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Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 67: Pamela Toler presents Sigrid SchultzAuthor Pamela Toler shares the riveting, little-known story of American Reporter Sigrid Schultz, who was among the earliest to warn Americans about the rise of the Nazi regime.
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2026-01-1345 min
Shieldmaidens: Women of the Norse WorldEpisode Twenty-nine: Pamela D. Toler InterviewIn this episode, Johanna and K.S. talk with historian Pamela D. Toler, author of the book Women Warriors: An Unexpected History, among many others. We discuss her research for Women Warriors, including her finds that women have been warriors all around the world and in all time periods. We also talk about the controversy surrounding the "Birka Woman" (BJ581). Links: Pamela D. Toler - pameladtoler.comJohanna Wittenberg - johannawittenberg.comK.S. Barton - ksbarton.com
2025-08-121h 01
How To Write The Future154. World Building with Women Warriors, Interview with Pamela D. Toler“There's been a long tradition of saying that women that women who ruled were exceptions, that women who fought were exceptions. That, you know, it's Joan of Arc, it's not GI Joan.,And that trap gets us over and over again, not just with women warriors.” — Pamela D. TolerIn this episode of How To Write the Future podcast, host Beth Barany interviews author, speaker, and historian Pamela D. Toler. Together they dive into the importance of women in history and discuss the significant challenges in documenting Women's History and how it can be tied i...
2025-05-2620 min
Study The GreatsSigrid Schulz: Hitler's Most Feared American Journalist | Pamela D. TolerPamela Toner is a historian, writer, and lecturer specialising in the overlooked figures of World War II, with a particular focus on women.In this episode, Toner uncovers the gripping true story of Sigrid Schulz, a Chicago-born correspondent who risked her life inside Nazi Germany to expose Hitler’s regime to the American public. Reporting for the Chicago Tribune, Schulz became the first U.S. woman to run a major foreign bureau — and one of the few journalists with deep access to the Nazi inner circle. Interviewing figures like Adolf Hitler and Hermann Göring...
2025-04-2658 minHow To Write The Future146. How Ancient Female Warriors Shape Our Future“Women have had an impact in world history throughout the ages. We just haven't been told those stories. So one of my missions in life is to bring these stories to life, both through fiction and through nonfiction.”Dive into “How Ancient Female Warriors Shape Our Future”, an episode for How To Write The Future podcast, where host Beth Barany shares stories of female warriors throughout history, challenging myths and revealing their crucial roles shaped civilization. And how knowing these stories can help us shape our futures.Content/Trigger Warning: Mention of sexual a...
2025-03-3114 min
Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good ReadEpisode 224 - Author Spotlight with Pamela D. TolerWe are thrilled to feature Dr. Pamela D. Toler who joined us to talk about her new book, THE DRAGON FROM CHICAGO: THE UNTOLD STORY OF AN AMERICAN REPORTER IN NAZI GERMANY. In a time when women were a rarity in the field, Sigrid Schultz was a print and broadcast journalist and the Chicago Tribune’s Berlin office bureau chief. She covered news from Europe and Germany from WWI through WWII and post-war years. Toler’s writing is accessible, and her subject’s life & work are amazing. Having read every byline that Schultz wrote, Toler was able to offer insights about...
2024-12-311h 45
Biographers International OrganizationPodcast #198 – Pamela D. TolerHistorian and author Pamela D. Toler’s latest book, The Dragon from Chicago: The Untold Story of an American Reporter in Nazi Germany, was published in August 2024 by Beacon Press. In addition to this biography of Sigrid Schultz, the fearless woman who headed the Chicago Tribune’s Berlin bureau from 1925 to 1941, Toler has authored ten books of popular history for children and adults, including Heroines of Mercy Street: Real Nurses of the Civil War and Women Warriors: An Unexpected History. Toler’s work has appeared in American Scholar, Aramco World, Calliope, History Channel Magazine, MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History, Ms., Tim...
