Rebel Women Podcast

In the first episode of Rebel Women Podcast, Marie Curie makes her appearance. A double Nobel Prize winner, once in physics and once in chemistry, Marie Curie was an incredible woman who discovered radioactivity and two elements. In this episode, your host, Ana Heermann, covers her young life and education, her journey to the discovery of polonium and radium, her later life after winning her first and second Nobel Prizes, and her contribution during WWI. While an hour is not nearly enough to cover every detail of her life, a decent snapshot is provided. Sources and other information can be found at rebelwomenpodcast.com!

This week's Woman du Jour is the life of Dutch Jewish Resistance fighter, Selma van de Perre, née Velleman. In this episode, I delve into her life as a young, 20 something woman who works as a courier for those fighting the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, and is eventually captured and sentenced to prison in the infamous Ravensbrück concentration camp that was the only all female concentration camp. Her story makes up one of many women at the time that fought in ways people couldn't have imagined at that time (women in France couldn't even vote!).

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The subject of today's episode is the longest reigning king of Egypt, Hatshepsut! For over twenty years in the late 1400's BC, Hatshepsut would make the unprecedented move to claim the throne of Egypt as a woman and heir to her father's throne. After ascension, ancient Egypt would become one of the most prosperous ancient civilization that had ever existed on Earth. In this episode, her accomplishments and her contributions to ancient Egyptian religion and culture are covered, and the reason for her successful rule is illuminated.

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This week's episode brings us to the mid 1970's when the Watergate Scandal broke. The Rebel Woman of the day is Jill Wine-Banks who worked tirelessly on the Watergate prosecution team. Jill worked at a time where sexism was rampant, and women's rights had only just started taking shape in the forms of right to education, the right to access birth control, and the right to your own bank account. Jill helped to bring down a criminal president, and with history repeating, this episode felt relevant for the times!

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Who do you think of when I say, "Doctor," "Lawyer," or "Physicist?" By default, do you picture a man in those roles? Well I am here to change that with one Rebel Woman at a time! Tune in March 8th for the first of twelve episode, each featuring an ordinary woman that has done the extraordinary.

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