Summary: What’sHerName presents our very first Mother’s Day Special! Come “meet the ancestors” as six What’sHerName listeners introduce some truly remarkable women from their own family history!<br> From Ukraine to Japan, Uzbekistan to Mexico, we’re traveling around the world, and through 275 years, to discover these amazing ancestors in this special double episode.<br> Our guests are What’sHerName listeners Irit Namatinya, <a href="https://deadladiesshow.com/podcast/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Susan Stone</a>, Lisa Williamson, <a href="https://dearworldlovehistory.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Adrienne</a>, Sachiko Burton, and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/florafamiliar/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Michelle Thorley</a>.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Rosalia and her daughter Sophia survived Nazi invasion, a train explosion, a month in a swamp, and famine and disease in a rural Russian village. Sophia’s granddaughter Adrienne, the cohost of the <a href="https://dearworldlovehistory.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Dear World, Love History</a> podcast, tells their story. All photos by permission of Adrienne.<br> <br> In 18th century colonial Connecticut,<a href="https://connecticuthistory.org/prudence-punderson-ordinary-woman-extraordinary-artist-needlework-in-connecticut/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Prudence Punderson</a> was ignoring all the “rules” of needlework to create astonishing works of art. Lisa Williamson brings us the story of this truly remarkable “noted needlewoman.” [Correction: The man who brought Punderson’s embroidery to the State Fair after her death was her grandson, not her son-in-law as we mistakenly said.]<br> <br> Young Highland Dancer Margaret Stewart Haldane could never have imagined that her life would lead her from urban Glasgow to a career as the Postmaster of Rattlesnake, Florida, USA. Her granddaughter Susan Stone, producer of the <a href="https://deadladiesshow.com/podcast/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Dead Ladies Show Podcast</a>, brings us her story. All photos courtesy of Susan Stone.<br> <br> <a href="https://florafamiliar.com/shop" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Michelle Thorley</a> is an artist and family history researcher. Her instagram is <a href="https://www.instagram.com/florafamiliar/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">FloraFamiliar</a>.<br> <br> Irit Namatinya is a Bollywood dance teacher in Thailand. She brings us the story of her grandmother’s escape from Uzbekistan to Israel, and the unusual solution she discovered to an unusual and frightening problem.<br> <br> Rebecca Sachiko Burton is a writer in Washington state. She shares with us the ways her grandmother and great-grandmother gave her a legacy of courage and resilience, “even if you have to walk through fire.” All photos courtesy of Sachiko Burton.<br> <br> <a href="https://whatshernamepodcast.com/people/music/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Music</a> featured in this episode included<br> <br> <br> Your <a href="https://bookshop.org/shop/whatshername" target="_blank" rel="noopener">purchases</a> help support the podcast!<br>
