Sheela Na Gig Podcast
The Sheela Na Gig Podcast celebrates women in history whose strength, talent, and perseverance went largely (or completely) unrecognized or perhaps someone you don’t yet know about, but should! We are dedicated to celebrating women—one per episode—who we lovingly & reverently call “our Sheelas.”
Episodes
OMG! April & Missy had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Director Amie Farrell and lead actor Cheryl Daro, from the upcoming Play, Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson–Apt. 2B by Kate Hamill, at the Long Beach Convention Center. The play opens Oct 17th & runs through Nov 2nd! So don’t wait, get your tickets now!
A little about the play-Two free-spirited women solve mysteries and kick butts in Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson–Apt. 2B ...
Hear Part II of Award-winning author Fawn Brokaw Doyle’s amazing “Sheela,” her 8th great-grandmother, Sarah Rapalje! Sarah made history in 1625 as the first child of European heritage born in New York, when it was a small Dutch colony.
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Award-winning author Fawn Brokaw Doyle shares an amazing “Sheela,” her 8th great-grandmother, Sarah Rapalje. Sarah made history in 1625 as the first child of European heritage born in New York, when it was a small Dutch colony. Researching Sarah's life and the history of New Amsterdam (later New York City) provided her with an entirely different perspective on colonial America, one that extended beyond ...
What’s it like when you’re a unique & prolific artist, whose husband locks you in a room for days on end, forcing you to paint, while he takes all the credit!?
Meet the one & only, Margaret Keane, an artist known for her paintings of children with large sad eyes. She was one of the most popular artists of the twentieth century. But the world did not even know her na...
As an undergraduate at Yale, Maya Lin gained national attention when she won a nationwide design competition for a Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., and that is when the controversy began!
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We ARE An Award-Winning Podcast! Missy and April are thrilled to have received four awards from Women Who Podcast Magazine:
2nd Place in Service to others for our reporting of Truus & Freddy Oversteegen & Hannie Schaft; 2nd place for Impactful Story about the Night Witches; Second Place in the category of “Laughter and Cheer” for Missy’s coverage of the incorrigible ...
The Gulabi Gang, known for wearing pink saris and carrying weapons for self-defense, is 400,000+ members strong and seeks to protect women in India from violence, oppression, and corruption.
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As we wait for the Women Who Podcast awards to be announced, Missy and April contemplate their proudest, silliest, and most tense-filled moments from the Sheela Na Gig Podcast, ranging from 14-year-old World War heroines to dolls that pee and poo to Beulah Henry’s Milka-A-Moo!
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On the night of April 26, 1777, 16-year-old Sybil Ludington climbed onto her horse and set off on a mission: a 40-mile ride to muster local militia troops in response to a British attack on the town of Danbury, Connecticut. Riding all night through rain — and traveling twice the distance that Paul Revere rode during his famous midnight ride — Sybil returned home at dawn having given nearly the entire regiment of 400 Colonial troops...
The first American woman to receive a medical degree, Elizabeth Blackwell, was instrumental in paving the way for other women to enter the medical profession.
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Social entrepreneur, civil rights activist, suborbital astronaut, and founder and CEO of Rise, Amanda Nguyen authored the Sexual Assault Survivors’ Rights Act, unanimously signed into landmark legislation, providing statutory rights for survivors of sexual assault and rape.
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We are delighted to have the very talented Los Angeles based musician, singer, composer & producer and lawyer and a mother (no she did not work at the dead letter office)-Brooke Ferri with us today!
April I & had the absolute pleasure of seeing her production, Adanza,back in April, at The Eastwood Performing Arts Center in LA. We were truly blown away by the onslaught of talented & diverse performers, including dancers,...
Lacking a formal engineering education or practical mechanical skills, Beulah Louise Henry managed to invent a broad array of consumer products from lifelike dolls to typewriters. A savvy entrepreneur, she challenged teams of professionals to help her realize her visions and changed how we work, clean, and play.
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Mercedes De Acosta was a poet, playwright, screenwriter, novelist, socialite, costume designer, and fashion influencer. She also lived her life as an unabashedly out lesbian at a time, when this was hidden, looked down upon & unheard of.
Her unapologetic strength, resilience, and ingenuity paved the way for others and her most impressive creation was herself
During her life, Mercedes produced three volumes of poetry, two novel...
WE are so excited to share our latest Sheela Na Gig interview with you with the very talented Emma Andres. Emma is a professional ballet dancer, a dance teacher and contemporary/ classical ballet choreographer. She is also a storyteller, who has endeavored upon sharing Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women through an immersive and interactive dance experience— all set within the historic Victorian manors of ...
We welcome Julie Roland back on this episode! You may remember her from our last episode? She is a true modern day Sheela! At just 31 years old, Julie is already a lieutenant in the Navy- flying helicopters, an accomplished magician, a lawyer and much more!
So we thought it would be fun for her to join us to talk about the amazing female magician, Dell O’Dell.
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