Despite the prohibition against women serving in the military, Cathay Williams enlisted in the U.S. Regular…
Tag: Womens History Month
S05 E22: Olivia J. Hooker – The Story of the 1st African American Woman in the U.S. Coast Guard
U.S. psychologist and professor, Olivia J. Hooker, was one of the last known survivors of the…
S05 E21: “How to Live Well Past 100 Years”: The Story of Mother Lucille Shazier with Mary L. Beal
Mary L. Beal (author) and centenarian Mother Lucille D. Shazier joined the show to talk about…
S05 E20: The Story of Anarcha, Lucy, & Betsey the Mothers of Gynecology
Modern gynecology owes much to three enslaved women whose names were erased from U. S. medical…
S04 E24: Civil Right’s Activist Modjeska Monteith Simkins with Dr. Adrienne Petty & Dr. Henrie Treadwell
Simply put, Modjeska Monteith Simkins was one of the heroines of the Civil Rights Movement in…
S03 E20: Black American Heroines: The African American Women of US Journalism with Maya Millett
Black women journalists dared to wield their pens in the names of truth and justice. At…
S03 E19: Women of the American Revolution with DAR’s Clare Marshall
We talked with Clare Marshall from the Daughters of the American Revolution about some of the…