Broadly Underestimated

In this episode, we'll continue our conversation with Snow Widows author Katherine MacInnis. Where we left off in the previous episode, three men from the infamous Robert Scott and Arctic Expedition were lying dead in their tent, and two men were missing.In part 2, we'll talk about disappearances, when you're truly the last one in the world to know something, and creating legends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The story of the Robert Scott Expedition is one of the most well-documented exploration stories out there, but there's this entire other side of the story that's never been told - until a book by the name of Snow Widows was published. In today's episode we'll sit down with author Katherine MacInnes to talk about this incredible untold story.Recommended Reading:Snow Widows by Katherine MacInnes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the 1890s, a group of women burst onto the American bike racing scene. That they were competing publicly was shocking enough. But that they forced to the fore the conversation about whether women should be athletes, made them women to be reckoned with.In this episode, I speak with Dr. Roger Gilles, the author of Women on the Move, a chronicle of female bike racers in the 1890s. Recommended Reading:Tillie the Terrible Swede by Sue Stauffacher Women on the Move by Roger Gilles Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we'll continue our conversation with Snow Widows author Katherine MacInnis. Where we left off in the previous episode, three men from the infamous Robert Scott and Arctic Expedition were lying dead in their tent, and two men were missing. In part 2, we'll talk about disappearances, when you're truly the last one in the world to know something, and creating legends.   Recommended Reading: Snow Widows by Katherine MacInnes   Follow Broadly Underestimated: Instagram @womanintime Facebook @ Woman In Time Twitter @womanintime1 www.womanintime.com

The story of the Robert Scott Expedition is one of the most well-documented exploration stories out there, but there's this entire other side of the story that's never been told - until a book by the name of Snow Widows was published. In today's episode we'll sit down with author Katherine MacInnes to talk about this incredible untold story.   Recommended Reading: Snow Widows by Katherine MacInnes   Follow Broadly Underestimated: Instagram @womanintime Facebook @ Woman In Time Twitter @womanintime1 www.womanintime.com  

In this Salem Witch Trials follow-up episode, I want to chat about a few more fun – but really in this case not so fun - facts about the Salem Witch Trials that I couldn't include in the previous episode, and also about a few recommendations for books that will tell you more about these and other fascinating aspects of the trials. So buckle up for this choose your own adventure book chat!   Recommended Books: I, Tituba by Maryse Conde The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent The Witches by Stacy Schiff A Season With the Witch by J.W. Ocker   Follow Broadly Underestimated: Instagram @womanintime Facebook @ Woman in Time Twitter @WomaninTime1 www.womanintime.com

In this episode, we're going to talk about something that comes up every single October, and that is the Salem witch trials. But we're going to talk about this from a very specific angle. And hopefully it's an angle from which you've not really looked at the trials before. So today we'll talk about an apology, a cover up and the so-called queen of hell. Follow the show on Social Media: Instagram: @womanintime Facebook: @Woman In Time Twitter: @womanintime1

In 1887, Nellie Bly went undercover at Blackwell's Asylum to expose its use as a holding pen for different or defiant women, and to reveal the horrors inside.   Recommended Reading: Ten Days in a Mad House by Nellie Bly   You can support Broadly Underestimated through Buy Me a Coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/womanintime or under the support tab at www.womanintime.com   Follow the show on Social Media: Instagram: @womanintime Facebook: @Woman In Time Twitter: @womanintime1

Elizabeth Packard has just come out of the fight of her life. She'd spent three years locked in an asylum that she had no power to get out of. Her spiteful husband had committed her and used every legal tool at his disposal to silence her powerful voice. And now, he had taken her children from her.   Elizabeth Packard was a fighter. And there was no way she was going to lay down for this fight for her children and for the rights of married women across the United States.   Recommended Reading: The Woman They Could Not Silence by Kate Moore The Great Drama by Elizabeth Packard Marital Power Exemplified by Elizabeth Packard

Soon after waking up one morning in 1860, Elizabeth Packard, a 40-year-old mother of six, was ambushed by two doctors who broke into her room. Her husband Theophilus had been threatening to commit her to an asylum for quite a while. And now he was finally making good on his promise.   Recommended Reading: The Woman They Could Not Silence by Kate Moore

In 1823, a young woman named Mary Anning discovered a fossil that would forever change the way we view the earth. Recommended Reading / Viewing: The Fossil Hunter by Shelley Emling Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier Ammonite (2020)

In this episode, Emma Duval and I dive into the concept of childfree women in history, and how women without children push boundaries and help us redefine womanhood.   You can find Emma Duval on Instagram @millennialemma   Recommended Reading: Single women in the European Past Edited by Judith M. Bennett and Amy M. Froide A History of Celibacy by Elizabeth Abbott How to be Childless by Rachel Chrasthil Marie Marvingt, Fiancee of Danger: First Female Bomber Pilot, World-Class Athlete and Inventor of the Air Ambulance by Book by Rosalie Maggio   Recommended Viewing: Ammonite Dickinson The Girl King

