This week, Sara brings us the story of The Night Witches — the hastily trained, poorly equipped, all-female Russian Air Force unit who struck fear into the hearts of Nazis... but you'll have to check out the full episode to hear how!
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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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THE HOSTS
Broads You Should Know is hosted by Sam Eggers, Sara Gorsky, & Chloe Skye
IGs: @BroadsYouShouldKnow @SaraGorsky @SamLAEggers
Chloe's Blog: www.chloejadeskye.com
Chloe's other podcasts: "Modern Eyes with Skye and Stone" & "Skye and Stone do Television"
Sam's short: "Dickie & Bea"
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Produced by Chloe Skye & Jupiter Stone; Edited by Chloe Skye
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]
Pele — Hawaiian Goddess of Volcanoes and Fire [Jupiter Stone]
Christine Jorgensen — WWII Veteran & First Widely-Known Trans Woman in USA [Chloe Skye]
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