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Gal’s Guide Podcast – Women’s Suffrage Goodies

It’s Women’s History Month and a new group of gal-pals have gathered together with their 1 cool thing they want to share with you. This week Bonnie is up first and gives you 70 years of American suffrage history told in quotes, stories, and juicy rumors. Full Episode YouTube Version Show Notes & Extras: This […]

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Bonnie’s Painting Goodies List

Books, exhibits, and movies, Bonnie Fillenwarth has gathered together a painting gals goodies list for you to check out for Painting Month. Victoria Finlay’s Color: A Natural History of the Palette A wonderful book that goes through where all those colors come from. Finlay was often the first woman to enter spaces where these materials […]

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November Meeting

November’s theme is #BookGals! Paulette Hoover, as a retired elementary school teacher of 31 years, has taught thousands of children and gained many fond and fantastic memories throughout her career. Her experiences with her students and her four children have encouraged her to write books for all children to develop a love for reading. She […]

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Gal’s Guide Podcast – Book Gals

All about the books and the gals who write them. Lisa Leo is back controlling the time machine and joined by gal-pals Dr. Leah Leach and Bonnie Fillenwarth to talk autobiographies on famous ladies, and fiction authors J.K. Rowling and Beth Frear.  Who’s your favorite #BookGal? Your Host: Lisa Leo Gal Pals: Dr. Leah Leach […]

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Her Life, Her Words: Inspiring Female Autobiographies

Gal’s Guide specializes in stories of inspiring gals of history. Whether it’s research for our podcast Your Gal Friday or our monthly meetings, nothing is better than learning about a gal in her own words. Autobiography, memoir, or essay there is always a bit of insight to guide you in your own life. If any […]

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Bonnie’s STEM Goodies List

Books, plays, movies and apps, Bonnie Fillenwarth has gathered together a #STEMgals goodies list for you to devour. Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science and the World by Rachel Swaby This is a really great book that covers all kinds of women from different backgrounds and scientific fields, medicine, paleontology, physics, mathematics, chemistry, and more. […]

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Ellen DeGeneres – Your Gal Friday

Today we are talking about a funny gal whose observational humor led her onto the biggest gigs for a comedian, followed by multiple shows featuring her name, books, award show hosting duties and a presidential medal of freedom. But there was a time when we turned our back on her. Today we’re going to spread […]

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My Support System is Books

Sometimes when you are lost in the endless cold that is winter in Indiana it can be a challenge to see where support can come from. You probably see articles and list of great resources and know that picking up the phone to call your closest dearest people will help…but sometimes for me it feels […]

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J.K. Rowling – Your Gal Friday

Today we are talking about a gal who has sold more than 400 million copies of her books, got children excited to read massive page-turners,  won multiple awards including being named the Most Influential Woman in Britain, and unlike like the other gals we’ve talked about in the series so far, she’s still alive and […]

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J.K. Rowling – Mini-Cast – Your Gal Friday

This week we try something new. We present to you a little behind the scenes of our process. In this mini-cast we talk about our preparation for next week’s full episode of author J.K. Rowling. In this quick episode, Kate & Phoebe talk about what they already knew as well as what they are looking […]