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The podcast about amazing and noteworthy women from history! A Broad is a woman who lives by her own rules; Broads You Should Know shares the stories of those Broads who have helped shape our world.

Broads You Should Know Sara Gorsky

    • History
    • 4.7 • 25 Ratings

The podcast about amazing and noteworthy women from history! A Broad is a woman who lives by her own rules; Broads You Should Know shares the stories of those Broads who have helped shape our world.

    Victoria C. Woodhull - First Woman to Run for U.S. President

    Victoria C. Woodhull - First Woman to Run for U.S. President

    Victoria C. Woodhull might be one of the most interesting women we've covered on the pod so far! Her story includes not one, but THREE rags-to-riches climbs, a flourishing career as a medium & clairvoyant, and she was the first woman to not only run for President of the United States, but she also the first woman to own a Wall Street Firm AND the first woman EVER to testify before Congress.
    As you might suspect, her story is also filled with drama and not JUST within the gossip column she published. Let's just say that Harriet Beecher Stowe called her a “vile jailbird” and “impudent witch”. What did Victoria do to earn such vile hatred from the Stowe family? You'll have to listen to find out!

    A Broad is a woman who lives by her own rules. Broads You Should Know is the podcast about the Broads who helped shape our world!
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    Broads You Should Know is hosted by Sara Gorsky.
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    Web master / site design: www.BroadsYouShouldKnow.com

    Broads You Should Know is produced by Sara Gorsky & edited by Chloe Skye

    • 41 min
    Shirley Chisholm — First Black Woman to Run for President of the United States

    Shirley Chisholm — First Black Woman to Run for President of the United States

    This week, Sara revisits the story of Shirley Chisholm, a civil rights leader, politician, and the first Black woman to run for President of the United States of America and first woman to run on the Democratic ticket! 
    Learn more about this incredible woman who ran her campaign "Unbought and Unbossed" also displayed a truly remarkable response, particularly by today's standards, when there was an assassination attempt on one of her opponent's life.
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    A Broad is a woman who lives by her own rules. Broads You Should Know is the podcast about the Broads who helped shape our world!
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    YT/IG/FB @BroadsYouShouldKnow & TW @BYSKpodcast
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    3 Ways you can help support the podcast:
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    Broads You Should Know is hosted by Sara Gorsky.
    IG: @SaraGorsky
    Web master / site design: www.BroadsYouShouldKnow.com

    Broads You Should Know is produced by Sara Gorsky & edited by Chloe Skye

    • 29 min
    Broad Opinions - "Disastrous Debate" Hot Take

    Broad Opinions - "Disastrous Debate" Hot Take

    In her new segment BROAD OPINIONS, Sara brings us her hot take on what the news media is calling "Biden's Disastrous Debate Performance", how we should feel about it, and what we should do about it with t-minus 4 months until the election. HINT: It's not the take you might think it'll be.
    PLUS! Sara brings compelling real-time data on the impact trump's time in office has had on the women of Texas, and the other 13 states with abortion bans. HINT: It's worse than you even imagined. CW: sexual assault, r*pe & forced pregnancy.

    A Broad is a woman who lives by her own rules. Broads You Should Know is the podcast about the Broads who helped shape our world!
    BroadsYouShouldKnow.com
    YT/IG/FB @BroadsYouShouldKnow & TW @BYSKpodcast

    3 Ways you can help support the podcast:
    Write a review on Apple Podcasts
    Share your favorite episode with a friend or on social
    Send us an email with a broad suggestion, question, or comment at BroadsYouShouldKnow@gmail.com

    Broads You Should Know is hosted by Sara Gorsky.
    IG: @SaraGorsky
    Web master / site design: www.BroadsYouShouldKnow.com

    Broads You Should Know is produced by Sara Gorsky & edited by Chloe Skye

    • 24 min
    Dervla Murphy - Irish Travel Writer Who Bicycled Across the World

    Dervla Murphy - Irish Travel Writer Who Bicycled Across the World

    Since the age of 10, when she receives her first bicycle, Dervla Murphy dreams of pedaling all the way to India, but her travel plans are put on hold when she becomes caretaker of her mother at just 14 years old. This doesn't stop Dervla from dreaming, though, and when she is released from her caretaker duties 16 years later, her trip to India becomes a reality.
    Even though it's the worst winter in almost a century, Dervla sets out on Roz, her trusty bicycle with nothing but her passport, a camera, a map, a spare pair of nylon pants and shirt, toothbrush, comb, writing paper, two pens, a copy of Blake’s poems and a pistol. What unfolds next is an incredible trip filled with many challenges, dangers, profound beauty and human connection. It has to be heard to be believed - so listen now to Dervla's story!

