Not the Last Tasmanians
In this episode we are covering the tragic lives of the two women who are often considered the "last Tasmanians". They survived torture...
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Marva Yates
- Feb 13, 2021
- 1 min
German Valkyries Melitta Von Stauffenberg and Hanna Reitsch
In this 2 part episode we are talking about a different kind of sistory. In our most modern episode yet we talk about the female World...
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Sabrina Yates
- Feb 12, 2021
- 1 min
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary: Mary Astell and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
Mary Astell and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu had a lot more in common than their names. They also had a record book full of firsts— the...
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Sabrina Yates
- Jan 20, 2021
- 1 min
A (sort of) Matriarchal Dynasty: Asma and Arwa al-Sulayhi
It's rare to come across a dynasty that was ruled entirely by women, but we were lucky enough to find one for this episode! Asma Bint...
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Sabrina Yates
- Nov 18, 2020
- 1 min
Mean or Misunderstood? Sisterhood in King Lear
This episode was a Sistory Untold first! We talked about three fictional women: Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia in William Shakespeare's...
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Sabrina Yates
- Nov 4, 2020
- 1 min
Daughters of Anarchy: Voltairine de Cleyre and Emma Goldman
In this episode, we talk about Voltairine de Cleyre and Emma Goldman, two American-based anarchafeminists who stood up to women’s rights...
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Sabrina Y.
- Oct 7, 2020
- 1 min
Saints and Sisters: Santa Teresa de Ávila and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
This particular story (or sistory, I should say) starts in 16th century Spain and ends in 17th century New Spain.
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Sabrina Y.
- Oct 6, 2020
- 1 min
Stunning Sisters: Models of the Pre-Raphaelite Sisterhood
I used to really hate the Victorian era. I found it stuffy and austere compared to the somewhat unhinged 18th century before it. But...
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Marva Yates
- Sep 11, 2020
- 1 min
Medieval Queens pt 3: Margaret of Anjou and Jacquetta of Luxembourg
Sources Jacquetta of Luxembourg, Duchess of Bedford and Lady Rivers (c. 1416-1472) by LUCIA DIAZ PASCUAL She-Wolves The Women Who Ruled...
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Marva Yates
- Sep 11, 2020
- 1 min
Live Fast, Die Young: Kitty Fisher and Maria Coventry
Sources https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/55384885/Fisher.pdf?1514390467=&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3DThe_Lives...
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Sabrina Y.
- Aug 20, 2020
- 2 min
Mysticism or Madness? Margery Kempe and Julian of Norwich
If you listened to our last episode "Mysticism or Madness: Margery Kempe and Julian of Norwich" you know how fascinating and unusual the...
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Marva Yates
- Aug 2, 2020
- 1 min
Medieval Queens pt 2: The Isabellas
In the second instalment of our Medieval queens series we talk about two powerful, if not a little crazy, women named Isabella. The first...
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Sabrina Y.
- Jul 23, 2020
- 3 min
Women's Health from Hysteria to Hysterectomy
From ancient Egypt through the 20th century, hysteria (Greek for "wandering womb") seemed to plague women around the world.
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Sabrina Y.
- Jul 12, 2020
- 2 min
The Founding Mothers
In our last blog post and podcast abuot the Schuyler Sisters, you learned all about the women from this prominent New York family and of...
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Marva Yates
- Jul 8, 2020
- 1 min
The Founding Sisters: Eliza and Angelica Schuyler
Not only do we think that the historical Schuyler sisters are fascinating, (you will too if you listen to episode 4 of Sistory untold)...
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Sabrina Y.
- Jul 1, 2020
- 2 min
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and Claire Clairmont
These sisters lived together throughout the first two decades of the 19th century and were extremely close companions.
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Sabrina Y.
- Jun 29, 2020
- 1 min
Madame C.J. Walker and Annie Turnbo Malone
Thanks for listening to the very first episode of Sistory Untold! Assuming you listened... if not then go away and don't come back until...
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Marva Yates
- Jun 29, 2020
- 1 min
Eleanor and Matilda
If you have listened to the episode Empress Matilda and Queen Eleanor of Sistory Untold you will know all about the lives, loves and...
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