The History Chicks

This season wrap-up and FAQ episode is a question and answer grab bag. We posted a call for questions which we answer in this episode, as well as some odds and ends we thought would be fun...

While doing research for the Helen Keller podcast, we both gained an admiration for Anne Sullivan Macy and thought she deserved a little spotlight time all her own. Of course, much of her story is intertwined with that of Helen, but she was a strong, smart, brave woman who lived a life previously un...

Upper middle class Victorian New England: Polite conversations, genteel ladies, dapper gentlemen, beautiful architecture, and a 32 year old spinster taking a hatchet to her parents. Or did she? The woman that we discuss in this episode was propelled into the center of a media frenzy and controversy...

Beckett and Susan cover books six through nine of the Little House on the Prairie series of books by Laura Ingalls Wilder...

Channel your inner pioneer. Think tall plains grasses, humble and hardworking people who knew what it meant to carve a life out of the rugged terrain. The woman we talk about this week is remembered for romanticizing her childhood and for sporting a really, sweet bonnet. But her reality was not all...

Beckett and Susan discuss an often-misunderstood figure in history. Made infamous by the social media of her day, this queen has left a legacy of misunderstanding in her wake...

Any resemblance to a boring history class is purely coincidental! Beckett and Susan give you the inside scoop on the stories behind the women in history. In a conversational style, the two co-hosts share what they've learned about the women (both real and fictional) throughout history, busting myths...