In 1931, a young American aspiring writer set off for what she thought would be a one-year adventure in China. Hoping to gain life experience so she could eventually write the Great American Novel - she would instead become famous as the "Voice of China" to the west, and improve the lives of millions of people in the process. Olivia talks with Helen Foster Snow's great-nephew Adam Foster and her friend and translator Professor An Wei in this unexpected and inspiring episode.
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THE MUSE Carolyn Cassady
THE SCULPTOR Edmonia Lewis
THE FLY GIRL Ruth Nichols
THE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2018 Ursula Bloom
THE AERONAUT Sophie Blanchard
THE EMPRESS Nur Jahan
THE AMBULANCE DRIVER Maud Fitch
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THE REVOLUTIONARY Mae Mallory
THE TRUE LOVE Dorothy Osborne
THE SINGLE LADY Marjorie Hillis
THE MARTYRS Perpetua and Felicitas
THE LADY NOVELIST Constance Fenimore Woolson
THE ASTRONOMER Caroline Herschel
THE COMPOSER Alma Mahler
THE BAKER Sally Lunn
THE JOURNALIST Claudia Jones
THE SAXON Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim
THE FAIR LABOR LAWYER Bessie Margolin
THE MAID OF MONTEREY Maria Ruiz de Burton
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