In Walks a Woman
Podcast Description
Welcome to “In Walks a Woman,” the podcast where we look at history and literature from a female perspective. Join Sonja Czarnecki, history teacher, and Dr. Vanessa Eicher, life-long lit nerd, both moms and seasoned educators, as we go down well-worn historical and literary pathways with new questions about the female experience and how the stories of our past and in our fiction frame women's lives today. Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/InWalksaWoman and follow us on Instagram @inwalksawoman
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Content Themes
The podcast primarily focuses on themes of female representation in historical and literary contexts, examining works like The Odyssey and engaging with topics such as women's roles in classical literature and historical narratives, with episodes analyzing Margaret Atwood's The Penelopiad and the romantic complexities of Abelard and Heloise.
We take on old and new stories and ask how they have shaped us. Sonja’s a historian and Vanessa’s a literary scholar, and both are experienced educators. In Walks a Woman podcast is educational, engaging, and relatable. Visit our website: inwalksawoman.com. Support our work on Patreon: patreon.com/InWalksaWoman and follow us on Instagram @inwalksawoman
You think you know what happened in the American Revolutionary War. But how could you, when so many of the stories were left out?
Did you know the Cherokee were involved? That women led boycotts? That enslaved people played a part in the war, and that Native Americans showed up to fight at Bunker Hill? So many people did so much, despite how little power was given to them.
Denise Kiernan has spent three decades researching and writing about the forgotten stories of American history. In her newest book, Obstinate Daughters: The Rebels, Writers, and Renegade Women Who Ignited the American Revolution (Dutton), she brings those voices back into the story of our nation’s founding.
On a show like ours, we believe that stories shape reality. If the only stories you’ve heard about the Revolution are about a group of white men, it makes sense that you’d picture them as the whole “reality” of it. Read Denise’s book about everyone else who contributed, and your understanding of how this nation began will change.
In this episode, Denise shares:
- How she found marginalized voices that history left out
- Some of her favorite discoveries from her research
- How her journalism training shapes the way she researches
- The roles women, Native Americans, and enslaved people played in the fight for independence
“To look at a moment in history like the Revolutionary War, or any other significant moment, for that matter, and leave out more than half the population, for the most part, lacks context, if nothing else. It’s just incomplete.”
— Denise Kiernan
Get the book: Obstinate Daughters: The Rebels, Writers, and Renegade Women Who Ignited the American Revolution by Denise Kiernan (Dutton)
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