEpisode 7: Matriarchal AnimalsHappy Monday! We are SO excited this week because we are talking about animals that organize themselves in matriarchies. We know this may not quite qualify as "women, witches or wives" but the ladies in the animal kingdom deserve the spotlight too! In this episode Juliana takes us deep into the ocean to tell us all about orcas and then Elaine takes us over to the continent of Africa to talk about African elephants! Both these animals are complex socially and emotionally and we think it is so important to tell their stories too! Sources:h...2023-11-271h 15Woes and Wonders of Women, Witches and WivesEpisode 6: Greek GoddessesWelcome to Episode 6 where we are telling the legends of some ancient Greek goddesses!! Elaine takes us all the way back to the beginning to tell the story of Gaia and then Juliana takes us on through the stories of the huntress, Artemis! We hope you enjoy!Sources:https://railsback.org/CS/CSGaia.htmlhttps://www.thoughtco.com/greek-mythology-gaia-1525978#:~:text=Legacy%20and%20Story,help%20her%20subdue%20their%20father.https://www.worldhistory.org/Gaia/https://www.theoi.com/Protogenos/Gaia.html2023-11-2056 minWoes and Wonders of Women, Witches and WivesEpisode 5: Women of the TitanicJoin us as we board the Titanic with some of the incredible women who were on the ship when it went down on April 14th, 1912 . This week we take you through the stories of six women who were on board the ship, their lives before and after this fateful journey, and their heroism and determination on that horrible day.Sources:https://www.corneliapowell.com/2018/10/amazing-women-aboard-titanic-take-two.html?m=1https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/post/women-on-the-titanic-real-and-imagined/2012/04/10/gIQA1C137S_blog.htmlhttps://www.bransontourismcenter.com/info/2018/09/24...2023-11-1358 minWoes and Wonders of Women, Witches and WivesEpisode 4: Women in SPACEThis week's episode is out of this world! Juliana tells us about the amazing Mae Jemison and Elaine covers the incredible Sally Ride. Also, listen to learn if the women of Woes and Wonders would go to space????? Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Ride https://www.nbcnews.com/sciencemain/why-sally-ride-waited-until-her-death-tell-world-she-908942 https://sallyridescience.ucsd.edu/sally-ride-coins-next-in-american-women-quarters-program/ https://www.uctv.tv/education/search-details.aspx?showID=31454 https://science.nasa.gov/people/sally-ride/ https://sallyridescience.ucsd.edu/about/ https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial...2023-11-0651 minWoes and Wonders of Women, Witches and WivesEpisode 3: Spoooooky Stories!Happy Halloween!! Join us this week to hear about some spooky ladies and the stories, legends and myths behind them! First, Elaine takes us through the history of Bloody Mary and then Juliana gets extra scary with the tale of Annabelle the Doll! Stay spooky friends!Sources:https://the-line-up.com/famous-female-ghostshttps://allthatsinteresting.com/bloody-maryhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/myth-bloody-mary-180974221/https://www.britannica.com/story/was-bloody-mary-a-real-personhttps://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2016/10/127563/bloody-mary-queen-ghost-story-pregnancy-murderhttps://www.hauntedrooms.co.uk/the-bloody-mary-legendhttps://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Bloody_Mary_(folklore)https://www...2023-10-301h 13Woes and Wonders of Women, Witches and WivesEpisode 2: First Ladies Installment 1Hey witches!Welcome back for episode two! Before we get into the episode just a DISCLAIMER: we know that we talk very fast in the first ten-ish minutes of the episode, we were just so excited and had so much to talk about! But once we get into the stories we promise it calms down a bit and sounds much more like human speed, stick with us!This week we talk about some First Ladies of the United States; Juliana tells us all about Dolly Madison and Elaine details the life of Florence Harding for...2023-10-231h 19
Woes and Wonders of Women, Witches and WivesTrailer: Woes and Wonders of Women, Witches and WivesHey Witches!!Welcome to our podcast and the wondrous little world that goes with it!Our names are Elaine and Juliana and we're just two little witches telling the stories of women throughout history and the woes and wonders of their lives. These are women who were witches, wives, pirates, astronauts, ghosts, husband killers, scientists, First Lady's, pioneers, criminals, inventors, and just basically boss ass bitches.As always thanks for listening and supporting! Follow us and subscribe on Patreon and follow us on Instagram @woesandwonders to stay up to date with...2023-10-1801 min
Woes and Wonders of Women, Witches and WivesEpisode 1: The Salem Witch TrialsThis week we are headed to 1692 (not 1962, we know it is easy to mix those up) and diving into some stories of women during the Salem Witch Trials! Elaine takes us through the story of a woman named Tituba, one of the first to be accused and tried for being a witch in Salem that year. Then Juliana takes us into the world of Martha Corey (or Cory depending on who you ask) who was one of the last women executed in the ten months that the witch hysteria gripped Salem! Join us to hear these women's stories and...2023-10-1653 min