121 episodes

This is Chickstory! A podcast about chicks... in history. Each episode Annie (curious chickstorian) is joined by Phoebe (actual historian) to share some of the most remarkable stories about often overlooked women of history.
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Chickstory Annie & Phoebe

    • History
    • 4.8 • 111 Ratings

This is Chickstory! A podcast about chicks... in history. Each episode Annie (curious chickstorian) is joined by Phoebe (actual historian) to share some of the most remarkable stories about often overlooked women of history.
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/chickstory.

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    S7 Ep 14 - Ettie Rout

    S7 Ep 14 - Ettie Rout

    This week, Phoebe tells Annie all about Ettie Rout, a safe sex campaigner in World War 1, who designed safe sex kits after recognising the venereal disease problem during the war. Her kits were handed out to all soldiers going on leave in an effort to administer preventative methods.
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    Chick Picks
    Podcast: Buried Bones
    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/buried-bones-a-historical-true-crime-podcast-with/id1455668750
    Book: The Accident - Fiona Lowe
    https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-accident-fiona-lowe/book/9781867246992.html
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    • 25 min
    S7 Ep 13 - Eleanor of Toledo

    S7 Ep 13 - Eleanor of Toledo

    This week, Annie tells Phoebe all about Eleanor of Toledo, a Spanish noblewoman who became the world's first lady as the Duchess of Florence—the first wife of Cosimo I de' Medici. A keen businesswoman, she financed many of her husband's political campaigns and is credited with introducing tomatoes, amongst other herbs and vegetables, to Italy.
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    Chick Picks
    TV Show: Stanley Tucci- Searching for Italy
    https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-series/stanley-tucci-searching-for-italy/season-2
    Book: With My Little Eye - Sandra Hogan
    https://www.booktopia.com.au/with-my-little-eye-sandra-hogan/book/9781760878467.html
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    • 39 min
    S7 Ep 12 - Marie Beuzeville Byles

    S7 Ep 12 - Marie Beuzeville Byles

    This week, Phoebe tells Annie all about Marie Beuzeville Byles, the first practising female solicitor in New South Wales. She was also an Australian conservationist, pacifist, mountaineer, explorer, avid bushwalker, feminist, journalist, and original member of the Buddhist Society in New South Wales.
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    Podcast: Dolly Parton's America
    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dolly-partons-america/id1481398762
    Book: Holly Throsby
    https://www.hollythrosby.com/
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    • 30 min
    S7 Ep 11 - Jane Addams

    S7 Ep 11 - Jane Addams

    This week, Annie tells Phoebe all about Jane Addams, who was instrumental in developing Social Work as a profession and was also the first American woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize.
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    Podcast: You're Dead To Me
    https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/youre-dead-to-me/id1479973402
    Book: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
    https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-midnight-library-matt-haig/book/9781786892737.html
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    • 28 min
    S7 Ep 10 - Emma Constance Stone

    S7 Ep 10 - Emma Constance Stone

    This week, Phoebe tells Annie all about Emma Constance Stone, the first woman to practice medicine in Australia who played an important role in founding both the Queen Victoria Hospital and the Victorian Medical Women's Society in Melbourne.
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    Chick Picks
    Podcast: Catching Dad's Killer
    https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/catching-dads-killer/id1719919275
    Book: Love, Just In
    https://www.booktopia.com.au/love-just-in-natalie-murray/book/9781761470639.html
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    • 30 min
    S7 Ep 9 - Clara Barton

    S7 Ep 9 - Clara Barton

    This week, Annie tells Phoebe all about Clara (Clarissa) Barton, an American nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She is known for her humanitarian work and civil rights advocacy right up until her mid-70s.

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    Chick Picks
    Podcast: Nothing Much Happens
    https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/nothing-much-happens-bedtime-stories-to-help-you-sleep/id1378040733
    Book: The Seven Sisters Book Series
    https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-seven-sisters-lucinda-riley/book/9781529003451.html
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    • 31 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
111 Ratings

111 Ratings

Tassietrude ,

So many awesome chicks!

Wow! All these fab women I’m learning about…it’s almost like they’ve deliberately been overlooked! So great to hear their stories finally! And it’s super entertaining too!!

Kitty Kat loves CC ,

Simply wonderful

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Ashi113 ,

Worth listening to

Fantastic listening informative and very funny love love

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