HeyJaredBadAss Women Throughout History
Video pod celebrating the rebels, geniuses & visionaries we weren’t taught about in school.Highlighting women from history who used what they and did what they could-and changed the world.
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GLORIA STEINEM: She Made It Impossible To Ignore Women (opens the original)
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Gloria Steinem spent more than six decades making women harder to ignore. Before she became one of the most recognizable faces of the modern women’s movement, she was a journalist struggling to be taken seriously, going undercover as a Playboy Bunny to expose what life was really like behind the fantasy. She went on to help launch Ms. magazine, organize alongside some of the most influential activists of her generation, and push conversations about abortion, equal pay, marriage, race, political
GEORGIA O’KEEFFE: The Woman Behind The Flowers (opens the original)
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In episode 22 of BadAss Women Throughout History, Amy tells the story of Georgia O’Keeffe, one of the most recognizable artists in American history. Giant flowers, bleached bones, endless desert landscapes. But the woman behind those paintings spent much of her life fighting to define herself on her own terms. From nearly walking away from art altogether, to her complicated relationship with photographer Alfred Stieglitz, to leaving New York behind for the vast landscape of New Mexico, this is t
JOSEPHINE BAKER: The Black American Star Turned Resistance Operative (opens the original)
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In this SPOTIFY BONUS episode of BadAss Women Throughout History , Amy revisits one of the most extraordinary stories ever featured on the show: Josephine Baker. Most people know Josephine as a groundbreaking entertainer who became one of the biggest stars in Europe. Few know that during World War II, she secretly worked for the French Resistance, smuggling intelligence, sheltering refugees, and risking her life to help defeat win the war. Born into poverty in St. Louis, Josephine overcame racis
LUCILLE BALL: The Woman Who Built Television (opens the original)
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For nearly 20 years, Lucille Ball fought for her place in Hollywood before becoming one of the most influential women in television history. In Episode 21 of BadAss Women Throughout History, we explore how a struggling actress became America's favorite redhead, why CBS didn't want Desi Arnaz cast as her husband, and how the couple built I Love Lucy into a cultural phenomenon that changed television forever. From becoming the first visibly pregnant woman on television to pioneering the three-came
NINA SIMONE: The Genius America Couldn’t Control (opens the original)
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Nina Simone is remembered as one of the most powerful voices in music history, but her story began at a piano bench in rural North Carolina. Born Eunice Kathleen Waymon in 1933, Nina dreamed of becoming the first Black classical concert pianist in America. She trained rigorously from childhood and showed extraordinary talent, but after facing barriers that altered the course of her career, she turned to performing in clubs and adopted the stage name Nina Simone. What followed was one of the most
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