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Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 49: Maya LinAs an undergraduate at Yale, Maya Lin gained national attention when she won a nationwide design competition for a Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., and that is when the controversy began!   https://sheelanagigpodcast.com/ Podbean: https://sheelanagigpc.podbean.com Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2nMtfIynuxuMaBA5m4Augh IHeartradio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1323-sheela-na-gig-podcast-260836165/ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/78203134-1dd7-4067-a7bd-8d52eac8dabd/sheela-na-gig-podcast Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/sheela-na-gig-podcast-5968492 PlayerFM: https://player.f...
2025-08-2638 minSheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 48: Judy-Lynn del ReyToday’s “Sheela”, Judy-Lynn del Rey (1943-1986) was a New York sci-fi and fantasy editor and a woman with dwarfism who revolutionized the world of sci-fi editing with books from luminaries such as Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, and Philip K. Dick. Between 1977 and 1990, Del Rey Books was so dominant on the science fiction and fantasy market that they had 65 different titles reach a bestseller list. Del Rey brought us many of the classic sci-fi greats and was instrumental in obtaining the rights to publish novels based on George Lucas’s “Star Wars,” selling 4.5 million copies months before the fi...
2025-08-1844 minSheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 47: We ARE an award winning podcastWe ARE An Award-Winning Podcast! Missy and April are thrilled to have received four awards from Women Who Podcast Magazine: 2nd Place in Service to others for our reporting of Truus & Freddy Oversteegen & Hannie Schaft; 2nd place for Impactful Story about the Night Witches; Second Place in the category of “Laughter and Cheer” for Missy’s coverage of the incorrigible  Caresse Crosby, and third place for “Impactful Nugget” for our interview with the playwright, actor, and director of “FEAST.” Today’s Episode revisits the 10-minute award-winning clips of these four amazing Sheelas! We hope you enjoy them!   htt...
2025-08-1140 minSheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 46: Gulabi GangThe Gulabi Gang, known for wearing pink saris and carrying weapons for self-defense, is 400,000+ members strong and seeks to protect women in India from violence, oppression, and corruption.    https://sheelanagigpodcast.com/ Podbean: https://sheelanagigpc.podbean.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2nMtfIy... IHeartradio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1323-s... Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/782... Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/sh... PlayerFM: https://player.fm/series/3641817 Instagram: / sheelanagig_podcast #womenempowerment #women #storytelling #humor #women_issues #sheelanagig
2025-08-0447 minSheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 45: Are We An Award Winning Podcast?As we wait for the Women Who Podcast awards to be announced, Missy and April contemplate their proudest, silliest, and most tense-filled moments from the Sheela Na Gig Podcast, ranging from 14-year-old World War heroines to dolls that pee and poo to Beulah Henry’s Milka-A-Moo!   https://sheelanagigpodcast.com/ Podbean: https://sheelanagigpc.podbean.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2nMtfIy... IHeartradio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1323-s... Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/782... Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/sh... PlayerFM: https...
2025-08-011h 02Sheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 44: Madeleine BaranAs most of you listeners know, Missy is a big podcast listener,, but probably her very favorite investigative journalist is Madeleine Baran, best known as the lead reporter for the APM podcast In the Dark. Baran has received accolades including three Peabody Awards, a Gracie Award and two Sigma Delta Chi Awards for her reporting. She is brave, undaunting & compassionate and has the ability to nurture trust with almost anyone she interviews. Her devotion to her subjects and her undying commitment to find the truth is rare and unshakable but always approached with the upmost integrity...
2025-07-2156 minSheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 43: Sybil LuddingtonOn the night of April 26, 1777, 16-year-old Sybil Ludington climbed onto her horse and set off on a mission: a 40-mile ride to muster local militia troops in response to a British attack on the town of Danbury, Connecticut. Riding all night through rain — and traveling twice the distance that Paul Revere rode during his famous midnight ride — Sybil returned home at dawn having given nearly the entire regiment of 400 Colonial troops the order to assemble. Following the battle, General George Washington personally thanked Sybil for her service and bravery. Although every American school child knows the story of Paul Revere...
