Annie Cohen Kopchovsky is already struggling under the weight of patriarchy when two arrogant gentlemen wage a bet that a woman cannot possibly be as physically capable as a man nor able to care for herself as a man can. The wager? $10,000 if Annie can circumnavigate the world in less than 15 months and raise $5,000 in the process.
Eager to prove those "gentlemen" wrong, Annie jumps at the chance, and leaves her family behind for the bike trail - the only problem? She's never ridden a bicycle before! How on earth will she get around the entire world with just her 42lb bike, a skirt and corset, one change of clothes and a pearl-handled revolver? You'll have to listen to find out!
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A Broad is a woman who lives by her own rules. Broads You Should Know is the podcast about the Broads who helped shape our world!
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Broads You Should Know is hosted by Sara Gorsky.
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Broads You Should Know is produced by Sara Gorsky & edited by Chloe Skye
Fahma Mohamed — The Teenager Fighting Female Genital Mutilation [Chloe Skye]
Alison Bechdel — Lesbian Feminist Cartoonist Who Gave Us the Bechdel Test [Jupiter Stone]
Queen Ranavolona I (aka Ranavolona the Cruel) — The Bloodiest Queen in Human History [Sara Gorsky]
Anna Jarvis — Founder of Mother's Day (Who Tried to Have it Destroyed) [Chloe Skye]
La Adelita (aka Las Soldaderas) — Female Soldiers of the Mexican Revolution [Sara Gorsky]
Queen Ka'ahumanu — First Queen of Hawaii Responsible for Women’s Rights and Uniting the Islands [Jupiter Stone]
Queen Ranavalona III — Last Queen of Madagascar Exiled for Fighting Colonization [Chloe Skye]
Pauli Murray — Queer Civil Rights Lawyer & Priest Who Wrote Civil Rights “Bible” [Jupiter Stone]
Shannon Faulkner — First Woman to Attend 'Men Only' State College in South Carolina [Chloe Skye]
Ma Rainey — Mother of the Blues who Inspired Generations [Jupiter Stone]
Ching Shih — From Prostitute to Ruler of a Pirate Empire [Sara Gorsky]
Sophie Scholl — Student Anti-Nazi Activist & Co-Founder of White Rose [Chloe Skye]
Broad Buffs #1: Nellie Bly — The Investigative Reporter Who Was the Inspiration for Lois Lane [David Blixt]
Julie d'Aubigny (aka Mademoiselle Maupin) — Bisexual French Duelist & Opera Singer [Sara Gorsky]
Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander — First African American Woman to Practice Law in Pennsylvania [Chloe Skye]
Lucille Bogan — One of the First Recorded Blues Singers & Pioneer of "Dirty Blues" [Jupiter Stone]
Shere Hite — Sex Educator Who Discovered Women Don't Need Men to Achieve Pleasure [Sara Gorsky]
Coretta Scott King — Civil Rights Leader, Peace Advocate, & Wife of Martin Luther King Jr. [Sara Gorsky]
Audre Lorde — Black, Lesbian, Mother, Warrior, Poet; Advocate For Intersectionality [Chloe Skye]
Giulia Tofana — 17th Century Vigilante Responsible For Poisoning Over 600 Men [Sara Gorsky]
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