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Ellen “Nellie” Cashman

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, […]

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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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Maggie Lena Walker

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 […]

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Katharine Dexter McCormick

Bonnie starts our monthly theme, Financial Health & Security, by talking about Katharine Dexter McCormick. Katharine was a rich lady, a suffragist, and helped fund the first birth control pill. 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 […]