Kickass Women of History
Kickass Women of History
Podcast Description
Remember in school, all those lessons about the men of the past? How they ruled, fought and built? Well, on Kickass Women of History we'll be learning about what they didn't teach us in school. We'll be exploring the lives of strong and incredible women from around the globe and from throughout human history.
Our aim is to share diverse stories of women who made a difference - to their family, village, country or the whole world. That could be 5 years ago, or 5000. Each episode, we'll be joined by a different historian who'll be sharing the life of their history heroine.
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The podcast focuses on the achievements and stories of influential women throughout history, with episodes covering topics such as the UN Decade for Women, groundbreaking female activists like Elsa Laula Renberg, and the pioneering Danish photographer Julie Laurberg, emphasizing both historical context and personal narratives.
Remember in school, all those lessons about the men of the past? How they ruled, fought and built? Well, on Kickass Women of History we’ll be learning about what they didn’t teach us in school. We’ll be exploring the lives of strong and incredible women from around the globe and from throughout human history.
Our aim is to share diverse stories of women who made a difference – to their family, village, country or the whole world. That could be 5 years ago, or 5000. Each episode, we’ll be joined by a different historian who’ll be sharing the life of their history heroine.
The Angel Makers of Nagyrév – possibly the most extraordinary murder ring of the 20th Century.
Amy is joined by journalist Patti McCraken to dive into this complex and morally-grey tale of death in an isolated and impoverished Hungarian village. Who was Aunie Suzy? What power did she have over the residents of Nagyrév? Was she a hero or the head of a conspiracy to murder possibly hundreds of men?Amy and Patti explore the roles of gender, poverty, and race in these deaths and ask the question, is murder ever justified?
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