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In this episode of "Women Making History," meet Cleopatra VII, the last pharaoh of Egypt. Born into the Macedonian Greek dynasty in 69 BCE, Cleopatra defied societal norms by receiving an exceptional education and proving her remarkable intelle
This week's episode of the Women Making History Podcast spotlights the extraordinary life and work of Isabella Preston, a trailblazing horticulturist. 🌺 From her early days maintaining the family garden to becoming a leading figure in the wor
🛩️ In this episode, we shine a spotlight on the trailblazing Elsie MacGill, the first practicing Canadian woman engineer and an icon of resilience and determination. Elsie's journey was filled with groundbreaking achievements that shattered
This week's history-making woman, Rosalie Trombley, was known as the Girl with the Golden Ear, is credited for launching several Canadian musicians into stardom, and was one of the most influential people in radio history.Listen on 91x FMYou ca
This week's history making woman, Mabel Fairbanks, resisted racism, created her own path to success in an elitist sport, and was the first Black honoree in the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame. Listen on 91x FMYou can listen to episode
This week’s history-making woman, Hide Hyodo Shimizu, defied racism and received awards and accolades for her work in education and advocating for the rights of Japanese Canadians, ultimately earning her a place in the Order of Canada.(photo co
This week’s history making woman, Barbara Walters, was a trailblazing journalist, won two Emmy Awards for best interviewer, and was named to the Hall of Fame of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. (photo courtesy Lynn Gilbert)Listen on
This week’s history making woman, Delores Huerta, is an American civil rights icon, activist, and a leader in the first farmworker union contracts.Listen on 91x FMYou can listen to episodes of "Women Making History" on 91x FM on Wednesdays at 9
This week’s history-making woman, Jackie Jarrell, is a two-time world champion, has earned medals of all colours, was named Belleville, Ontario's Athlete of the year in 2012, and has been featured as a “woman breaking barriers” in the National
This week's history making woman, Fannie Farmer, was a culinary science expert, wrote a cook book that remains a best-seller after over 100 years, and revolutionized cooking for the home cook.Listen on 91x FMYou can listen to episodes of "Women
This week's history making woman, Agatha Christie, is the best-selling novelist of all time, author of the world's longest running play, and her works have been translated into over 100 languages worldwide.Listen on 91x FMYou can listen to epis
This week’s history-making woman, Alfonsina Strada, opposed society to participate in her sport, held the women's cycling speed record for 26 years, and was the first, and so far, only woman to race in the Giro d'Italia.Listen on 91x FMYou can
This week’s history making woman, Nichelle Nichols, was a singer and dancer before she blazed a trail for black women on the screen and inspired women and minorities to become astronauts.(image courtesy Gage Skidmore)Listen on 91x FMYou can lis
This week's history making woman, Josee Kurtz, has plenty of "firsts" for women under belt, such as first woman to command a Canadian naval warship and first woman to command Canada's Royal Military College in Kingston , but she says she does
This week's history making woman, Marie Dressler, was considered one of the greatest comedians of her generation, earned a Best Actress Oscar, was the first woman to be on the cover of TIME magazine, and was, at one time, the highest paid movi
This week's history making woman, Grace Annie Lockhart, was the first woman in the British Empire to earn a Bachelor's degree, and was an advocate for a woman's right to receive a higher education, and for women's suffrage and pay equality. Li
This week's history making woman, Edith Monture, broke barriers for Indigenous women by becoming the first Indigenous woman to become a registered nurse in Canada and to gain the right to vote in a Canadian federal election. Listen on 91x FMYo
This week's history making woman is a recipient of the 2022 Top 25 Women of Influence Lifetime Achievement Award, began her career in the Nunavik education system, and is one of the world's most well-known human rights and environmental advocat
This week’s history making woman came to the United States as a refugee in 1948, was a forceful defender of democracy and human rights, and rose to become the USA’s first woman Secretary of State – considered to be that nation’s highest ranking
This week’s history making woman lived in the eighteenth century and was an inventor, business-woman, and expert in the art of both delivering babies and teaching other women how to do the same. Angélique Marguerite Le Boursier du Coudray laun
This week’s history making woman is the daughter of a refugee has traveled from her birthplace of Peace River, Alberta to the world political stage where she tangled with former United States President Donald Trump in negotiating a new North A
This week’s history making woman started her career as a journalist, became a social activist, wrote thirty books, was named a member of the Order of Canada, and was known as “Canada’s Conscience”.Listen on 91x FM You can listen to episodes of
This week’s history making woman started her career as a bartender, earned a Bachelor of Applied Science in agricultural business operations , and has risen up the ranks to become the first woman Assistant Distiller at the world famous Jack Dan
Known as the “Grandmother of Communism” and an accomplished public speaker and politician, this woman who made history once took on Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party and also founded International Women’s Day. Clara Zetkin worked her entire life
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