On this episode we chat about Bessie Coleman, her impressive aviation achievements, her heart for equality, and her ongoing legacy.

Joyful Recs:

• "Jury Duty" on Amazon Prime
• "Black Butterflies" by Priscilla Morris
• The ocean by... the Lord, I guess?

Sources:

https://www.cradleofaviation.org/history/history/women-in-aviation/bessie-coleman.html

https://airandspace.si.edu/explore/stories/bessie-coleman

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Coleman

https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/bessie-coleman

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Today we're diving into the amazing story of Katie Sandwina! She was a strongwoman, suffragette and restarauter in the early 20th century.

Recommendations:
- The White Lotus (on BINGE)

- Christmas

Resources for this ep:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_Sandwina

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-great-sandwina

https://icantbelieveitsnonfiction.com/2019/05/07/katie-sandwina/

theescapeactshow.com/blog/past-catharina-katie-sandwina-brumbach-heymann

https://www.wsff.org.uk/resources/girls-and-education/changing-the-game-for-girls/index.html#:~:text=The%20first%20ever%20exercise%20material,figure%20skater%20Madge%20Syers%20(UK)

John D. Fair, “Kati Sandwina: ‘Hercules Can Be a Lady',” Iron Game History, Vol. 9 No. 2 (Dec. 2005) (quoting Fields, “Hercules Can Be a Lady,” New York Mirror (Dec 1947)).

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Welcome back to the Empowered Pod!

We are back with a bang, in the first episode of our summer series, we are diving into the wild story of Dutch teenage assassin Freddie Oversteegen.

If you want to hear more about Freddie's story, have a read of this Vice article:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/dp5a8y/teenager-nazi-armed-resistance-netherlands-876

You can also read more about Freddie, Truus and Hannie in 'Under Fire: Women in World War II'.

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References:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/freddie-oversteegen-dutch-resistance-fighter-who-killed-nazis-through-seduction-dies-at-92/2018/09/16/7876eade-b9b7-11e8-a8aa-860695e7f3fc_story.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Oversteegen

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/25/obituaries/freddie-oversteegen-dutch-resistance-fighter-dies-at-92.html

https://crimereads.com/truus-and-freddie-oversteegen-sisters-resistance-fighters/

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