There were so many women involved in World War I, both on the Front Lines and on the home front. Matron Adelaide Maud Kellett was on the hospital ship at Gallipoli and later ran a hospital for soldiers who had lost limbs. In this episode Kelly Chase reads out the words of Adelaide herself in this touching tribute to the women who served in World War One. If you want other episodes of women of WWI, check out: The Poppy Ladies Annie Wheeler Mother of Queenslanders Maria Bochkareva and the Russian Women's Battalion of Death Click to join my mailing list Teachers Pay Teachers Store Grab a copy of ..read more

Meet Carry A Nation the Bar Smashing Prohibitionist who supported women who were victims of domestic violence related to alcoholism. Click to join my mailing list Teachers Pay Teachers Store Grab a copy of History, Her Story, Our Story from Amazon!   If you would like to support the podcast, you and Buy Me a Coffee Write a review on Podchaser, Apple or Spotify. The History Detective Season 1 & 2 Album is  now available on Spotify and all of your music streaming services. Contact: Twitter @HistoryDetect, Instagram @HistoryDetective9, email  historydetective9@gmail.com Histor ..read more

Meet Sophie Scholl and her brother Hans Scholl, 2 university students who were members of the White Rose resistance group during the Nazi Regime. Grab a copy of History, Her Story, Our Story from Amazon! Click to join my mailing list Teachers Pay Teachers Store Grab a copy of History, Her Story, Our Story from Amazon!   If you would like to support the podcast, you and Buy Me a Coffee Write a review on Podchaser, Apple or Spotify. The History Detective Season 1 & 2 Album is  now available on Spotify and all of your music streaming services. Contact: Twitter @HistoryDetect, Insta ..read more

You have probably heard the viral song Makeba on Tiktok, but did you know that the song is about the South African singer and Human Rights activist Miriam Makeba?   Episode on Soweto Uprising Episode on Lydia Kompe Episode on Apartheid 101 Click to join my mailing list Teacher Pay Teacher Store If you would like to support the podcast, you and Buy Me a Coffee Write a review on Podchaser, Apple or Spotify. The History Detective Season 1 & 2 Album is  now available on Spotify and all of your music streaming services. Contact: Twitter @HistoryDetect, Instagram @HistoryDetective9, e ..read more

Have you ever wondered how the poppy became the international symbol of remembrance? It was the work of 2 women: Moina Michael and Anna Guérin. Learn their fascinating story in this episode. History, Her Story, Our Story: But the book on Amazon! Click to join my mailing list Teacher Pay Teacher Store If you would like to support the podcast, you and Buy Me a Coffee Write a review on Podchaser, Apple or Spotify. The History Detective Season 1 & 2 Album is  now available on Spotify and all of your music streaming services. Accompanying teaching resources for season 1-4 episodes can be f ..read more

Discover the stark realities of workhouses, which were intended to provide shelter and employment for the impoverished but often became prisons for the most vulnerable members of society, including women, children, and the elderly. Explore the cruel conditions, child labor, and the shocking abuses these young souls endured. Click to join my mailing list Teachers Pay Teachers resource for this episode If you would like to support the podcast, you and Buy Me a Coffee Write a review on Podchaser, Apple or Spotify. The History Detective Season 1 & 2 Album is  now available on Spotify and ..read more

My new book, History, Her Story, Our Story: Inspirational Women Who Shaped Our World is released in the world today! Link to the paperback version Link to the Kindle Version ..read more

History Detective takes you on a journey through the eyes of the courageous students of Soweto who, in 1976, decided to rise against injustice. We explore the harrowing events of that fateful day, where peaceful protests turned into a turning point in the struggle for freedom. Click to join my mailing list If you would like to support the podcast, you and Buy Me a Coffee Write a review on Podchaser, Apple or Spotify. The History Detective Season 1 & 2 Album is  now available on Spotify and all of your music streaming services. Accompanying teaching resources for season 1-4 episodes ca ..read more

Now if you have been one of the people swept up in the TV show Alone, you are going to love this episode, because Ada Blackjack, is a woman, who makes the Alone contestants look like amateurs. Ada Blackjack was stranded on Wrangle Island, in the Arctic Ocean, for more than 2 years. Her four male explorer companions all perished in the harrowing conditions. Not only that, when she arrived on Wrangle Island, she had zero survival skills. Everything she learned, she taught herself after the men had disappeared and died. Click to join my mailing list Find Underestimate Me Lyric Video on YouTube If ..read more

In the last few years, I have started to hear a lot more about a holiday in the US called Juneteenth. I knew that it was a significant event connected to the end of slavery, but this episode does a wonderful job at explaining the significance of Juneteenth and tells the story of the activist Miss Opal Lee who fought to make Juneteenth an official national holiday in America. In 2021, she was finally successful.  Listen to The Ten News Podcast on Spotify or Apple  or wherever you get your podcasts ..read more