Katie learns that some seashells are for taking. Bonnie is missing her rocks. Leah was so poor she stole a napkin. And Amy steals from the Pope. After confessing their crimes, the Gal Pals learn about the gals who went deep diving in a lead ball the size of a yoga ball to research the ocean floor. Amy teaches us all about the magical gals of the Bathysphere.
Show Notes & Extras
- Gal Pals this month are Bonnie Fillenwarth, Katie Harris, Amy Dalton and Leah Leach
- Bonnie already talked about Cecilia Payne, Katie already talked about Isabella Bird
- Get to know you question – what is the strangest thing you’ve ever brought back from one of your travels?
- Some seashells are for taking…
- Bonnie’s missing rocks
- Leah’s so poor she stole a napkin
- Amy steals from the Pope
- Amy’s 1 Cool Explorer Gals are from the Bathysphere
- William Beede and Otis Barton (Wikipedia)
- Circular submarine with windows made of quartz
- Gloria Hollister Anable (Wikipedia)
- Late 1920’s
- Deep sea dives
- Beede hired women in the 1930’s
- Gloria came to the DTR (Department of Tropical Research)
- Gloria was a great communicator and scientist
- Anglerfish (Original sketches below)
- Gloria invented new dissection techniques
- “The House of Magic”
- Gloria’s 30th birthday dive record
- Women’s record until the 1960’s
- Ghana travels
- Animal studies
- Distinctions
- 1952 Mianus River Gorge conservationist
- Other gals of the bathysphere
- Jocelyn Crane who studied crabs (Wikipedia)
- 1975 book Fiddler Crabs of the World
- Jocelyn became the director of the DTR
- Illustrator Elisa Bossleman
- She would paint underwater
- National Geographic publisher her illustrations
- Bathysphere story of the radio show gone wrong
- The windows
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About The Gal’s Guide Podcast
What if you could only share 1 cool thing about a topic? Would it be about ancient history? Would it be breaking news? Would it be safe for work? A group of gals gathers to present to you one cool thing on topics like painting, gaming, movies, music and more.
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