2024-12-0628 min
C-SPAN BookshelfQ&A: Pamela Toler, "The Dragon from Chicago"Historian Pamela Toler talks about the life and career of journalist Sigrid Schultz, Berlin bureau chief for the Chicago Tribune from 1925-1941. Schultz provided first-hand accounts of the rise of Adolf Hitler in Germany and was one of the earliest reporters to warn Americans about the dangers of Nazism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-10-281h 04
Q&APamela Toler, "The Dragon from Chicago"Historian Pamela Toler talks about the life and career of journalist Sigrid Schultz, Berlin bureau chief for the Chicago Tribune from 1925-1941. Schultz provided first-hand accounts of the rise of Adolf Hitler in Germany and was one of the earliest reporters to warn Americans about the dangers of Nazism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-10-281h 04
The Remedial Herstory PodcastS5E4 The Dragon from Chicago: Sigrid SchultzIn this episode Kelsie interviews Pamela Toler about her new book, The Dragon From Chicago: The Untold Story of an American Reporter in Nazi Germany. Toler tells the inspiring story of foreign correspondent Sigrid Schultz. At a time when women reporters rarely wrote front page stories, Schultz regularly scooped her male counterparts on major news events. She worked her way around glass ceilings. She kept the news flowing despite tightening controls on the media. She outwitted Nazis in Germany, stood up against pro-Nazi sympathizers at home, and fought against “fake news” on both sides of the Atlantic. Her fellow fore...
2024-10-1445 min
What'sHerNameTHE DRAGON FROM CHICAGO Sigrid SchultzWhen Sigrid Schultz was offered a job as a reporter in Berlin, Germany in 1919, she had no idea how her life was about to change - or how her work would change the world.Returning guest Pamela Toler introduces us to this indomitable woman, who was one of the first to raise the alarm about the Nazis, one of the last to leave as WWII made reporting impossible, and the first woman in history to head an American News Bureau.Music in this episode provided by Andy Reiner, Peak...
2024-10-0556 min
Lost Ladies of LitSigrid Schultz — “The Dragon from Chicago” with Pamela TolerSend a textAs Berlin bureau chief for The Chicago Tribune from 1925-1941, Sigrid Schultz deflected both sexism and danger to report the truth and speak truth to power. The Nazis dubbed her “that dragon from Chicago,” and her importance as an indomitable “newspaperman” (her term) telling Americans about the Third Reich's agenda can’t be understated. Amy speaks this week with Pamela Toler, the author of a new biography on Schultz’s life, work and lasting legacy.Mentioned in this episode:The Dragon...
2024-09-0344 min
History Happy HourReporting on the Nazis: Guest: Pamela D. TolerThis Week on History Happy Hour: From 1925 to January 1941, Sigrid Schultz was The Chicago Tribune’s Berlin bureau chief. She witnessed Hitler’s rise to power and was one of the first reporters—male or female—to warn American readers of the growing dangers of Nazism. We explore her extraordinary time there with Pamela Toler, author of the new book "The Dragon From Chicago: The Untold Story of an American Reporter in Nazi Germany." William Shirer summed up her career this way: “No other American correspondent in Berlin knew so much of what was going on behind...
2024-08-1859 min
HERstory on the RocksBook episode with Pamela Toler about The Dragon from ChicagoJoin Katie & Allie as they talk about The Dragon from Chicago by Pamela D. Toler
2024-08-0800 min
Top-Rated Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, WomenThe Dragon From Chicago: The Untold Story of an American Reporter in Nazi Germany by Pamela D. TolerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/719263 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dragon From Chicago: The Untold Story of an American Reporter in Nazi Germany Author: Pamela D. Toler Narrator: Dede Cordell Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 32 minutes Release date: August 6, 2024 Genres: Women Publisher's Summary: For fans of unheralded women’s stories, a captivating look at Sigrid Schultz—one of the earliest reporters to warn Americans of the rising threat of the Nazi regime “No other American correspondent in Berlin knew so much of what was going on behind the scene as did Sigrid Schultz.” — William L. Shirer, author of The Ris...
