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This is not a happily-ever-after fairytale. Catherine de Medici's life before and after her marriage into a royal family was both chaotic and dangerous.

With personal sacrifice, determination, organization, and a talent for spectacle, Alice Paul moved the needle of public opinion through acts of resistance.

In a land fraught with turbulence and oppression, Miep Gies helped to shelter and supply Anne Frank's family (and others) while they were in hiding from the Nazis; an act of civil disobedience that wa...

We wrap up Women's History Month with this bonus episode, a very...very rare author interview with Anne Sebba. We talk about her newest book, her former books, and her process.

Georgia Gilmore was not only an unsung hero of the American Civil Rights movement, but an example of the power of one person to help change the course of a country.

Josephine Bonaparte and Eugénie Bonaparte were related by marriage, and separated by only a generation, but both rose from relative obscurity to become the Empress of France.

Charity Adams Earley was the first and highest-ranking African-American officer in the Women's Army Corps during WW2. She led the 6888th—the Six Triple Eight Central Postal Directory Battalion— to Eur...

Two women. Half the population. Several thousand years of history. About an hour.

Mrs. Claus is the unsung hero of Christmas and, as is our tradition, we're shing a spotlight on her story.