Gals Guide
Riwo starts off Scandinavian Gal Month with Swedish royalty who saved her country with alcohol! Learn all about the gal with a brain for science, Eva Ekeblad! 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 […]
Katie finishes up American Farmers Month with the Indigenous peoples’ mythos of planting corn, beans, and squash. 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 […]
Before there was Rosie the Riveter, there were the Farmerettes. Riwo shares the history of the gals who were called to help America by being farmers. 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. […]
Debbi shares her American farmer gal, Harriet Williams Russell strong. Harriet was pivotal to water conservation in California. She was also known as the “Walnut Queen” and held 5 patents. Learn all about this innovative woman. About The Gal’s Guide Podcast Join us on an adventure to get to know famous and infamous women from […]
We’re Back! It’s been a bit of a break but we’ve found our way out of the cornfields and back to the Gal’s Guide Library to talk about American farmer gals. First up is Bonnie’s pick, Rith Imogen Stout the “no-work” garden method author. Videos About The Gal’s Guide Podcast Join us on an adventure […]
Riwo closes up Canada Month with her “TV mom” and a major happiness factor in her life, Catherine O’Hara. This talented comedian is the mom in Schitt’s Creek, the mom in Beetlejuice, and the mom in Home Alone. But to Riwo she’s so much more. UPDATE: No podcast episode in August as Riwo will be […]
Gal’s Guide Library is one of 30 organizations supporting the Hoosiers reading All That She Carried by Tiya Miles. We have free copies of this amazing book as well as signature events to help bring the community together in meaningful ways. Free Copy! Thanks to Indiana Humanities we have a limited number of free copies […]
Barb tells the tale of the first female publisher in Canada, Mary Ann Shadd Cary. Mary was born and died in the United States but her time in Canada was marked by her creation of the newspaper Provincial Freeman, a weekly paper starting in 1853 that circulated around southern Ontario that advocated equality, integration, and […]
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 […]
Riwo’s has gone rogue. She has as her pick an ancient site in what is now Turkey. Çatalhöyük has many twists and turns. It is a journey through some problematic guys. But Çatalhöyük, was said to be ruled by women 9000 years ago. About The Gal’s Guide Podcast Join us on an adventure to get […]
Gals Guide