2024-08-0610 min
Unsung HistorySigrid SchultzIn 1926, American Sigrid Schultz became one of the first women to head a foreign bureau for a US newspaper when she was named the chief correspondent for the Berlin bureau of the Chicago Tribune. In her 26 years with the Tribune, Schultz, using her command of German and French, her knowledge of German politics and history, and her wide range of contacts, reported on the rise of Nazism and warned American readers to take Hitler seriously. Joining me in this episode to tell the story of Sigrid Schultz and her journalistic career is writer Dr. Pamela Toler, author of The...
2024-08-0542 min
Her Half of HistoryMayans, Aztecs, and Chocolate by Pamela TolerWhat woman doesn't love chocolate? (Okay, I do know a few, but still.) Guest writer Pamela Toler tells us about the history of chocolate in this episode.Please check out Pamela's other work! She has an excellent book called Women Warriors and an upcoming book called The Dragon from Chicago. Find both and more at the following links:Website: https://www.pameladtoler.com/Blog: http://www.historyinthemargins.com/Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/pdtoler.bsky.socialThreads https://www.threads.net/@pamelatolerauthorInstagram https://www.instagram.com/pamela...
2024-07-1812 min
History BoizRani LakshmibaiJoin us as we discuss the life of the Rani of Jhansi, Lakshmibai! Hero to her people for her role in the First War for Indian Independence beginning with the Sepoy Mutiny, she led her troops from the front and is a legendary icon in India to this day. Sources: Tharoor, Shashi. Inglorious Empire: What the British Did to India. Scribe Publicaitons, 2019.
Toler, Pamela D. Women Warriors: An Unexpected History. Beacon Press, 2020.
Wolpert, Stanley. A New History of India. Oxford University Press, 2009.
2023-08-272h 01
The Hidden Herstory PodcastS1: Episode 11 - Sophonisba Breckinridge: Women's Activist - Interview with Dr Anya JabourIn this episode, we talk with Dr Anya Jabour from The University of Montana, about a trailblazing but now largely forgotten American woman, called Sophonisba Breckinridge, who was an activist, social reformer, social scientist and innovator in higher education. She was the first woman to earn a Doctorate in political science and economics at the University of Chicago, and she was also the first woman to pass the Kentucky bar. Anya Jabour spent 10 years researching and writing her biography of Breckinridge. In this episode Dr Jabour tells us what first got her interested in history and how s...
2021-12-111h 14
What'sHerNameTHE RANI OF JHANSI LakshmibaiRani (Queen) Lakshmibai of Jhansi never wanted to be a rebel. She did everything she could to stay on the right side of the law. But when the British East India Company finally pushed her too far, she took up the sword – literally – to fight for her kingdom, her son, and her life!Return guest Pamela Toler is back to tell us about this incredible, unexpected “heroine of Indian Independence.” Armed with a PhD in history, a well-thumbed deck of library cards, and a large bump of curiosity, author, speaker, and historian, Pamela D. Toler translates history for a po...
2021-08-2339 min
Smarty Pants#170: Women at WarWomen in wars on land and sea, whether queens or foot soldiers, rarely get their due—yet their lives are at least as interesting as their male counterparts’, not least because they had to leap through so many hoops to fight. Historian Pamela Toler wants us to know their names, and her book Women Warriors is a global history covering everyone from the Trung sisters, who led an untrained, 80,000-strong Vietnamese army against the Chinese Empire, to Cheyenne warriors like Buffalo Calf Road Woman, who knocked General Custer off his horse. There are at least a hundred killer screenplay ideas...
2021-03-1223 min
The Chicago Civil War Round Table Monthly MeetingsCWRT Meeting Jan 2020: Pam Toler: Heroines of Mercy Street: Nurses in the Civil WarJanuary 10, Pam Toler spoke on "Heroines of Mercy Street: Nurses of the Civil War." In this talk, Pamela Toler tells the story of how thousands of women with little or no experience with nursing volunteered to serve their country during the Civil War, taught themselves how to do the job under adverse circumstances (including hostility from the surgeons with whom they worked), and created a profession that did not exist before the war. Her research was the basis for the tv series of the same name. Pamela Toler grew up in Springfield, Missouri, where she participated in living history p...
