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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

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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 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.
    P.S. - If you have a spare 2 mins we'd greatly appreciate it if you could leave us a review. It helps other people who might like what we do find us :-)
    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.

    P.S. - If you have a spare 2 mins we'd greatly appreciate it if you could leave us a review. It helps other people who might like what we do find us :-)
    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
    S7 Ep 8 - Maria Orosa

    S7 Ep 8 - Maria Orosa

    This week, Phoebe tells Annie all about Maria Orosa, a food technologist, pharmaceutical chemist, humanitarian, and war heroine who also invented Banana ketchup!
    P.S. - If you have a spare 2 mins we'd greatly appreciate it if you could leave us a review. It helps other people who might like what we do find us :-)
    Chick Picks
    TV Show: Shakespeare - The Rise Of A Genius
    https://iview.abc.net.au/show/shakespeare-rise-of-a-genius/series/1/video/ZW4039A001S00
    Book: The Fancies - Kim Lock
    https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-fancies-kim-lock/book/9781867251620.html
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    • 26 min
    S7 Ep 7 - Dorothy Thompson

    S7 Ep 7 - Dorothy Thompson

    This week, Annie tells Phoebe all about Dorothy Thompson, the first American journalist in history to be expelled from Germany (after meeting Hitler and calling him a 'little man') and was one of the few women news commentators broadcasting on radio during the 1930s.
    P.S. - If you have a spare 2 mins we'd greatly appreciate it if you could leave us a review. It helps other people who might like what we do find us :-)
    Chick Picks
    Podcast: Sarah Wilson - Wild
    https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/wild-with-sarah-wilson/id1548626341
    Book: Gone - Glenna Thomson
    https://www.amazon.com.au/Gone-Glenna-Thomson/dp/1761345508
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    • 24 min
    S7 Ep 6 - Florence Mary Taylor

    S7 Ep 6 - Florence Mary Taylor

    This week, Phoebe tells Annie all about Florence May Taylor, the first qualified female architect in Australia and the first female member of the UK's Institution of Structural Engineers in 1926.
    P.S. If you have a few spare minutes, we'd love it if you could rate and review our little podcast- it helps other people like you find us and discover these incredible stories about often overlooked women in history.
    Chick Picks!
    Book: Lenny Marks Gets Away With Murder, Kerryn Mayne
    https://www.amazon.com.au/Lenny-Marks-Gets-Away-Murder/dp/176104804X
    Podcast: The Easey Street Murders
    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/casefile-presents-the-easey-street-murders/id1730470115
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    • 25 min
    S7 Ep 5 - Stephanie Kwolek

    S7 Ep 5 - Stephanie Kwolek

    This week, Annie tells Phoebe all about Stephanie Kwolek who created the first of a family of synthetic fibres of exceptional strength and stiffness. The best known of these fibres is Kevlar which led to the invention of the world's first bullet proof vest.
    P.S. If you have a few spare minutes, we'd love it if you could rate and review our little podcast- it helps other people like you find us and discover these incredible stories about often overlooked women in history.
    Chick Picks!
    Book: Sisters Under The Rising Sun
    https://www.booktopia.com.au/sisters-under-the-rising-sun-heather-morris/book/9781760688356.html?
    Podcast: Media Pressure
    https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/media-pressure/id1724255685

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    • 25 min

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