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    Not the Last Tasmanians
    Marva Yates
    • Feb 13, 2021
    • 1 min

    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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    German Valkyries Melitta Von Stauffenberg and Hanna Reitsch
    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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    Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary: Mary Astell and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
    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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    A (sort of) Matriarchal Dynasty: Asma and Arwa al-Sulayhi
    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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    Mean or Misunderstood? Sisterhood in King Lear
    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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    Daughters of Anarchy: Voltairine de Cleyre and Emma Goldman
    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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    Saints and Sisters: Santa Teresa de Ávila and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
    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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    Stunning Sisters: Models of the Pre-Raphaelite Sisterhood
    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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    Medieval Queens pt 3: Margaret of Anjou and Jacquetta of Luxembourg
    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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    Live Fast, Die Young: Kitty Fisher and Maria Coventry
    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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    Mysticism or Madness? Margery Kempe and Julian of Norwich
    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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    Medieval Queens pt 2: The Isabellas
    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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    Women's Health from Hysteria to Hysterectomy
    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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    The Founding Mothers
    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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    The Founding Sisters: Eliza and Angelica Schuyler
    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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    Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and Claire Clairmont
    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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    Madame C.J. Walker and Annie Turnbo Malone
    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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    Eleanor and Matilda
    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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