2021-01-291h 03
Gals GuideWomen's Battalion of Death - Pamela's 1 Cool Rebel GalAuthor Pamela Toler shares the story about Maria Botchkareva and her Women's Battalion of Death during WW1.
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2021-01-1123 min
Queens and Rebels21: Lakshmi Bai - The Warrior Queen of JhansiQueen, warrior, mother, rebel, symbol of freedom - Lakshmi Bai did it all.
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Sources:
- Toler, Pamela D. Women Warriors: an Unexpected History. Beacon Press, 2020.
- Bridgeman/aci, et al. “India's Warrior Queen Didn't Back down from the British.” History Magazine, 6 Oct. 2020, www.nationalgeographic.com/history/magazine/2020/09-10/india-warrior-queen-lakshmi-bai-fought-british-rule/.
- “The Sikhs in the Punjab.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., www.britannica.com/place/India/The-Sikhs-in-the-Punjab.
- Staff, HistoryNet. “Who Is Manikarnika? The Real Story of Lakshmi Bai, the Rani of...
2021-01-1033 minGals GuideQiu Jin - Bonnie's 1 Cool Rebel GalIt's the start of Season 3 of the Gal's Guide Guide Podcast!! We are starting off - what can only be an amazing year - celebrating rebel gals. We are joined this month by author and history nerd, Pamela Toler! Bonnie Fillenwarth starts us off with a Chinese feminist revolutionary who founded a girls' school and was arrested for a plot to overthrow the government.
Oh, it's so good to have this show back! Every Monday in January is a new rebel gal.
More info at: galsguide.org
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2021-01-0420 min
A WNBA State of Mind with Adrienne GoodsonA WNBA State of Mind into the 2020 Collective Bargaining AgreementSunday Brunch with special guest Pamela Wheeler Streeter, first WNBA Player Association Director and Val Whiting former WNBA player discussing the past and current Collective Bargaining Agreement. Tune in, watch, and learn with Host Adrienne Goodson, Tara Townes Penny Toler and Tamecka Dixon. Hear what they have to say and more. Please share and download us on youtube, google podcast, apple podcast, anchor fm, breaker, radio public, overcast, castro, and pocket casts. Thank you in advance.
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2020-08-101h 22
History Unplugged PodcastWomen Warriors: How Females Have Fought in Combat Since History's BeginningFrom Vikings and African queens to cross-dressing military doctors and WWII Russian fighter pilots, battle was not a metaphor for women across history.But for the most part, women warriors have been pushed into the historical shadows, hidden in the footnotes, or half-erased. Yet women have always gone to war—or fought back when war came to them. They fought to avenge their families, defend their homes (or cities or nations), win independence from a foreign power, expand their kingdom's boundaries, or satisfy their ambition. They battled disguised as men. They fought, undisguised, on the ramparts of besieged citi...
2019-09-0350 min
The Dead Prussian PodcastEpisode 81 - On Women Warriors | The Dead Prussian PodcastIn this episode, Mick chats with Dr Pamela Toler, an author who writes history for a popular audience. They discuss her book, Women Warriors. Pamela explains how women have been at the frontlines throughout history, highlighting some fascinating examples along the way. Pamela her take on the final question. Join the members' community at Patreon for Pamela's answer to an exclusive bonus question about her favourite women warriors. You can also grab a book & crack on here.
2019-07-2426 min
The Rogue HistorianHeroines of Mercy Street with Pamela D. TolerToday we discussed Pamela's book Heroines of Mercy Street: The Real Nurses of the Civil War. This is the book tie-in to the popular PBS series Mercy Street, which follows the stories of Civil War nurses, doctors, and civilians in Alexandria, Virginia.
2019-07-0135 min
Pritzker Military Museum & Library PodcastsPamela Toler: Women Warriors: An Unexpected HistoryAuthor Pamela Toler visits the Museum & Library to discuss her book which details the stories of women who fought because they wanted to, because they had to, or because they could.