    A Broad is a woman who lives by her own rules. Broads You Should Know is the podcast about the Broads who helped shape our world!
    BroadsYouShouldKnow.com
    YT/IG/FB @BroadsYouShouldKnow & TW @BYSKpodcast

    3 Ways you can help support the podcast:
    Write a review on Apple Podcasts
    Share your favorite episode with a friend or on social
    Send us an email with a broad suggestion, question, or comment at BroadsYouShouldKnow@gmail.com

    Broads You Should Know is hosted by Sara Gorsky.
    IG: @SaraGorsky
    Web master / site design: www.BroadsYouShouldKnow.com

    Broads You Should Know is produced by Sara Gorsky & edited by Chloe Skye

    • 32 min
    The Invisible Battalion — The Female Soldiers of the Ukrainian Army

    The Invisible Battalion — The Female Soldiers of the Ukrainian Army

    This week, Sara sheds some light on The Invisible Battalion! While Ukrainian women have been defending their country on the front lines for decades, it wasn't until 2018 that they were actually allowed to serve in combat ranks, thanks, in large part, to a massive campaign known as "The Invisible Battalion," led by the NGO Institute of Gender Programs (invisiblebattalion.org). The women leading this movement have opened the door for Ukrainian women's rights, and their powerful campaign also gives us a stark and heartbreaking window into the war Ukrainians have been fighting to keep their homeland since 2014.

    A Broad is a woman who lives by her own rules. Broads You Should Know is the podcast about the Broads who helped shape our world!
    BroadsYouShouldKnow.com
    YT/IG/FB @BroadsYouShouldKnow & TW @BYSKpodcast

    3 Ways you can help support the podcast:
    Write a review on Apple Podcasts
    Share your favorite episode with a friend or on social
    Send us an email with a broad suggestion, question, or comment at BroadsYouShouldKnow@gmail.com

    Broads You Should Know is hosted by Sara Gorsky.
    IG: @SaraGorsky
    Web master / site design: www.BroadsYouShouldKnow.com

    Broads You Should Know is produced by Sara Gorsky & edited by Chloe Skye
     

    • 21 min
    Cornelia Sorabji - First Woman to Study Law at Oxford & Advocate in India

    Cornelia Sorabji - First Woman to Study Law at Oxford & Advocate in India

    Cornelia Sorabji dreamt long and hard about becoming a lawyer, even though in India in the late 1800's women were just barely allowed to go to University at all, and were NOT permitted to law school or the court system as a whole. Born into a progressive, education-minded family, though, Cornelia was not deterred by these archaic laws - instead she gathers supporters and chases her dreams all the way to Oxford, where she becomes the first woman to study law and the first woman to be admitted to the men-only library.
    What follows is a difficult pathway trying to weave her way into a men-only profession, but Cornelia is able to build a successful career defending the Purdahnashin (women who weren't allowed to talk to men outside their family) who could not engage the services of male lawyers to defend themselves in cases of wrongdoing, neglect and abuse.
    Her advocacy for this undefended population and her own success breaking down the male only walls of the British and Indian legal systems, make her an absolutely epic BYSK, but her name and achievements are pretty forgotten. Why? You'll have to listen to find out!
     

    A Broad is a woman who lives by her own rules. Broads You Should Know is the podcast about the Broads who helped shape our world!
    BroadsYouShouldKnow.com
    YT/IG/FB @BroadsYouShouldKnow & TW @BYSKpodcast

    3 Ways you can help support the podcast:
    Write a review on Apple Podcasts
    Share your favorite episode with a friend or on social
    Send us an email with a broad suggestion, question, or comment at BroadsYouShouldKnow@gmail.com

    Broads You Should Know is hosted by Sara Gorsky.
    IG: @SaraGorsky
    Web master / site design: www.BroadsYouShouldKnow.com

    Broads You Should Know is produced by Sara Gorsky & edited by Chloe Skye

    • 32 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
25 Ratings

25 Ratings

hereiswhatithought528 ,

Great info!!

Dynamic host and awesome way to learn more about important women!

TransWriter90 ,

You’ll Laugh and Learn

Even when I’d already heard of the Broad they’re covering, I still learn so much more than I knew 🙌🏼 and then most of the time I’m learning about someone amazing I’ve never even heard of!! A must listen for sure. The hosts have great energy together

Kay_Rock ,

So much fun, so much to learn!

Each episode is so unique, and you can really hear the passion for the subject chosen by the narrator. So much research goes into each on! Even the episodes about women I thought I knew about are full of new information. These are fun to listen to: so much enthusiasm and interesting discussions and interesting questions. If you have interest in the women who changed history, definitely listen to this. It makes you feel excited to learn.

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