2025-07-171h 03Sheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 42: Elizabeth BlackwellThe first American woman to receive a medical degree, Elizabeth Blackwell, was instrumental in paving the way for other women to enter the medical profession.   https://sheelanagigpodcast.com/ Podbean: https://sheelanagigpc.podbean.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2nMtfIy... IHeartradio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1323-s... Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/782... Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/sh... PlayerFM: https://player.fm/series/3641817 Instagram: / sheelanagig_podcast #womenempowerment #women #storytelling #humor #women_issues #sheelanagig
2025-06-2447 minSheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 41: Amanda NguyenSocial entrepreneur, civil rights activist, suborbital astronaut, and founder and CEO of Rise, Amanda Nguyen authored the Sexual Assault Survivors’ Rights Act, unanimously signed into landmark legislation, providing statutory rights for survivors of sexual assault and rape.   https://sheelanagigpodcast.com/ Podbean: https://sheelanagigpc.podbean.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2nMtfIy... IHeartradio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1323-s... Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/782... Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/sh... PlayerFM: https://player.fm/series/3641817 Instagram: / sheelanagig_podcast
2025-06-2131 minSheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 40: Brooke FerriWe are delighted to have the very talented Los Angeles based musician, singer, composer & producer and lawyer and a mother (no she did not work at the dead letter office)-Brooke Ferri with us today! April I & had the absolute pleasure of seeing her production, Adanza,back in April, at The Eastwood Performing Arts Center in LA. We were truly blown away by the onslaught of talented & diverse performers, including dancers, musicians, singers, jugglers, stilt walkers, bubble performers, silk aerial performers, fire performers, magicians, unicyclists, break dancers, drummers and gymnastics, just to name a few ... This indeed, was...
2025-06-091h 06Sheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 39: Beulah Louise HenryLacking a formal engineering education or practical mechanical skills, Beulah Louise Henry managed to invent a broad array of consumer products from lifelike dolls to typewriters. A savvy entrepreneur, she challenged teams of professionals to help her realize her visions and changed how we work, clean, and play.      https://sheelanagigpodcast.com/ Podbean: https://sheelanagigpc.podbean.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2nMtfIy... IHeartradio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1323-s... Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/782... Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/sh...
2025-06-0247 minSheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 38: Mercedes de AcostaMercedes De Acosta was a poet, playwright, screenwriter, novelist, socialite, costume designer, and fashion influencer.  She also lived her life as an unabashedly out lesbian at a time, when this was hidden, looked down upon & unheard of. Her unapologetic strength, resilience, and ingenuity paved the way for others and her most impressive creation was herself During her life, Mercedes produced three volumes of poetry, two novels, and plays. Still, commercial success eluded her mostly due to a disapproving world, who was more concerned with her sexual preference than her talents. Years of salacious g...
2025-05-261h 11Sheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 37: Emma AndresWE are so excited to share our latest Sheela Na Gig interview with you with the very talented Emma Andres. Emma is a professional ballet dancer, a dance teacher and contemporary/ classical ballet choreographer. She is also a storyteller, who has endeavored upon sharing Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women through an immersive and interactive dance experience— all set within the historic Victorian manors of Heritage Square. You won’t want to miss this production & you won’t want to miss our interview with Emma either!   At: The Heritage Square Museum 3800 Homer St...
2025-05-1934 minSheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 36: Dell O DellWe welcome Julie Roland back on this episode! You may remember her from our last episode? She is a true modern day Sheela! At just 31 years old, Julie is already a lieutenant in the Navy- flying helicopters, an accomplished magician, a lawyer and much more! So we thought it would be fun for her to join us to talk about the amazing female magician, Dell O’Dell. Dell was an American female magician regarded oin her profession as a pioneer who provided a role model & paved the way for modern female performers, like Julie. ...
2025-05-1450 minSheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 35: Julie RolandYou’re going to LOVE our latest “Sheela!”- Meet Julie Roland! Missy met Julie recently at the iconic Magic Castle in Hollywood. After just a little bit of stalking and persuasion, she got Julie to agree to being interviewed on The Sheela Na Gig Podcast! Yay!   At just 31 years of age, Julie is already a lieutenant in the Navy- flying helicopters, an accomplished magician, a lawyer and that’s not all, she works for the Dead letter office!! Ok, just kidding about that last one, but  She’s certainly accomplished more in her short 31 years, than most of us d...
