We need your help! Gal's Guide is a 100% volunteer staff. We are a small organization with a big history-making mission. We're trying to build the first lending-library of women's history in the United States. We can use all the help we can get! We need gals and guys to help catalog our collection, prep … Continue reading Volunteer at Gal’s Guide!
Black Friday. Small Business Saturday. Cyber Monday. Giving Tuesday. What is Giving Tuesday? (from GivingTuesday.org) Giving Tuesday is a global generosity movement unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world on December 3, 2019 and every day. It was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that … Continue reading #GivingTuesday 2019
Last episode of the season!! Leah talks about the life and immortality of Henrietta Lacks. Even though Henrietta wasn't a doctor or nurse because of her there have been over 74,000 studies that have lead to treatments and vaccines for polio, HPV, cancers and more. The gals also talk about the best things they have … Continue reading Henrietta Lacks
Have you heard of the Apgar score given to newborn babies? For Kerra's 1 cool thing she talks about the fascinating woman who invented the score, Virginia Apgar. The gal pals also talk about their most frightening medical issues and how they survived them. YouTube Version https://youtu.be/bLFqxliCqYY Show Notes & Links Previous in Medical Month … Continue reading Virginia Apgar
Katie pays us a little home doctor’s visit by telling us the story of nursing pioneer Lillian Wald. Founder of the Henry Street Settlement she believed that health care should be available to all and convinced more women to enter a career in medicine. The gal pals also talk about fighting for their health, birth … Continue reading Lillian Wald
It's the start of medicine month and Leah has a quick story on the history of women in the medical field (AKA how they lead it, were kicked out of it, then encourage to come back to it.) The gal-pals then have a blast talking about the history of menstrual products. Did you know you … Continue reading Menstrual Cups
Gal’s Guide is building the first independent women’s history library. Each month we push to expand our collection to include a diverse look at women from different backgrounds, occupations, and regions. This month we want to expand our coverage of women in medicine. Here are the top 20 books we would love to add to the library! Women … Continue reading We Need Medical Books
So many of us are more than one thing. In our second only interview, Gal's Guide sat down with the CEO of Starbase Indy, Lisa Meece to get to know the 360 degrees of Lisa. This amazing gal found her people at Star Trek convention and not only became the CEO but runs a variety of … Continue reading Boldly Go! Interview with Lisa Meece, CEO of Starbase Indy
This time there is actually a bug in the computer and we're talking about the gal who found it! Bonnie's 1 Cool STEM Thing is all about the lady with a long name whose work was pivotal to early modern computers. Rear Admiral Grace Brewster Murray Hopper created the first computer language and wrote the … Continue reading Grace Hopper
Kate's Take is back! Recorded LIVE at Starbase Indy Kate Chaplin is joined by Joshua Leach to talk about the universal messages and lessons in the Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan. They discuss how the movie deals with themes of old age, revenge, and the Kobayashi Maru. (Originally aired December 2016). This is the … Continue reading Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan – Kate’s Take Podcast
