#HerStory 50 – Maria Montessori by Stacy Klingler
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#HerStory 49: Bea Arthur by Kelsey Brannan
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#HerStory 48: Zora Neale Hurston by Tonya Matthews
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#HerStory 47: Queen Elizabeth I by Katherine Kane
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How do you recommend a book on one of the most timeless figures in history? In addition to reading one of the countless books on Queen Elizabeth I, Katherine recommends surveying portraits of Elizabeth and visiting historic sites associated with Elizabeth. Here are two sites in the London environs:
#HerStory 46: Zitkala-Sa by Shelby Knox
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#HerStory 45: Alice Paul by Maggie Marconi
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#HerStory 44: Irena Sendler by Holly Kearl
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#HerStory 43: Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz by Tamara Hemmerlein
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#HerStory 42: Patsy Cline by Audrey Auld
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#HerStory 41: Ida B. Wells by Dina Bailey
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#HerStory 40: Ida Annah Ryan by Melissa Mannon
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*Image of Ida Annah Ryan courtesy of The Waltham Public Library.
#HerStory 39: M. Carey Thomas by Jennifer Redmond
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#HerStory 38: Eva Le Page by Gillian Mawson
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#HerStory 37: Katey Perugini by Lucinda Hawksley
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#HerStory 36: Augusta Savage by Ashley Remer
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#HerStory 35: Henrietta Lacks by Gloria L. Blackwell
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#HerStory 34: Annie Oakley by Teresa Bohannon
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#HerStory 33: Edna St. Vincent Millay by Cathy Grier
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#HerStory 32: Harriet Beecher Stowe by Jamie Glavic
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#HerStory 31: Wangari Maathai by Bonnie Koenig
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#HerStory 30: Anne Morrow Lindbergh by Michele Steckler
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#HerStory 29: Eleanor of Aquitaine by Ashlie Jensen
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*For a younger audience, and the tween in your life, Ashlie recommends:
#HerStory 28: Maya Deren by Pía Guerrero
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#HerStory 27: Emma Edmonds by Karen Abbott
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#HerStory 26: Emily Dickinson by Janice Formichella
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#HerStory 25: Anonymous by Christy Jones
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Christy also referenced several articles and a radio show in her discussion,
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#HerStory 24: Hannah Solomon by Donna Gutman
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#HerStory 23: Lady Bird Johnson by Barbara Frush
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#HerStory 22: Senda Berenson Abbott by Frances Davey
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#HerStory 21: Violette Szabo by Kaye Jones
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Kaye also recommends this book by Violette’s daughter:
#HerStory 20: Edna Buckman Kearns by Marguerite Kearns
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#HerStory 20 is a special episode to coincide with Mother’s Day in the U.S. This week’s guest shares the story of her grandmother’s involvement in the New York and Long Island grass roots Suffrage Campaign. Instead of a book recommendation for this week, Chick History recommends that you turn to your own family records, photo albums, letters, and whatever else you can dig out of the closet and explore your own family history!
#HerStory 19: Charlotte Brontë by Kristina Aikens
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#HerStory 18: Victoria Woodhull by Marceline White
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#HerStory 17: Elizabeth Van Lew by Kat Smutz
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#HerStory 16: Mary Pickford by Eloise Batic
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#HerStory 15: Martha Putney by Cindy Gueli
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#HerStory 14: Kate Warne by Lauren Silberman
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#HerStory 13: Margaret Mead by Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko
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Cinnamon also recommended Margaret Read’s autobiography Blackberry Winter: My Earlier Years
and the online exhibition at the Library of Congress.#HerStory 12: Dolley Madison by Kate Marks
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And be sure to check out the exhibit Saving Washington in the Center for Women’s History at the New York Historical Society — about the often-ignored women of the early republic, in particular Dolley Madison, whose legacy long outlived her time in the White House.
#HerStory 11: The Red Rose Girls by Janet K Lee
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#HerStory 10: Georgia O’Keeffe by Monica Casper
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#HerStory 9: Karen Blixen by Kristen Harbeson
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#HerStory 8: Katharine Lee Bates by Nancy VanReece
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#HerStory 7: Anne Hutchinson by Elizabeth Kerri Mahon
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#HerStory 6: Frida Kahlo by Tonantzin Warmoth
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#HerStory 5: Evelyn Nesbit by Maegan Carberry
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#HerStory 4: Cleopatra Selene by Stephanie Dray
#HerStory 3: Anne Bonny by Jennifer Lee
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#HerStory 2: Elizabeth Cady Stanton by Lisa Maatz
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#HerStory 1: Eleanor Roosevelt by Maggie McIntosh
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