Episodes
Episodes
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
The Three Sisters - Katie's American Farmer Gal Pick
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
Katie finishes up American Farmers Month with the Indigenous peoples' mythos of planting corn, beans, and squash.
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
Farmerettes - Riwo's American Farmer Pic
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
Before there was Rosie the Riveter there were the Farmerettes. Riwo shares the history of the gals who were called to help America by being farmers.
Monday Sep 23, 2024
Harriet Strong - Debbi's American Farmer Pic
Monday Sep 23, 2024
Monday Sep 23, 2024
Debbi shares her American farmer gal, Harriet Williams Russell strong. Harriet was pivotal to water conservation in California. She was also known as the "Walnut Queen" and held 5 patents. Learn all about this innovative woman.
Monday Sep 16, 2024
Ruth Stout - Bonnie's American Farmer Pick
Monday Sep 16, 2024
Monday Sep 16, 2024
We're Back! It's been a bit of a break but we've found our way out of the cornfields and back to the Gal's Guide Library to talk about American farmer gals. First up is Bonnie's pick, Rith Imogen Stout the "no-work" garden method author.
Wednesday Jul 24, 2024
Catherine O'Hara - Riwo's Canadian Gal Pick
Wednesday Jul 24, 2024
Wednesday Jul 24, 2024
Riwo closes up Canada Month with her "TV mom" and a major happiness factor in her life, Catherine O'Hara. This talented comedian is the mom in Schitt's Creek, the mom in Beetlejuice, and the mom in Home Alone. But to Riwo she's so much more.
Monday Jul 15, 2024
Mary Ann Shadd Cary - Barb's Canadian Gal Pick
Monday Jul 15, 2024
Monday Jul 15, 2024
Barb tells the tale of the first female publisher in Canada, Mary Ann Shadd Cary. Mary was born and died in the United States but her time in Canada was marked by her creation of the newspaper Provincial Freeman, a weekly paper starting in 1853 that circulated around southern Ontario that advocated equality, integration, and self-education for Black people.
Monday Jul 08, 2024
Viola Desmond - Katie's Canadian Gal Pick
Monday Jul 08, 2024
Monday Jul 08, 2024
Canada Month continues! This time Katie tells us about the civil rights activist Viola Desmond. She made history when she refused to leave her seat in the Roseland Theater. This Black Nova Scotian challenged Canadian segregation. Today she's on the $10 bill. Learn about this amazing woman on today's episode.
Monday Jul 01, 2024
Lucy Maud Montgomery - Bonnie's Canadian Gal Pick
Monday Jul 01, 2024
Monday Jul 01, 2024
It's Canada Day! Bonnie is starting us off with the author of Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery. Learn about how this Canadian author used working at the post office to her advantage.

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