This week we are highlighting a couple of badass ladies that we plucked out of the 2 books that came to our attention via listeners or followers of the pod - the first black librarian Belle da Costa Greene came from Lori's book, and from Karen's book, astrophysicist Dr. Maslan Othman!

Lori Zimmer's book: "I'm not your muse" -

From the publisher: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/lori-zimmer/im-not-your-muse/9780762485383/?lens=running-press

From Amazon (she has other books so search her name if you love art!):

https://a.co/d/4HXJ1pu

Lori's instagram: @thelorizimmer

Karen Wang Diggs' book "Awesome Asian Women"

From independent book seller Book Hampton :

https://www.bookhampton.com/book/9781684817238

From Amazon: https://a.co/d/dwhB94p

Author Website: herstoryinhistory.com

Karen's Instagram: @herstoryinhx

Publisher instagram: @mangopublishing

(we were not paid to link any of the above, btw)

The reliquary triptych we mentioned that is displayed in the Morgan Library is this thing: ⁠https://www.themorgan.org/objects/item/93248⁠

You can read about the women we discuss on the pod on my blog every week: Kellymcclain.blogspot.com

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Thanks for listening! <3

April is Scottish Heritage Month, so we are covering an event in Scottish history...ahem...herstory...ahem...bitchstory (trust, they were called Bitches and then some!) ! that changed the educational options and career paths for millions of women that came after it. The Edinburgh Seven were a group of 7 women (there were more than 7 actually) who had to fight for their rights to attend med school. We'll cover who they were and what they had to go through.

This is a cautionary tale for American women, who are having their rights eroded in the 21st century at an alarming rate, while much of the rest of the world is progressing. Fight, bitches!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Seven

• Sophia Jex-Blake

• Isabel Thorne

• Edith Pechey

• Matilda Chaplin

• Helen Evans

• Mary Anderson

• Emily Bovell

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You know the saying…behind every great man…is a woman doing all the work and never getting mentioned. Isn’t that the saying?

Well anyway, we’ve created an imaginary reality show about the wives of the famous men of the Revolution.

Who is gonna be the table tipper? Any guesses?

I’ll upload sources later. I’m already behind on posting this :)

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This week we have an ancient badass Queen, and a present day badass lady, both have spoken truth to power and stood up against corruption. Lisa covers Queen Amanirenas of 24 BCE, and Kelly covers Texas Representative Jasmine Crockett!m and some of her sassy clapbacks.

Keep calling your representatives- the pressure does make a difference! Use this app!

"5 Calls" App- It's SO easy and cool!!!

https://5calls.org/

SOURCES

https://www.history.com/news/nubian-queen-amanirenas-roman-army

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasmine_Crockett

EXTRAS

Here’s a video we mentioned of President Zelenskyy THANKING an American WW2 Vet!!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KBofHkLqXZE

This week, we tell the tale of some amazing black women. And in a weird twist, Kelly talks about sports, which is usually a Lisa thing, and Lisa talks about an AIDS activists, which is one of Kelly's passions.

We also discuss ways you can pressure our Representatives and Congress people to do the right thing and stand up to the Tangerine Tyrant and his horny tech-bro boyfriend by using an App called "5 Calls". It's SO easy and cool!!!

https://5calls.org/

sources:

https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/author/shakeemahvsw/page/2/

https://www.prdaily.com/ragan_speakers/chantal-romain/

https://www.agentnicolelynn.com/about

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Lynn

Prudence Nobantu MabeleWikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Prudence_Nobantu_M...

Remembering AIDS activist Prudence Mabele - WGBHWGBHhttps://www.wgbh.org › news › remembering-aids-activ...

Prudence Mabele: The life of the South African HIV ... - BBCBBChttps://www.bbc.com › news › world-africa-40653944

And we will take as much time as it takes to talk about it!!! Trans people have existed and will continue to exist. Documented history notes a “third sex” as far back as 7000BCE. They existed in every culture, just as gay and queer people. They lived alongside many religions and are acknowledged in several.

This ep is quite long. We won’t be recording for about 3 weeks so we hope this will do.

Be well. Stay safe. Get educated. Share information not misinformation.

Support resources:

• ​Pflag.org
• ​Trans Lifeline: (877) 565-8860
• ​LGBT National Youth Talkline 800-246-7743
• ​Translife.org

sources:

Stone maidens

https://history.stanford.edu/publications/fox-spirit-stone-maiden-and-other-transgender-histories-late-imperial-china

Two spirit people (indigenous America)

https://www.ihs.gov/lgbt/twospirit/#:~:text=Though%20Two%2DSpirit%20may%20now,therefore%2C%20constituted%20a%20fourth%20gender.

Lili elbe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lili_Elbe

Elebagalus

https://outhistory.org/exhibits/show/tgi-bios/elagabalus

Anastasia the patrician, Anna of Constantinople, Agnes of moncada, apollonaria, athanasia, and others

https://qspirit.net/trans-saints-cross-dressing-monks/

trans person in an 18th c hospital

https://outhistory.org/exhibits/show/an1/dis

Trans children in antebellum America- 5 cases

https://outhistory.org/exhibits/show/transgenderchildrenantebellum

The list of women who have fought for all manner of human and civil rights is so, so, so long. This week we cover just 2 who were instrumental in the fight against segregation and for equality, particularly in the bus boycotts. These ladies were alongside MLK, and yet, we bet you’ve never heard of them-

We give you Jo Ann Robinson & Diane Nash

https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/jo-ann-robinson-heroine-montgomery-bus-boycott

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Nash

Check the companion blog at kellymcclain.blogspot.com

email us at "heybitches@bitchstory.net", and please leave us a review on Apple or Spotify!

Well, here we are at the end of another year. We are really proud of what we've created here and we hope you're enjoying it. In this year end episode, Lisa and I go over our faves from this season and beyond.

We'd love to hear from you: "heybitches@bitchstory.net"

check out the blog at kellymcclain.blogspot.com

Thank you for your support! We'll be back with new episodes after the new year. Happy Holidays to all!