Welcome to Broads You Should Know, the podcast about amazing and noteworthy women from history!
Broads You Should Know is hosted by Sam Eggers, Sara Gorsky, & Justin Xavier, and if you have no idea who we are... this is the episode for you! In it, we introduce ourselves and then break down the history & usage of the word "Broad" and why we chose it for the title of our podcast. We also talk about the types of women we'll be covering & give you a feel for who we are and why we're passionate about the subject!
If you have any women you'd love for us to cover on a future episode, send us an email at BroadsYouShouldKnow@gmail.com or dm us on IG: @BroadsYouShouldKnow
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Broadly Speaking #6: Research Methods, Choosing Our Broads, & Parsing Out Truth!
Madame Sophie Blanchard — French Aeronaut & World's First Female Balloonist [Sam Eggers]
Nakano Takeko — One of the Last Samurai Warriors [Sara Gorsky]
Chief Theresa Kachindamoto — The Marriage Terminator [Sam Eggers]
Suzan Harjo — Native American Activist Known For Repatriation & Anti-Racism Lawsuits Against USA [Chloe Skye]
Marian Anderson — African American Singer Who Broke Down Race Barriers [Sara Gorsky]
Broadly Speaking #5: One Year of Broads (You Should Know)
Cathay Williams — Former Slave Who Posed as Male to Enlist in the Military [Chloe Skye] VETERANS DAY
Mary Tape — Sued to Fight Segregation of Chinese-Americans in CA Schools [Sam Eggers]
Bridget "Biddy" Mason — LA Real Estate Entrepreneur Who Sued For Her Freedom From Slavery [Sara Gorsky]
Billie Jean King — Pro Tennis Player and LGBTQ + Gender Equality Advocate [Sam Eggers]
Broadly Speaking #4: A Toast to Ruth Bader Ginsburg — The Notorious RBG
The Night Witches — Elite All-Female WWII Russian Air Force Units [Sara Gorsky]
Lyudmila Pavlichenko (aka Lady Death) — The Deadliest Female Sniper in History [Chloe Skye]
Pine Leaf Woman Chief — Two-Spirit Native American Chief Who Led With Peace [Sam Eggers]
Grace O'Malley — Irish Pirate Queen & Scourge of the English Empire [Chloe Skye]
Broadly Speaking #3: "Disney's Mulan" Reactions & Review
Lucy Parsons — Anarchist Leader of the Labor Party and Advocate for Workers' Rights [Sara Gorsky]
Yoko Ono — Avant-Garde Artist & Activist for Peace Who Definitively Did Not Break Up the Beatles [Sam Eggers]
Dr. Marian Croak — "Black Engineer of the Year" Who Invented VOIP Technology & Expanded the Internet [Sara Gorsky]
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