2025-05-0555 minSheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 34: Gladys BentleyGladys Bentley, an American blues singer, pianist, and entertainer, shone during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. An African American cross-dressing, bawdy performer, she drew crowds in New York speakeasies, singing her own “raunchy” lyrics to popular songs of the era.   https://sheelanagigpodcast.com/   Podbean: https://sheelanagigpc.podbean.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2nMtfIy... IHeartradio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1323-s... Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/782... Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/sh... PlayerFM: https://player.fm/series/3641817 Instagram: / sheelanagig_podcast ...
2025-04-3036 minSheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 33 Part 2: Rose O'NeilPart 2-Rose O'Neill was a true "Renaissance Woman"- she was an illustrator, a sculptor, a designer, an artist, a novelist, a poet, philanthropist AND business woman. She was also Suffragette and a women’s rights leader working with Eleanor Roosevelt and she was a totally original individualist. She was also the highest-paid woman illustrator of the early 20th century, who ascended to the top in a thoroughly male-dominated field, at the time. And considered the first American woman cartoonist, Most importantly, She was the 1st person ever to build a merchandising empire from her work, with her in...
2025-04-2156 minSheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 33: Rose O'NeilRose O'Neill was a true "Renaissance Woman"- she was an illustrator, a sculptor, a designer, an artist, a novelist, a poet, philanthropist AND business woman. She was also Suffragette and a women’s rights leader working with Eleanor Roosevelt and she was a totally original individualist. She was also the highest-paid woman illustrator of the early 20th century, who ascended to the top in a thoroughly male-dominated field, at the time. And considered the first American woman cartoonist, Most importantly, She was the 1st person ever to build a merchandising empire from her work, with her invention of th...
2025-04-1648 minSheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 32: Annette Kellermann“Million Dollar Mermaid,” Annette Kellermann, pro swimmer, vaudeville star, film actress, and women’s health icon, redefined swimwear, the art of swimming, and more! We encourage you to learn more about these remarkable women who risked so very much. Please listen in & share your comments & questions. Thank you!   https://sheelanagigpodcast.com/ Podbean: https://sheelanagigpc.podbean.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2nMtfIy... IHeartradio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1323-s... Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/782... Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/sh... Playe...
2025-04-0748 minSheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 31: Phoebe BurnPhoebe "Febb" Burn’s last-minute letter to her son Harry T. Burn brought about the pivotal vote in the Tennessee legislature that secured the ratification of the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote.  We encourage you to learn more about these remarkable women who risked so very much. Please listen in & share your comments & questions. Thank you! https://sheelanagigpodcast.com/ Podbean: https://sheelanagigpc.podbean.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2nMtfIy... IHeartradio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1323-s... Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/782... P...
2025-03-3130 minSheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastFEAST: A SPECIAL EDITION PODCASTOMG!!! Our interview with the very talented ladies of FEAST is finally available for your listening pleasure! Please tune in and join the conversation! Let your voices too, be heard! Featuring- Writer, Megan Gogerty , actor & co-producer, Erin Schlabach and Director & co-producer, Laura Covelli. Hella Sheelas! All of em!! And wait, Do you live in Los Angeles or close by!? Then you don’t want to miss FEAST! "Feast" at The Count's Den is an immersive theatrical experience, a reimagining of Beowulf from Grendel's mother's perspective, hosted as a dinner party to see...
2025-03-281h 03Sheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 29: Truus, Freddie Ofver Stagon and Hannie SchaftDuring World War II, the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands spurred the rise of many resistance groups, but few stories are as remarkable as those of Truus Oversteegen , Freddie Oversteegen , and Hannie Schaft. These young women displayed extraordinary courage and resilience, engaging in direct action against the Nazis. Their stories are not only a testament to their bravery but also an inspiration for future generations and exemplify stories of youth acting with tremendous courage against the greatest evil of the modern world. We encourage you to learn more about these remarkable women who risked so very much. ...
