Gals Guide
There is something beautiful, delicate and wonderfully technical about patent drawings. Commonly brought up on Your Gal Friday episodes these patents not only key history evidence but insight to an inventors skill and genius. Maria Beasley – Life Raft Marie Van Brittan Brown – Home Security System Josephine Cochrane – Automatic Dishwasher Mary Phelps Jacob […]
It’s #G3CostumeMonth and we’re honored to be joined by fashion designer Catherine Fritsch. Catherine is the owner of Mercurious Designs and a designer at Rue Violet. She has an extensive resume of costumes for stage performances, mascots, and she even worked as a seamstress for the Superbowl with Madonna! Join us in talking about the creative process of […]
We’re super proud of our student-friendly podcast Your Gal Friday. Launched in 2017, it has released remarkable episodes about gals of history. The show even an award for Best Family Podcast. So we thought why not celebrate the legacy of these gals a little more by giving you some awesome Halloween costuming ideas. Annie Jump […]
From Calamity Jane to Carrie Bradshaw we collected our favorite empowering quotes by women about clothes showing the variety of ways women embrace or reject clothes. 1.“I think fashion is a lot of fun. I love clothes. More than fashion or brand labels, I love design. I love the thought that people put into clothes. […]
In this special episode of Your Gal Friday we talk about 4 early film pioneers that created the framework for movies today spanning from 1896-1982. The 4 gals in this episode are: Alice Guy Blache, Lois Weber, Dorothy Arzner and Margaret Booth. Click here for the full podcast episode in an audio player on your computer/device. […]
As you may know, Drunk History is a hilarious yet informative show on Comedy Central. Starting as a web series in 2007, the premise of the show is that your story teller is very drunk but they are telling you about a true moment in history. The reenactments incorporate the drunk storyteller foibles and the […]
1. Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historic Park Richmond, California Educational and interactive exhibits of Rosie the Riveter and World War II. Official Website 2. Jane Addams Hull House Museum Chicago, Illinois Hull House was a settlement house in the United States that was co-founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr. […]
Alisha Roberts is our special guest speaker for the March Gal’s Guide Meetup. She is going to be talking to us about about Femmes and Food: Finding Out Identity in What We Eat. This is going to be a fantastic and insightful meeting. Bring a friend! Thursday, March 30 7pm-9pm Barley Island 639 Conner Street […]
Hollywood – getting the job When we talk about Hollywood we are talking about the “Big Six” studios and all the little companies they own; specifically, Universal, Fox, Disney, Sony, Paramount, and Warner Brothers. The Big Six release only 1/7th of the films out there but they dominate at the box office. When we think […]
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