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Adversaries: Lee Radziwell Aug 29, 2024

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Lee Radziwill (1933-2019) was an American socialite, public relations executive, and interior designer. She was the younger sister of former First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis. Lee and her sister had a complicated relationship that often relegated Lee to the shadows.

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This month we’re talking about adversaries. These women fought against systems, governments and – sometimes each other to break barriers in their respective fields. They did unthinkable and sometimes unspeakable things to carve out their place in history.

History classes can get a bad rap, and sometimes for good reason. When we were students, we couldn’t help wondering... where were all the ladies at? Why were so many incredible stories missing from the typical curriculum? Enter, Womanica. On this Wonder Media Network podcast we explore the lives of inspiring women in history you may not know about, but definitely should.

Every weekday, listeners explore the trials, tragedies, and triumphs of groundbreaking women throughout history who have dramatically shaped the world around us. In each 5 minute episode, we’ll dive into the story behind one woman listeners may or may not know–but definitely should. These diverse women from across space and time are grouped into easily accessible and engaging monthly themes like Educators, Villains, Indigenous Storytellers, Activists, and many more. Womanica is hosted by WMN co-founder and award-winning journalist Jenny Kaplan. The bite-sized episodes pack painstakingly researched content into fun, entertaining, and addictive daily adventures.

Womanica was created by Liz Kaplan and Jenny Kaplan, executive produced by Jenny Kaplan, and produced by Grace Lynch, Maddy Foley, Brittany Martinez, Edie Allard, Lindsey Kratochwill, Adesuwa Agbonile, Carmen Borca-Carrillo, Taylor Williamson, Sara Schleede, Paloma Moreno Jimenez, Luci Jones, Abbey Delk, Hannah Bottum, Lauren Willams, and Adrien Behn. Special thanks to Shira Atkins. Original theme music composed by Miles Moran.

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Adversaries: Louella Parsons Aug 28, 2024

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Louella Parsons (1881-1972) was an American gossip columnist and screenwriter, whose work boasted an audience of 20 million across many newspapers. She called herself the first-ever film reviewer and was known for her influence in Hollywood and her fierce competition with rival journalist Hedda Hopper.

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Adversaries: Zelia Nuttall Aug 27, 2024

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Zelia Nuttall (1857-1933) was a Mexican-American archaeologist. She was a single mother who decoded a number of Mesoamerican texts and artifacts, including the Nuttall Codex and the Aztec Calendar Stone. She laid the groundwork for archaeologists to reimagine pre-Hispanic civilizations in a new light.

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Adversaries: Mama G Aug 26, 2024

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Dr. Germon “Mama G” Miller-Bey (c.1953-present) is the “Grand Matriarch” of African martial arts, or sciences, as she prefers to call it. Rooted in her own experiences with domestic violence, she became a lifelong competitor, teacher, and community advocate for the sport and the arts.

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Adversaries: Mabel Fairbanks Aug 24, 2024

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Mabel Fairbanks (1915-2001) was an American figure skater and coach. A Black and Seminole woman, she was often relegated to the shadows and dedicated the latter half of her career to breaking down barriers for other skaters of color.

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Adversaries: Fabulous Moolah Aug 23, 2024

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Fabulous Moolah (1923-2007) was a pioneering American pro wrestler, promoter and trainer. She held different versions of the women’s championship title almost continuously from the mid-1950s to the mid-1980s. She was also the first woman to be inducted into the WWF Hall of Fame.

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Adversaries: Mary Mcarthur v. Lillian Hellman Aug 22, 2024

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Lillian Hellman (1905-1984), a playwright and novelist who sued writer and critic Mary McCarthy (1912-1989) after Mary McCarthy called her "a dishonest writer" on the "Dick Cavett Show." The suit captured public attention, and the legal battle became one of the most legendary feuds in modern contemporary literature.

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Adversaries: Kumander Liwayway Aug 21, 2024

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Remedios Guinto Gomez-Paraiso, known primarily as Kumander Liwayway, (1919 - 2014) was a beauty queen-who became a -military commander during the Huk Rebellion in the Philippines.

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Adversaries: Alice Lee Aug 20, 2024

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Alice Lee (1859-1939) was a statistician and one of the first women to earn a Doctorate of Science from the University of London. Her dissertation, published in 1900, helped disprove the widely held belief that skull capacity was linked to intelligence.

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Adversaries: Joanie "Chyna" Laurer Aug 19, 2024

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Joanie “Chyna” Laurer (1969-2016) was a mainstay in the WWE in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Billed as “The Ninth Wonder of the World”, she wrestled men and women and bested them both. In 2019, she was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.

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