2019-05-1700 min
Open StacksWomen Warriors: Pamela Toler & Carol J. AdamsOpen Stacks returns with historian Pamela Toler on women for whom battle was not a metaphor, while positing the use of story in shaping shared history. Meanwhile, feminist-vegan advocate Carol J. Adams deconstructs the narrative surrounding hamburgers and other animal sourced foods and how eating, like reading, is always political. Plus, Co-op booksellers weigh in on the glut, guilt, and glory of biting off more than most readers can chew when it comes to ARCs (aka, advance reader copies).
2019-04-1549 min
Smarty Pants#86: Daughters of WarWomen in wars on land and sea, whether queens or foot soldiers, rarely get their due—yet their lives are at least as interesting as their male counterparts’, not least because they had to leap through so many hoops to fight. Historian Pamela Toler wants us to know their names, and her new book, Women Warriors, is a global history covering everyone from the Trung sisters, who led an untrained, 80,000-strong Vietnamese army against the Chinese Empire, to Cheyenne warriors like Buffalo Calf Road Woman, who knocked General Custer off his horse. There are at least a hundred killer scre...
2019-04-1223 min
What'sHerNameTHE WARRIOR ZenobiaIn 3rd century Palmyra (modern-day Syria), the bold and brilliant queen Zenobia defied the Roman Empire and launched a wildly successful campaign of expansion, eventually ruling Arabia, Egypt, and parts of Asia Minor. But at her final defeat in 272, her story fragments into several curious and contradictory versions of “the end.” We take on this history “Choose Your Own Adventure” style –examining the sources that bring her story to life, and choosing which ending we believe is the best one.Armed with a PhD in history, a well-thumbed deck of library cards, and a large bump of curiosity...
2019-03-1139 min
For Real#26 International Women's DayThis week Alice and Kim talk about a ton of March new releases and books to celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8.This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm audiobooks and The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O’Meara from Hanover Square Press.Subscribe to For Real using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher.For more nonfiction recommendations, sign up for our True Story newsletter, edited by Kim Ukura.NEW BOOKSSkeleton Keys: The Secret Life of Bone by Brian SwitekDevices and Desires: Bess of Hardwick a...
2019-03-0544 min2017-05-1200 minCivil War Talk Radio1317-Pamela Toler-Heroines of Mercy Street: The Real Nurses of the Civil WarPamela Toler, author of "Heroines of Mercy Street: The Real Nurses of the Civil War"
2017-01-1800 min
Civil War Talk RadioCivil War Talk Radio - January 18, 2017Pamela Toler, Heroines of Mercy Street: The Real Nurses of the Civil War
2017-01-1857 min
Get New Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureHeroines of Mercy Street by Pamela D. TolerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/255400 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Heroines of Mercy Street Author: Pamela D. Toler Narrator: Suzanne Toren Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 30 minutes Release date: February 16, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: A look at the lives of the real nurses depicted in the PBS show Mercy Street. Heroines of Mercy Street tells the true stories of the nurses at Mansion House, the Alexandria, Virginia, mansion turned war-time hospital and setting for the PBS drama Mercy Street. Among the Union soldiers, doctors, wounded men from both sides, freed slaves...
2016-02-1603 min
The Women's Eye with Stacey Gualandi | Women Leaders, Entrepreneurs, Authors and Global ChangemakersTWE 072: Judge Lynn Toler—Host of "Divorce Court" and Author of "Making Marriage Work"Judge Toler has learned new rules from her own 24-year marriage and shares that knowledge in this interview and her new book, Making Marriage Work: New Rules for an Old Institution. She describes the work marriage takes and explains how it isn't just about falling in love as well as other tips for successful relationships. About The Women's Eye Radio: The Women's Eye Radio with host Stacey Gualandi, is a show from The Women's Eye, an Online Magazine which features news and interviews with women who want to make the world a better place. From newsmakers, changemakers, entrepreneurs, best-selling authors...
2012-10-2026 min