The History Chicks

To accompany our Queen Elizabeth episodes, a quick overview of daily life during the Elizabethan period - from the lowest to the most exalted.

Welcome to part two of our chat about Elizabeth I. When we left, our fair princess had overcome 25 years of uncertainty. And now that she had outwitted, outlasted and outplayed these people-Elizabeth was crowned Queen of England.

She was called many things: Princess, Bastard, Gloriana, Good Queen Bess, and the Virgin Queen. We add to our Tudor series this chat about the extraordinary life and reign of Queen Elizabeth I.

We have received our third Podcast Award Nomination in as many years! Voting starts now and the window is very short- November 1st-15th. Won't you please give us your support?

Put some flowers in your hair, drape yourself in bold fabrics and listen to a chat about the colorful and dramatic life and art of Frida Kahlo.

Amelia Earhart wasn’t the only American woman who soared into aviation history as she took her dreams to the sky. Bessie Coleman not only set aviation records of her own, but the story of her ascent above racial and gender barriers makes her a woman worthy of a long chat.

(rebroadcast) One a Lancaster, one a York, two women brought up on opposing sides of the Wars of the Roses were able to work together to help create the Tudor dynasty.

Born in Kansas, a little girl grew to become an aviatrix whose name is still known around the world over 75 years after her mysterious death. While so many focus on her disappearance, we spent our time spotlighting the life of Amelia Earhart, a life that has inspired generations of little girls to let their dreams soar.

This is the last installment of the Jane Austen Book Club, a companion to Episode #38. We cover her last two major novels, both of which were published posthumously.

As a companion to Episode #38, we got together and discussed the six major novels of Jane Auten. This is the second in a series of three minicasts; in this one, we cover the novels Mansfield Park and Emma.

As a companion to Episode 38: Jane Austen, we got together and had ourselves a (mostly) proper book club meeting. Up for discussion - the first two published novels of Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility.

A little birdie told us that a lot of you wanted an episode about the life and work of Jane Austen. That would be several little birdies who tweet, post on facebook, write emails and vote on our Guaranteed Content Poll. During this episode we do exactly what you have asked (over and over again) and chat about the life of author Jane Austen.

We covered Dorothy, The Wicked Witch, and Glinda in our previous episode. In this minicast, we highlight the women associated with the 1939 MGM classic, The Wizard of Oz: Judy Garland, Billie Burke and Margaret Hamilton.

Once a season we step away from factual subjects and focus on a fictional one. This season we traveled to the land of Oz and took a look around.

Bonus Material - a reading of the speech delivered by Elizabeth Cady Stanton during the first Women's Rights Conference in Seneca Falls - The Declaration of Sentiments.