Finally, an episode where we know some things about a woman! Maybe too much. Join Hannah and Nicola as they learn about Doña Manuela Sáenz de Vergara y Aizpuru, the Ecuadorian woman who worked to free South America from Spanish colonisation. Put on your best colonel's uniform and jump astride your horse to find out how the Libertadora del Libertador not only helped South American countries gain independence from Spain but worked alongside Simón Bolívar to build the short-lived state of Gran Colombia, saving his life twice in the process.
This episode of Women of War was written and recorded on the stolen lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders, past and present. Sovereignty was never ceded.
This episode contains references to to or discussion of assassination, attempted suicide, infidelity and exile. It also contains naughty language and so may not be suitable for all listeners. All efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of the information presented in this podcast however with the nature of historical research, there may be mistakes or inconsistencies.
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Read the biography of Manuela: Pamela S. Murray, For Glory and Bolívar: The Remarkable Life of Manuela Sáenz, (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2008).
Intro and Outro Music: Frosty Forest by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
S3E8: The Brawling, Boisterous, Scottish Wench — Agnes Randolph and the Siege of Dunbar
S3E7: 12 Nuns, 68.3 metres and 93 penises-The women of the Bayeux Tapestry and the Battle of Hastings
S3E6: Get Up, Stand Up, and Deliver — Truganini, the NOT last Indigenous Tasmanian
S3E5: She’d Probably Hate Her Great-Great Nephew–Dame Mary Gilmore, the Pinko on the Blue Note.
S3E3: The Woman in the High Castle–Veleda, Seeress of the Bructeri
S3E2: Daughters of Artemis? - The Naval Queens Artemisia I & II of Caria
S3 E1: The Mother in Exile–Alexandra Sokolovskaya, the Creator of the Soviet Union
Bonus: Irish Pirate Queen Chieftain Rebel - Grainne O’Malley and Her Fight for Freedom [Re-Recorded]
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S2E9: The War-Wrecked Generation & Anna Coleman Ladd: Copper Masks and Newspaper Dating after The First World War
S2E8 Part 2: No Thought of Glory - Clara Barton and the end of the American Civil War
S2E8: Death, Danger, and Nursing - Clara Barton in the American Civil War, Part 1
S2E7: Fame at any price: The horrifying indifference of Nazi filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl
S2E6: A Family Affair: Marjane Satrapi, the Iranian Revolution, and the Iran-Iraq War.
S2E5: A Banana Skirt and a Gold Piano - How Josephine Baker Seduced Secrets from the Nazis
S2E4: The Last Empress of Russia - Saint Alexandra the Passion Bearer
S2E3: A Most Famous Feminine Sea Captain - Gráinne O’Malley, Irish Pirate, Rebel, Chieftain
S2E2 Pt 2: Planes, Trans and Automobiles - Roberta Cowell (The Dillon/Gillies Remix)
S2E2 Pt 1: Planes, Trans and Automobiles - Roberta Cowell
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