2025-03-231h 05Sheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 28: Florence LawrenceShe was the "First Movie Star", appearing in nearly 300 films and became one of the first women to lead a US film studio. She also created her own line of cosmetics, was a race car driver and an inventor and was credited as the inventor of the turn signal and the brake signal for automobiles, but have you ever heard of Florence Lawrence!? Like many women in history her life story became disposable and she died a sad death and was initially buried in an unmarked grave. Learn more about this Hella Sheela! She's fascinating and much thanks to...
2025-03-1657 minSheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 27: Huda ShaarawiEgypt has produced its fair share of strong women, from the queens who ruled thousands of years ago, to the women who defied the country’s social norms in order to fight for their freedoms and for equal rights. The late-19th century and early 1900s brought a powerful feminist movement that was to greatly alter the lives of women in Egypt. Spearheading that movement was Huda Shaarawi, a woman whose dedication and courage earned her the title of “Egypt’s First Feminist” and founder of the Women’s movement in Egypt. Sharawi was a pioneering feminist leader, suf...
2025-03-0925 minSheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 26: Elizabeth CarmichaelToday, we present a rather controversial Sheela, that begs the question, can someone make terrible decisions in their life, participate in criminal behavior and STILL be considered a "Sheela" despite this? Well, you'll find that Missy & April kind of disagree on this, but nonetheless, Missy offers up the infamous Liz Carmichael as a "Sheela" for this episode, asking our listeners to view her through the lens of a fiercely tenacious feminist, trans gender pioneer. It's quite an interesting and multi layered tale! We'd certainly LOVE to her how you feel after listening to this episode. PLEASE let us know...
2025-03-031h 10Sheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 25: Margarete SteffinMargarete Steffin was a German actress, gifted writer, and translator. She was also one of several women—seemingly Bertold Brecht's closest “collaborator” and one of his many lovers—whom he exploited, deceived, and took uncredited authorship of her brilliant work. https://sheelanagigpodcast.com/ Podbean: https://sheelanagigpc.podbean.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2nMtfIy... IHeartradio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1323-s... Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/782... Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/sh... PlayerFM: https://player.fm/series/3641817 Instagram: / sheelanagig_podcast
2025-02-2647 minSheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 24: The Teddy GirlsTeddy Girls were the female counterpart to the Teddy Boys, a shortly-lived 1950 London youth movement, recognized (and ultimately feared) for its Edwardian-inspired fashion and an emerging rebellious rock-and-roll norm-challenging attitude. The first youth counter-culture, largely forgotten, Teddy Girls rejected traditional femininity for a style and stance that was all their own! https://sheelanagigpodcast.com Podbean: https://sheelanagigpc.podbean.com Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2nMtfIy... IHeartradio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1323-s... Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/782... Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/sh...
2025-02-1735 minSheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 23: PocahontasSadly, the true story of Pocahontas is a tale of tragedy and heartbreak. Contrary to Disney’s portrayal of this well-known ‘family film,’ the true story of Pocahontas is not one of a romance, but one of dreadful misfortune and sadness. Pocahontas was one of the first real-life Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW). When comparing the portrayal of Pocahontas through Disney’s lens as opposed to the accurate historical accounts, there is a stark difference. Not only has Disney inaccurately portrayed the life of Pocahontas - they have also romanticized her life, and in extensio...
2025-02-1058 minSheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 22: Nancy Green, the Real Aunt JemimaNancy Green, the ‘Real Aunt Jemima’ Nancy Green, born on March 4, 1834, was an American former slave, Born on a slave plantation in Montgomery County, Kentucky and one of the first African-American models hired to promote a corporate trademark. The Aunt Jemima recipe was not her recipe, but she became the advertising world's first living trademark. After the Civil War, Green moved to a deeply divided Chicago, where in 1890, at 59-years-old, she was a servant for a Chicago judge. She had a lively personality and was a talented cook too, so she fit the bill and was hired by the R.T...
