Happy International Women's Day

Ooops!  We missed the actual date of International Women's Day.  But that doesn't mean you should miss this episode!  In honour of International Women's Day  (and month), Liz and Dakota talk about 7 interesting women from history, including:

1. Khutulun - a Mongolian wrestling princess
2.  Ching Shih - the Pirate Lord and terror of the South China Seas
3.  Hatshepsut - the Egyptian Pharaoh who built and traded widely during 1400 BCE
4.  Ada Lovelace - the mother of computer programming
5. Bessie Coleman - airplane stuntwoman extraordinaire, and  the first female Black and Indigenous pilot
6. Gertrude Ederle - Record breaking and making swimmer - the first lady to swim the English Channel
7. Queen Boudica of the Iceni - Celtic warrior queen, and Liz's new hero.

This episode contains 7 wonderful stories from history, highlighting the amazing feats of some extraordinary women.

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Source Material:
https://www.rejectedprincesses.com/princesses/khutulun

https://allthatsinteresting.com/khutulun#:~:text=Khutulun%2C%20the%20only%20daughter%20of,Khutulun%20was%20his%20favorite%20child.

https://allthatsinteresting.com/ching-shih

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatshepsut

https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/hatshepsut

https://www.biography.com/scholar/ada-lovelace

https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/bessie-coleman

https://www.factinate.com/people/42-heroic-facts-queen-boudicca-scourge-romans/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Boudicca

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Ederle

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