In this episode, Alycia from Civics & Coffee and I jump into a conversation about Jane Franklin and Abigail Adams, two women whose lives both reflect the women of their generation and defy the roles they were expected to fill.     Recommended Reading / Listening: Book of Ages by Jill Lepore Abigail Adams, a Life by Woody Holton Civics & Coffee Podcast – Miss Independent: Abigail Adams

Alison Larkin took Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol and adapt in one single way: she turned Scrooge into a woman. The plot is exactly the same, all the other characters are exactly the same. The only thing that changes in the story is that Scrooge is a female business owner, miser, and Christmas-hater in Victorian London. But this changes everything. Recommended Reading / Listening: A Christmas Carol – Freely Adapted by Alison Larkin   Connect with Broadly Underestimated: Instagram: @womanintime Twitter: @WomaninTime1 Facebook: Woman in Time Website: www.womanintime.com

Clue emerged on the scene in 1949 and changed the world of board games forever. Its inventor, Anthony Pratt, had developed his idea for the game during World War II, but this is the hidden story of the women who inspired his idea, designed the game board, and shared the story with the world. Recommended Reading and Viewing: The Story of Cluedo by Jonathan Foster The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie Clue, 1985   Connect with Broadly Underestimated: Instagram: @womanintime Twitter: @WomaninTime1 Facebook: Woman in Time Website: www.womanintime.com

Happy Halloween! What better way to celebrate spooky season than to talk about some horror? Women have been telling horror stories from the origin of the genre, and haunted house stories are an especially good way to explore and examine the everyday horrors of home life. Grab the Halloween candy you were planning to hand out tonight and sit back with me for a chat about some fantastic haunted house stories you'll be dying to read.   Recommended Reading: The Graveyard Apartment by Mariko Koike The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez Monster, She Wrote by Lisa Kroger and Melanie R. Anderson Why Horror Seduces by Mathias Clasen

In this episode, I continue my conversation with author Roger Gilles about the ways that Tillie Anderson and the other forgotten female bike racers of the 1890s turned Victorian rules upside down. They pushed the boundaries on gender roles and women as bosses. And they proved to thousands upon thousands of spectators just how much pain and suffering a female athlete could withstand.   Recommended Reading: Women on the Move by Roger Gilles Muscle on Wheels by M. Ann Hall Wheels of Change by Sue Macy  

In the 1890s, a group of women burst onto the American bike racing scene. That they were competing publicly was shocking enough. But that they forced to the fore the conversation about whether women should be athletes, made them women to be reckoned with. In this episode, I speak with Dr. Roger Gilles, the author of Women on the Move, a chronicle of female bike racers in the 1890s.   Recommended Reading: Tillie the Terrible Swede by Sue Stauffacher Women on the Move by Roger Gilles

After four failed attempts, Diana Nyad jumps into the ocean one last time. She braves the sharks, jellyfish, and overwhelming ocean currents to see, once and for all, whether her daring dream of swimming more than 100 miles from Cuba to Florida is possible.   Recommended Reading and Viewing: Find a Way by Diana Nyad The Other Shore   Connect with Broadly Underestimated on Social Media: Instagram: @womanintime Twitter: @WomaninTime1 Facebook: Woman in Time Website: www.womanintime.com

Leading up to her 60th birthday, Diana Nyad decided she would attempt a feat of endurance that no one had ever accomplished before: she would swim more than 100 miles from Cuba to Florida...without a shark cage.   Recommended Viewing: Ted Talk: Diana Nyad: Extreme Swimming with the World's Most Dangerous Jellyfish   Connect with Broadly Underestimated on Social Media: Instagram: @womanintime Twitter: @WomaninTime1 Facebook: Woman in Time   Website: www.womanintime.com

After Annette Kellerman changed the world with her scandalous swimsuit, she continued to shock her audiences by pushing boundary after boundary throughout her successful performance career.   Recommended Viewing: The Original Mermaid Documentary

When expert swimmer Annette Kellerman showed up at a beach bearing so much skin that she was arrested for indecent exposure, she sparked a swimsuit conversation that would change the world. Recommended Reading: The Original Million Dollar Mermaid by Emily Gibson with Barbara Firth

In the 1890s, a cycling craze swept across the United States. Everyone jumped on the bandwagon – including women. And soon, a physical, social, and fashion revolution would begin. Recommended Reading: Wheels of Change by Sue Macy

In this episode, I answer listener questions about Elizebeth Friedman, other female code breakers, and dive into the fascinating and little-talked-about dynamics in Latin America during the Second World War.   Recommended Reading: The Tango War by Mary Jo McConahay  

In 1942, thousands of women secretly took positions as code breakers for the U.S. Government. And their work changed the course of military and world history.   Recommended Reading: Code Girls by Liza Mundy

In a feat of code-breaking brilliance and stealth, Elizebeth Friedman takes on Nazi spies as they try to take over South America.

In a face off between one woman and the mafia, Elizebeth Friedman sets the foundation for code breaking in the United States… and takes down the mafia in her wake.   Recommended Reading: The Woman Who Smashed Codes by Jason Fagone