2025-02-0339 minSheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 21: Mary Beatrice Davidson KennerAmerican Inventor Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner is most known (although not widely) for creating an adjustable sanitary belt. Born into a family of inventors, her creations included a convenient attachment to an invalid’s walker and a back washer that could be mounted on a shower or bathtub wall. Her first invention, at age six, was an attempt to create a self-oiling door hinge. Kenner was born in Monroe, North Carolina. Her father’s and grandfather’s many inventions inspired her, although neither profited from their innovations. Kenner’s sister, Mildred Davidson Austin Smith (1916–1993), invented, patented, and commercially sold board game...
2025-01-2753 minSheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 20: Francis Delores HuertaDolores Huerta is a renowned American labor leader and civil rights activist who co-founded the United Farm Workers union alongside Cesar Chavez. We’ve certainly all heard of Cesar Chavez, but equally important is Heurta and her undying contributions to laborers and a leader of the Chicano civil rights movement. That's true even when it comes to credit for coining the movement's famous slogan, Sí se puede — Spanish for "Yes, we can" — which has often wrongly been attributed to Chavez. In 1955 Huerta began her career as an activist when she co-founded the Stockton chapter of the Community Service Organization (CSO), w...
2025-01-2451 minSheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 19: Francis Glessner LeeFrances Glessner Lee, Lee was a talented artist as well as criminologist and is considered the mother of forensic science. She dedicated her life to the advancement of forensic medicine and scientific crime detection. Lee was also a diorama-maker, criminal investigation educator and the first female police captain in the US. She effectively and uniquely straddled the intersection between craft and forensic science, co-opting traditionally feminine crafts to advance the male-dominated field of police investigation and to establish herself as one of its leading voices, during the first half of the 20th century. Lee created what's known as The...
2025-01-2436 minSheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig Podcast4 Women In Red / An interview with Jeanette Harrison and Jehnean WashingtonSomeone knows. Somewhere. The Victory Theatre Center presents the world premiere of Four Women in Red, a provocative new play, written by Laura Shamas (Chickasaw Nation) and directed by Jeanette Harrison (Onondaga). April & I had the absolute pleasure of interviewing director, Jeanette Harrison and starring actor, Jehnean Washington to talk about this provocative & important play that addresses the epidemic of Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW.) Across the United States and Canada, Native Women and girls are being taken or murdered at a unrelenting and startling rate. For Native Americans, this adds one more layer of trauma upon existing wounds...
2025-01-2436 minSheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 17: Sara Blakely“Shorty Holiday Episode”! Everyone is swamped this time of year, so just give us 15 min, to learn about this gem of a Sheela!!! Sara Blakely is a self made American businesswoman and philanthropist, she is also the Founder and inventor of Spanx, an American the shape wear apparel company that launched in 2000. She started with 5000 dollars in savings and is now a billionaire. As a result, By 2012, Blakely landed on the cover of Forbes magazine for being the youngest self-made female billionaire in the world and was named in Time magazine's "Time 100" annual list of the 100 most influential people in t...
2025-01-2414 minSheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 16: Mary Elizabeth AndersonMary Elizabeth Anderson was was an entrepreneur, real estate developer, rancher, viticulturist, and inventor. She built and managed an apartment building in Birmingham, Alabama, and owned and operated a cattle ranch and vineyard in Fresno, California. She was also, most notably, the inventor of what became known as the windshield wiper. Anderson's ingenuity, dedication and methodical progression from idea to sketch to eventually patent the window wiper, demonstrates her perseverance and self belief, despite the obstacles. She filed her windshield wiper patent before Henry Ford even started manufacturing cars. Unfortunately, Anderson failed to ever reap any financial benefits from...
2025-01-2450 minSheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 15: Wilma MankillerWilma Mankiller was a national icon, advocating for women’s and Indigenous people’s rights. Her passion led the local activist to be honored and recognized as the first woman elected as chief of the Cherokee nation, the second-largest Indian nation in the United States. Her visionary, principled leadership setting a standard for generations of women to follow and reminding us to challenge the status quo and overcome barriers for the betterment of our neighbors, communities and nation. A trailblazer in American history, this Sheela’s inspirational life and transformative leadership continues to inspire us today. We thank you for li...
