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Dorothy Parker

Season 5’s Poetry Gals continues with the Gal Pals honoring National Poetry Month. with guest Barb Conlin. Katie’s choice? Dorothy Parker, one of the founders of The New Yorker. Show Notes & Extras Images About The Gal’s Guide Podcast What if you could only share 1 cool thing about a topic? Would it be about […]

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Phillis Wheatley

Season 5’s Poetry Gals kicks off with the Gal Pals in honor of National Poetry Month. with guest Barb Conlin. Bonnie’s choice? Phillis Wheatley, who is considered the first African-American author of a published book of poetry. Show Notes & Extras Bonnie’s YouTube Show: Circle City Seeds Images About The Gal’s Guide Podcast What if […]

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Black History Month

February is Black History Month, a wonderful time to learn more and celebrate the achievements of African-Americans and BIPOC around the world. Gal’s Guide Library is intentional in its displays, podcast, and spotlights to showcase Black women every month, but we love that there’s a nationwide movement in February and join the celebration wholeheartedly.

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Grace Wilson Evans

Edan talks about family in this week’s episode and we’re so glad she does because her great-grandmother is someone we all should know about. Grace Wilson Evans was a strong voice for Black people and women in Terra Haute, Indiana. She stood up to the KKK and love libraries. She’s an amazing gal!  Show Notes […]

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Juneteenth Read IN

Gal’s Guide Library is hosting a Juneteenth Read-IN. Invoking the spirit of civil rights sit-ins, the Gal’s Guide Library will be facilitating a space and books for people of all ages and ethnicities to come and sit and read a book about the African American experience. Bring a book. Borrow a book.Non Fiction or Fiction.Sit […]

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Corina Newsome

Amy tells us all about @Hood_Naturalist, Corina Newsome. Corina is not only a biologist who studies sparrows in Georgia but she is one of the founders of #BlackBirdersWeek. Amy also name drops many Black superstar scientists with socials who are making science much more inclusive and downright joyful!  Show Notes This month our Gal Pals […]

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Mary Seacole

It’s Black History month and we’re taking this opportunity to shine an amazing spotlight on Black women in STEM. Katie talks about nurse and entrepreneur, Mary Seacole. Voted the Best Black Britton, Mary Seacole is a Jamaican-Scottish gal who gave Florence Nightingale a run for her money. Learn a taste about the amazing gal from […]

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Frances Harper

It’s the start of Suffrage month and there are 5 gal-pals joined over Zoom this time to celebrate the 19th Amendment. Edan is up first talking about the African-American poet who has an Indiana connection to the Suffrage movement.  Show Notes Images Support the Show Like what we do? Want more? On our Patreon page you can […]

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Josephine Baker and her pet cheetah

This week the gal-pals talk about the mythic creature Josephine Baker. Josephine was a burlesque performer, a French spy, and a civil rights advocate who stood up to the KKK. She also walked her pet cheetah down the streets of Paris, had a goat in her dressing room and a pig living in her night […]

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Queen Nzinga

Learn about the African Queen who fought off the slave trade for 30 years! Edan shares the exciting story Queen Nzinga, a bad-ass ruler brought her own chair to a conference. Don’t worry it will all make sense. The gal-pals also have fun with languages, escape rooms, and getting their brain around which way the […]