Womanica
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Thinking back to our history classes growing up, we had one question: Where the ladies at? Enter, Womanica. In just 5 minutes a day, learn about different incredible women from throughout history. On Wonder Media Network's award-winning podcast, we're telling the stories of women you may or may not know — but definitely should.
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Rose Valland (1898-1980) was an art historian and curator based in Paris during the Nazi occupation. She hid in plain sight as a secretary, documenting the shipments of artistic masterpieces out of France, and is responsible for the discovery and protection of over 60,000 pieces of looted artwork.
For Further Reading:
Monuments Men and Women: Rose Valland
Rose Valland: Art Historian Turned Spy To Save Art From Nazis
Rose Valland, The Heroine Who Saved Nazi-Looted Art
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Sugawara no Takasue no musume (1008 - c. 1059), or Takasue’s daughter, was the author of “Sarashina Nikki,” or “Sarashina Diary,” a well-known book providing an in-depth look at life during Japan’s Heian period. While the book remains prolific and relevant even today, we don’t know the author's name.
For Further Reading:
Heian Period (794–1185)
The Sarashina Diary: A Woman’s Life in Eleventh Century Japan
The Tale of Genji: A Japanese Classic Illuminated
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Anastasia Romanov (1901-1918) was the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, the last Tsar of Russia. Her death was hotly debated for years, as she was believed to have survived her family’s execution.
For Further Reading:
A Romanov Fantasy: Life at the court of Anna Anderson
The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra
OTMA - The Romanov Sisters
Will the Real Anastasia Romanov Please Stand Up?
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Marguerite de la Rocque (c. 1542) was meant to disappear. That’s what her older relative, Sieur de Roberval, intended to happen when he marooned Marguerite on an uninhabited Canadian island. But against all odds, she survived instead.
For Further Reading:
The Elusive Isle of Demons | Worlds Revealed
LA ROQUE, MARGUERITE DE – Volume I (1000-1700) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Alone Among Demons: Marguerite de la Roque
Meet Marguerite de Roberval, Canada’s female Robinson Crusoe
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Womanica
1w ago
Barbara Newhall Follet (1914-unknown) was an American child prodigy novelist. She published two books before she was a teenager and wrote poetry as well. When she was in her twenties, she left her house after fighting with her husband and was never seen again.
For Further Reading:
Farksolia: Barbara Newhall Follett’s life and letters
Barbara Newhall Follett: A Life in Letters
Vanishing Act
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Clara Bow (1905-1965) was an American film star of the 1920s. Her flapper persona helped bring about the “it” girl and popularize the fads of the era. Her sudden retirement at the age of 28 essentially erased her from later films as the studio system grew, but she left an undeniable imprint on film history.
For Further Reading:
Clara Bow: Biography
Hollywood Walk of Fame
Clara Bow: the hard-partying jazz-baby airbrushed from Hollywood history
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Irmgard Keun (1905-1982) was a best-selling novelist in Germany in the early 1930s. After she ran afoul of Nazi censorship, she became an exiled, “anti-German” expatriate hiding from the Nazi regime. That’s when she was reported dead by suicide. But was that really the full story?
For Further Reading:
The Extraordinary Disappearing Act of a Novelist Banned by the Nazis | History| Smithsonian Magazine
Novelist Irmgard Keun's Weimar-era tales find a new audience – DW – 08/01/2011
The Second Life of Irmgard Keun - The Millions
How Irmgard Keun's fiction captured a generation of bold ..read more
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Nadine Hwang (1902-1972) was a Chinese pilot, a lesbian writer’s driver, a foreign diplomat, and a resistance fighter. In 1944, she was captured by Nazisand vanished into the Ravensbruck concentration camp – where she endured inhumane conditions, and, met the love of her life.
For Further Reading (And Watching!)
Mysterious Displays of Will
The story of Nadine Hwang: The ‘Chinese Joan of Arc’
Nelly and Nadine
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2w ago
Petra Herrera (1887-1916) was a soldadera who dressed and lived under the name Pedro Herrera. While disguised as a man, she fought with the insurgent troops of the Mexican Revolution and reached incredible heights — but once it revealed she was a woman, she was refused military rank and removed from the army. Afterwards, she served undercover once again, this time, as a spy.
For Further Reading:
The Mexican Revolutionary who Fought for Freedom
Mexican Revolutionary Petra Herrera Posed as a Man to Fight for Her Country
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2w ago
Artemisia Gentileschi (1593- c.1656) was an Italian Baroque painter. She was one of the most accomplished 17th century artists, painting naturalistic depictions of forms and figures. But, her achievements have often been overshadowed by scandals in her personal life.
For Further Reading:
A Fuller Picture of Artemisia Gentileschi
Isn’t She Good – For a Woman?
Artemisia’s Moment
Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi
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