2025-01-2444 minSheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 14: Roberta CowellRoberta Cowell had been a record breaking race car driver, a Spitfire pilot and a prisoner of war – but her biggest challenge was to become the first person in Britain to undergo gender-reassignment. Roberta Cowell, or Betty as she was known to her friends, soon became the ‘most talked of woman in England,’ making headlines across national and regional newspapers. Her story is a testament to her undying spirit and commitment to honor and reveal her authentic self. Roberta's brave decision to change her life for her own betterment, and to let the world in on her most intimate of sto...
2025-01-241h 10Sheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 13: Emily Hahn"Chances are, your grandmother didn't smoke cigars and let you hold wild role-playing parties in her apartment-Chances are that she didn't teach you Swahili obscenities. Chances are that when she took you to the zoo, she didn't start whooping passionately at the top of her lungs as you passed the gibbon cage”. Sadly for you ... your grandmother was not." Emily "Mickey" Hahn was an American journalist and writer. Considered an early feminist and called "a forgotten American literary treasure" by The New Yorker magazine, she was the author of over 54 books and more than 200 articles and short stories. Emily Ha...
2025-01-2452 minSheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 12: Martha GellhornMartha Gellhorn was an American journalist and novelist who, as one of the first female war correspondents, candidly described ordinary people in times of unrest. While it may be commonplace to see female journalists in war zones today, it was not quite as common more than 80 years ago. During World War II, wartime correspondents rushed to the frontlines to report on the battles, but only around 100 of them were women. Of those, only a handful, such as Martha Gellhorn, have received recognition over the years. Though often remembered for her brief marriage to American author Ernest Hemingway, Gellhorn refused...
2025-01-2438 minSheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 11: Zelda FitzgeraldThe Sheela Na Gig Podcast celebrates women in history whose strength, talent, and perseverance went largely (or completely) unrecognized or perhaps someone you don't yet know about, but should! We are dedicated to celebrating women—one per episode—who we lovingly & reverently call “our Sheelas". When most think of Zelda Fitzgerald, we think of F.Scott Fitzgerald’s crazy, unhinged wife. However, up until quite recently, her life as an author, muse to her husband, and her truly liberated nature are often left out of her narrative. Zelda was criticized in her time and erased from her husband’s story. She...
2025-01-2459 minSheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 10: The Night WitchesThe Sheela Na Gig Podcast celebrates women in history whose strength, talent, and perseverance went largely (or completely) unrecognized or perhaps someone you don't yet know about, but should! We are dedicated to celebrating women—one per episode—who we lovingly & reverently call “our Sheelas". With what is arguably one of the most badass names in military history, the story of the female aviators nicknamed Nachthexen, or “Night Witches” by German soldiers, tends to be under-recognized in history. Flying no-frills wooden planes with ill-fitting uniforms and boots and no parachutes, these female Soviet pilots not only faced off against Nazis, but...
2025-01-2432 minSheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 9: Margaret KnightThe Sheela Na Gig Podcast celebrates women in history whose strength, talent, and perseverance went largely (or completely) unrecognized or perhaps someone you don't yet know about, but should! We are dedicated to celebrating women—one per episode—who we lovingly & reverently call “our Sheelas. Margaret Eloise Knight has been called “the most famous 19th-century woman inventor but chances are, her name doesn’t stick out in your memory. Among her inventions, she is most remembered for inventing the machine that made flat-bottomed paper bags. She received dozens of patents in different fields over her lifetime and, in her day, she b...
2025-01-2445 minSheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 8: Helen DuncanOUR 3rd of 3 Halloween Episodes! The Sheela Na Gig Podcast celebrates women in history whose strength, talent, and perseverance went largely (or completely) unrecognized or perhaps someone you don't yet know about, but should! We are dedicated to celebrating women—one per episode—who we lovingly & reverently call “our Sheelas. Helen Duncan was born on November 25, 1897. She was a Scottish medium best known as the last person to be imprisoned under the Witchcraft Act 1735, she is therefore sometimes referred to as “The Last Witch”. She developed from clairvoyant to physical medium by offering séances in which she claimed to be able...
