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Barbara Hackman Franklin

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 […]

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Betty Ford

Katie continues Rest as Resistance Month talking about Betty Ford. Learn about the former First Lady whose clinic provided rest and awareness of those with substance use disorders. Learning Theme of 2026 About The Gal’s Guide Podcast Join us each week to learn different aspects of personal and collective well being. Each of our presenters […]

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Mother Jones

Debbi continues Rest as Resistance Month talking about Mother Jones. Learn about the activism of Mary G. Harris Jones to provide rest for the Industrial Workers of the World as well as transform child labor laws. Learning Theme of 2026 About The Gal’s Guide Podcast Join us each week to learn different aspects of personal […]

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Tye Leung Schulze

Leah finishes Political Change Month with the first Chinese woman to vote in America…and she was a pinball wizard. I know, I know seems like a jump but it’s a journey and we’re in it together. Learn all about Tye Leung Schulze in the final episode of Season 8. About The Gal’s Guide Podcast Join […]

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Jeannette Rankin

Katie continues Political Change Month by talking about Jeannette Rankin, the first woman to hold federal office in the United States. The Republican Representative for Montana in 1916 and again in 1940. To this date, Jeannette is the only congresswoman to have represented Montana. About The Gal’s Guide Podcast Join us on an adventure to […]

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Alice Roosevelt Longworth

Bonnie starts of Political Change Month with the infamous Alice Roosevelt. Have you heard the quote by her dad Theodore Roosevelt? “I can do one of two things. I can be President of the United States or I can control Alice Roosevelt. I cannot possibly do both.” Learn why on this week’s episode. About The […]

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Lady Eleanor Butler & Sarah Ponsonby

Leah wraps up Defiance Month with a pair of queer Irish ladies that she found so adorably defiant that she just wanted to be in their orbit and share their story. Remember Leah is high on cold medicine as she talks about Lady Eleanor Butler & Sarah Ponsonby. The Ladies of Llangollen were two upper-class […]

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National Organization for Women (N.O.W.)

Julie continues Defiance Month by talking about N.O.W. The National Organization for Women. About The Gal’s Guide Podcast Join us on an adventure to get to know famous and infamous women from around the world. Each of our presenters has a pick. Is she ancient history? Is she breaking news? Is she safe for work? […]

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Mirabal Sisters

Katie continues courage month, talking about sisters. The Mirabal Sisters courageously defied the foul dictator, Rafael Trujillo, known as el Jefe. Patria, Minerva, and Maria Teresa are national heroines of the Dominican Republic and the sisters in the book In the Time of Butterflies written by Julia Alvarez. About The Gal’s Guide Podcast Join us […]

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Victoria Woodhull

Bonnie starts of courage month with a gal who was so courageous she ran for President of the United States before women even had the right to vote. Learn about the unique history of Victoria Woodhull, a woman who was certainly ahead of her time! About The Gal’s Guide Podcast Join us on an adventure […]

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SlutWalk

Katie continues Freedom Month, talking about SlutWalk – an international movement. SlutWalk were protests to stop people asking “what was she wearing” when discussing rape and sexual assault victims. A call to end slut-shamming as well as ending rape culture. About The Gal’s Guide Podcast Join us on an adventure to get to know famous […]

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Georgia Gilmore

Julie continues Solidarity Month at Gal’s Guide. Julie tells us Georgia Gilmore who used food as a connecting and fundraising tool for the Montgomery Bus Boycott movement. She was the rebel gal behind the “Club from Nowhere.” About The Gal’s Guide Podcast Join us on an adventure to get to know famous and infamous women […]

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Ani Pachen

Riwo wraps up resistance month talking about the Tibetan warrior nun, Ani Pachen. About The Gal’s Guide Podcast Join us on an adventure to get to know famous and infamous women from around the world. Each of our presenters has a pick. Is she ancient history? Is she breaking news? Is she safe for work? […]

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Vigdís Finnbogadóttir

Bonnie continues Scandinavian Gal Month with the first woman in the world to be democratically elected as president. Learn about Vigdís Finnbogadóttir the president of Iceland from 1980-1996. About The Gal’s Guide Podcast Join us on an adventure to get to know famous and infamous women from around the world. Each of our presenters has […]

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Viola Desmond

Canada Month continues! This time Katie tells us about the civil rights activist Viola Desmond. She made history when she refused to leave her seat in the Roseland Theater. This Black Nova Scotian challenged Canadian segregation. Today she’s on the $10 bill. Learn about this amazing woman on today’s episode. About The Gal’s Guide Podcast […]