THE PIRATES Anne Bonny and Mary Read
They're usually billed as piracy's most famous female double act. But how did Anne Bonny and Mary Read find their way from obscurity and sca...
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THE FAIRYTELLER Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy
350 years ago in Paris, Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy retired from espionage and formed a Fairy Tale Resistance. Her team of women wrote over 70...
THE LAST OF THE WILD WEST COWGIRLS Goldie Griffith
Goldie Griffith lived at least a dozen different lives. From preteen boxer in a sketchy snake-oil show, to bronco-riding superstar of the wo...
THE SEA CAPTAIN Mary Ann Patten
It's 1857. A clipper ship is headed into a monster storm at Cape Horn- the most dangerous waters on earth. The captain is in a coma; the fir...
THE REBEL SAINTS Clare of Assisi and Agnes of Bohemia
When 18-year-old Clare fled her family to become the world's first Franciscan nun, she committed to a lifetime of poverty, austerity, and ca...
THE HYSTERICAL SOCIETY The Savannah Seven
Savannah Georgia is famous for its stunning historic architecture and unmatched Southern vibe. Basically all of it was saved from the wrecki...
THE PORTRAITIST Louise-Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun
Louise-Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun could paint anyone so they looked full of character, and vibrantly alive. So Europe's aristocrats clamored fo...
THE CASTAWAY Marguerite de La Rocque
[audio updated 6/02] Marooned on a frigid island in 1641, a young French woman single-handedly fought off polar bears, starvation, and lonel...
THE ENTOMOLOGIST Evelyn Cheesman
Over the course of her 87 years, self-taught British entomologist Evelyn Cheesman went on eight solo insect-collecting expeditions across th...
THE MATRIARCH OF CHINATOWN Ou Shee Eng
For 61 years, Ou Shee Eng's tiny apartment in Seattle's Chinatown was the heart of a community of women. Possessing the rare ability to read...
THE VOICE OF EXPERIENCE Catherine Jemmat
After a lifetime of betrayal and abuse as an 18th century sex worker, Catherine Jemmat broke the ultimate social taboo: she wrote the truth...
THE GIRL SCOUT Juliette Gordon Low
Juliette Gordon Low was a classic Southern Belle when she married her handsome prince. But she learned the hard way that "happily ever after...
THE PREACHER Jarena Lee
In 1819 an itinerant Methodist preacher set off across a brand-new nation to spread the gospel to its people. Over the decades of her unique...
THE KLONDIKE QUEEN Shaaw Tláa (Kate Carmack)
On a day like any other in 1896, Shaaw Tláa was washing dishes in a Yukon creek. But something shiny caught her eye... and the Klondike Gold...
THE SCANDALOUS WOMAN Uno Chiyo
Uno Chiyo rose to fame in 20th century Japan as a writer, designer, domestic goddess, and fashion icon - mostly by marketing herself as just...
A WINTER OF CONTENT Laura Lee Davidson
To snowy Ontario, Canada for our 2026 Christmas Special! Living out the dream of countless exhausted women, Laura Lee Davidson retreated to...
BONUS EPISODE Voices of Women Festival
At the recent Voices of Women Festival, we invited folks to pop into our ad-hoc recording box to record the 60-second story of their favorit...
THE BLACK NATIONALIST Queen Mother Audley Moore
Queen Mother Audley Moore was one of the most respected, most influential, longest-lasting influences on the US Black Nationalist movement,...
THE EXECUTIVE Katharine Gibbs
In 1917, Katharine Gibbs rebounded from personal tragedy in an unusual way: she decided to train a subversive, feminist army. Nearly broke a...
THE BIRD OF ILL OMEN Catherine Crowe: 2025 Halloween Special
Catherine Crowe was a wildly acclaimed Victorian novelist, playwright, social critic and …ghost hunter? Her novels were as popular as Charle...