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Gals Guide
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From the Gals Guide Women's History Academy, tune into this weekly share of a woman of history. Each Gal Pal presents their pick of the month, their share doesn't need to be a thesis statement, and drinking is encouraged...so this show is a lot of fun!
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Artemisia Gentileschi - Klaire's Pick for Creativity & Expression Month
2w ago00:44:50Tap to summarizeKlaire is back on the podcast talking about an amazing Italian painter who started producing works as a teenager. Artemisia Gentileschi's life was full of challenges and obstacles, including an abuser and rarely getting credit for her paintings. Learn about Artemisia's fierce paintings of women that are gorgeous and haunting to look at.
Transcribe →Beatrice Wood - Katie's Pick for Creativity & Expression Month
3w ago00:31:43Tap to summarizeKatie is taking a pottery class and found inspiration and kinship with Beatrice Wood. Beatrice was a potter and involved with the Dada movement, giving her the nickname "Mama of Dada." Learn about Beatrice's fascinating life in pottery, art, literature, and French names we struggle to say.
Transcribe →Elizabeth Keckley - Bonnie's Pick for Creativity & Expression Month
4w ago00:43:32Tap to summarizeBonnie starts Creativity & Expression month by talking about Elizabeth Keckley. From slavery to the personal dressmaker to Mary Todd Lincoln, learn about Elizabeth and her dress-making business.
Transcribe →Eunice Kennedy Shriver - Katie's Pick for Movement & Joy in the Body
May 1800:35:57Tap to summarizeKatie finishes up Movement & Joy in the body month by talking about Eunice Kennedy Shriver and her work creating Special Olympics. Did you know Special Olympics first started with Eunice hosting a summer camp on her farm in Maryland? Learn more about Eunice and her work on behalf of persons with disabilities.
Transcribe →Dorothy "Tommy" Dermody - Jackie's Pick for Movement & Joy in the Body
May 1100:34:13Tap to summarizeJackie continues our learning theme of finding wellness with Movement & Joy in the body. Jackie talks about Dorothy "Tommy" Dermody, the Irish fencer who was from County Tipperary. Not only did she compete in the Olympic Games, but she also made movement and fitness invaluable for kids around Ireland.
Transcribe →Ginger Rogers - Leah's Pick for Movement & Joy in the Body
May 400:35:40Tap to summarizeLeah starts off the month with our new theme. In May, Gals Guide is learning from women who found wellness with Movement & Joy in the body. Leah talks about the famous quote and how it might be truer (and wiser) than we might have given it credit for. "Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but did it backwards...and in high heels." Also, a tribute and wish for Mother's Day.
Transcribe →Selma Miriam - Leah's Pick for Nourishment & The Table
Apr 2700:28:46Tap to summarizeThe world is a better place because Selma Miriam was in it... and we might not have known about her without the support of our patron Tony Vasquez. He was the one who sent us a DVD of the amazing documentary A Culinary Uprising: The Story of Bloodroot. Leah closes our learning theme with a wonderful example of Nourishment & The Table. Selma Miriam created a space for well being in so many women’s lives. Learn and share the story of Bloodroot a feminist, vegetarian, restaurant, and bookstore in Bridgeport Connecticut.
Transcribe →Leah Chase - Katie's Pick for Nourishment & The Table
Apr 2000:35:45Tap to summarizeKatie continues our learning theme - Nourishment & the Table - by talking about the Queen of Creole Cuisine, Leah Chase. Learn why her restaurant, Dooky Chase, was named one of the 40 most important restaurants of the past 40 years by Food & Wine.
Transcribe →Alexis Nikole Nelson - Amy's Pick for Nourishment & The Table
Apr 1300:32:04Tap to summarizeAmy Dalton is back on the show! Amy continues our learning theme - Nourishment & the Table by talking about The Black Forager, Alexis Nikole Nelson. Learn from this adorable forest fairy of a woman, all about how the outdoors are full of things we can eat and how we can have fun learning what is edible and what isn't.
Transcribe →Claire Saffitz - Bonnie's Pick for Nourishment & The Table
Apr 600:26:20Tap to summarizeBonnie starts our learning theme - Nourishment & the Table by talking about Desert Person, Claire Saffitz. Claire's describes being a desert person as "an attitude; it's about embracing cooking and eating as fundamental sources of pleasure."
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