2025-01-2459 minSheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 7: Marie LaveauOUR 2nd of 3 Halloween Episodes! The Sheela Na Gig Podcast celebrates women in history whose strength, talent, and perseverance went largely (or completely) unrecognized or perhaps someone you don't yet know about, but should! We are dedicated to celebrating women—one per episode—who we lovingly & reverently call “our Sheelas. Marie Laveau- Born in 1801, Marie Laveau was a free woman of color who became a force of nature in her time. She was a compassionate healer, herbalist, midwife, a wise counselor, entrepreneur and above all, a powerful Voodoo priestess. Laveau was also known as a prominent female religious leader and co...
2025-01-241h 02Sheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 6: The Salem Witch TrialsOUR 1st of 3 Halloween Episodes! The Sheela Na Gig Podcast celebrates women in history whose strength, talent, and perseverance went largely (or completely) unrecognized or perhaps someone you don't yet know about, but should! We are dedicated to celebrating women—one per episode—who we lovingly & reverently call “our Sheelas. Nineteen accused witches were hanged on Gallows Hill in 1692 in Salem Massachusetts. Belief in the supernatural—and specifically in the devil’s practice of giving certain humans (witches) the power to harm others in return for their loyalty—had emerged in Europe as early as the 14th century, and was widespre...
2025-01-2451 minSheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 5: Mary Sherman MorganThe Sheela Na Gig Podcast celebrates women in history whose strength, talent, and perseverance went largely (or completely) unrecognized or perhaps someone you don't yet know about, but should! We are dedicated to celebrating women—one per episode—who we lovingly & reverently call “our Sheelas. Rocket girl, Mary Sherman Morgan was an unlikely hero for the US Space program. She had no college education. She'd had a child out of wedlock (in the 40s!). But she was great at what she did - which was making explosives. Soon thereafter, she invented the rocket fuel Hydyne, which was instrumental in launch...
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Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 4: Caresse CrosbyThe Sheela Na Gig Podcast celebrates women in history whose strength, talent, and perseverance went largely (or completely) unrecognized or perhaps someone you don't yet know about, but should! We are dedicated to celebrating women—one per episode—who we lovingly & reverently call “our Sheelas. Caresse Crosby (born Mary Phelps Jacob), was the first recipient of a patent for the successful modern bra, an American patron of the arts, a publisher, and the woman Time called the "literary godmother to the Lost Generation of expatriate writers in Paris. She truly lived a life far outside the conventions of her time...
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Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 3: Patsy Mink“If to believe in freedom and equality is to be a radical, then I am a radical.” -Patsy Mink The Sheela Na Gig Podcast celebrates women in history whose strength, talent, and perseverance went largely (or completely) unrecognized or perhaps someone you don't yet know about, but should! We are dedicated to celebrating women—one per episode—who we lovingly & reverently call “our Sheelas.” Patsy Matsu Mink was an American attorney and politician from the U.S. state of Hawaii. She served in the United States House of Representatives for 24 years as a member of the Democratic Party, initially from 1965 to...
2025-01-2448 minSheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 2: Lizzie MagieWho really created the game, Monopoly and what did she want players to learn? The Sheela Na Gig Podcast celebrates women in history whose strength, talent, and perseverance went largely (or completely) unrecognized or perhaps someone you don't yet know about, but should! We are dedicated to celebrating women—one per episode—who we lovingly & reverently call “our Sheelas.” Elizabeth (Lizzie) Magie was a reformer against big business, an economist, an actress, a writer, a poet and a pioneering feminist and inventor who held several patents (She also worked in the dead letter office!). She invented an anti-capitalist board game tha...
2025-01-2436 minSheela Na Gig Podcast
Sheela Na Gig PodcastSheela Na Gig Episode 1: Madam CJ WalkerThe Millionairess "Who got my start, by giving myself a start" The Sheela Na Gig Podcast celebrates women in history whose strength, talent, and perseverance went largely (or completely) unrecognized or perhaps someone you don't yet know about, but should! We are dedicated to celebrating women—one per episode—who we lovingly & reverently call “our Sheelas.” Madam C.J. Walker was an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist. She was first female self-made millionaire in America, but it didn't come easy. Listen to her story and revel in her glory here! www.sheelanagigpodcast.com Insta...
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