In Episode 5, “She Fought the Machine, Part 1,” Chelsey and Jenn unpack how early-20th-century fascism weaponized gender—banning contraception, rewarding motherhood, and erasing women’s autonomy—then spotlight five trailblazers who refused to stay silent: Sophie Scholl, Nancy Wake, Noor Inayat Khan, Virginia Hall, and Hedy Lamarr. From leaflets smuggled past Gestapo checkpoints to groundbreaking frequency-hopping patents, these women show how truth, science, and sheer defiance became the first line of resistance—an inheritance we must claim again as modern-day “national renewal” efforts aim to scrub our history and silence dissent.
Key Sources
- Paxton, Robert O. The Anatomy of Fascism. Knopf, 2004.
- Pine, Lisa. “Nazi Family Policy.” Oxford Bibliographies, 1997.
- US Holocaust Memorial Museum. “Noor Inayat Khan.” Holocaust Encyclopedia, ushmm.org.
- University of Munich White Rose Archive. Sophie Scholl trial transcripts, 1943.
- Lamarr, Hedy & Antheil, George. U.S. Patent 2,292,387, “Secret Communication System,” 1942.
- Heritage Foundation. Project 2025 Mandate for Leadership, project2025.org.
- Newsweek. “Trump Executive Order Targets Married Women’s Financial Autonomy,” April 2025.
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