Gals Guide
Katie finishes up Financial Health & Security Month with a prospector during the Gold Rush who built a church, a restaurant, and a boarding house. She was known as “The Angel of Tombstone,” not the pizza, the Val Kilmer movie. Learn about this amazing Irish woman from County Cork! Special note: no episode next week, […]
Debbi continues Financial Health & Security month with Barbara Hackman Franklin. Businesswoman, board executive, and the 29th U.S. Secretary of Commerce are just a few of Barbara’s financial pursuits. Learn more about this powerhouse on this week’s episode. Show Extras! Oral History transcript: https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-oral-histories/barbara-hackman-franklin-oral-history Barbara Franklin Enterprises: https://bhfranklin.com/ Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum article: https://womenshistory.si.edu/blog/women-who-reshaped-financial-power-and-economic-opportunity Learning Theme of […]
Leah continues Financial Health & Security month with the first Black woman to establish a bank in the United States. Maggie Lena Walker not only opened the Saint Luke Penny Savings Bank, but she was the first Black woman to be president of a bank in the United States. Learn more about the financial well-being […]
The world is a better place because Selma Miriam was in it… and we might not have known about her without the support of our patron Tony Vasquez. He was the one who sent us a DVD of the amazing documentary A Culinary Uprising: The Story of Bloodroot. Leah closes our learning theme with a […]
Katie continues our learning theme – Nourishment & the Table – by talking about the Queen of Creole Cuisine, Leah Chase. Learn why her restaurant, Dooky Chase, was named one of the 40 most important restaurants of the past 40 years by Food & Wine. Learning Theme of 2026 About The Gal’s Guide Podcast Join […]
Katie’s Australian Gal is a legendary business woman who started as a convict. Learn about Mary Reibey, an incredible woman who is on the money and became a role model for many. About The Gal’s Guide Podcast New for 2024! Join us on an adventure to get to know famous and infamous women from around […]
Leah finished up Working Women Month with a delicious treat! Learn about Ruth Wakefield, the inventor of the chocolate chip cookie. See if you think she got a tasty deal for her business creation. About The Gal’s Guide Podcast What if you could only share 1 cool thing about a topic? Would it be about […]
Working Women Month continues! Barb tells us about the founder of Girls Who Code and the best-selling author of multiple books, Reshma Saujani. 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 […]
Working Women Month continues! Katie is up next telling us about the fantastic American aerospace engineer, who also happens to be the mom of actor, Jack Black. 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? […]
by Barb Conlin It’s September, and fall is in the air! Not only is it pumpkin spice everything and Halloween decor everywhere, but this month is Working Gal’s Month here at Gal’s Guide. We have chosen the iconic 9 to 5 as our film selection, and we’ve picked Drop the Ball as our book club […]
Gals Guide