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Dames Deferred - The Mercury 13     Further Reading: Ackmann, Martha (2003). The Mercury 13: The Untold Story of Thirteen American Women and the Dream of Space Flight. Nolen, Stephanie (2002). Promised the Moon: The Untold Story of the First Women in the Space Race Music: I Should Fly - Vermillion Lies Click to listen in new window

'Queen' Bess Coleman and Pancho Barnes Click to listen in new window Further Reading: Bessie Coleman: Queen Bess: Daredevil Aviator by Doris L. Rich Pancho Barnes: The Happy Bottom Riding Club: The Life and Times of Pancho Barnes by Lauren Kessler (2001) The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club directed by Amanda Pope (2009) Music: "Don't Stop" by the Parting Gifts  

Mamie "Peanut" Johnson and Lyudmilla Pavlichenko   Click to listen in new window Further Reading: Mamie "Peanut" Johnson A Strong Right Arm by Michelle Green Interview on Youtube by Visionary Project Mamie 'Peanut' Johnson, Pitching Pioneer, Interview Fresh Air, NPR 2/18/2003 Mamie Johnson: Peanut Who Stood Tall in Negro Leagues Podcast interview of Mamie before an elementary school class.  Lyudmilla Pavlichenko  Women in War and Resistance by Kazimiera J. Cottam

Lady Hester Stanhope and La Maupin Click to listen in new window Further Reading: Lady Hester:  Lady Hester: Queen of the East by Lorna Gibb. (2005) Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope by Dr. Meyron. (1845)   La Maupin By the Sword: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions by Richard Cohen (2003) Queens of Song by Ellen Clayton (1865) Wonderful Characters: Comprising Memoirs and Anecdotes of the Most Remarkable Persons of Every Age and Nation by Henry Wilson (1830) The Sketchbook of Character by E.L. Carey and A. Hart (1835) Dictionnaire des Theatres de Paris and Anecdotes Dramatiques by Francois Parfaict Women in Men's Guise by Oscar Gilbert (1932) Gallant Ladies by Rogers    

Cora Hubbard and Belle Starr: Wild West Outlaws. Click to listen in new window Further Reading: Cora Hubbard: Bedside Book of Bad Girls: Outlaw Women of the Old West by Michael Rutter Tales Never Told Around the Campfire: True Stories of Frontier America by Mark Dugan Ozarks, Gunfire and Other Notorious Incidents by Larry Wood Cora Hubbard: Female Bank Robber in Missouri by Larry Wood Belle Starr: Women of the Wild West by Katherine Kohn http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/star-bel.htm Music: The Devil Had a Hold of Me - Gillian Welch

Dames of the Circus: Lillian Leitzel and Millie-Christine McCoy Click to listen in new window Further reading: Millie-Christine: Fearfully and Wonderfully Made; Joanne Martell; John F. Blair Publisher (2001) Biographical Sketch of Millie Christine, the Carolina Twin, Surnamed the Two-Headed Nightingale and the Eighth Wonder of the World Music: Little Egypt by the Coasters