Broadly Underestimated

The Women of Clue

Clue emerged on the scene in 1949 and changed the world of board games forever. Its inventor, Anthony Pratt, had developed his idea for the game during World War II, but this is the hidden story of the women who inspired his idea, designed the game board, and shared the story with the world.

Recommended Reading and Viewing:

The Story of Cluedo by Jonathan Foster

The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie

Clue, 1985

 

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Haunted Houses – The Window into the Soul of Female Horror

Happy Halloween! What better way to celebrate spooky season than to talk about some horror? Women have been telling horror stories from the origin of the genre, and haunted house stories are an especially good way to explore and examine the everyday horrors of home life. Grab the Halloween candy you were planning to hand out tonight and sit back with me for a chat about some fantastic haunted house stories you’ll be dying to read.

 

Recommended Reading:

The Graveyard Apartment by Mariko Koike

The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez

Monster, She Wrote by Lisa Kroger and Melanie R. Anderson

Why Horror Seduces by Mathias Clasen

Bike Racing 2 - The Stealthy Feminism of Victorian Roller Derby on Bikes - A Conversation with Roger Gilles

In this episode, I continue my conversation with author Roger Gilles about the ways that Tillie Anderson and the other forgotten female bike racers of the 1890s turned Victorian rules upside down. They pushed the boundaries on gender roles and women as bosses. And they proved to thousands upon thousands of spectators just how much pain and suffering a female athlete could withstand.

 

Recommended Reading:

Women on the Move by Roger Gilles

Muscle on Wheels by M. Ann Hall

Wheels of Change by Sue Macy

 

Bike Racing 1 - Tillie Anderson and the Forgotten Female Bike Racers - A Conversation with Roger Gilles

In the 1890s, a group of women burst onto the American bike racing scene. That they were competing publicly was shocking enough. But that they forced to the fore the conversation about whether women should be athletes, made them women to be reckoned with.

In this episode, I speak with Dr. Roger Gilles, the author of Women on the Move, a chronicle of female bike racers in the 1890s.

 

Recommended Reading:

Tillie the Terrible Swede by Sue Stauffacher

Women on the Move by Roger Gilles

Swimsuits 4 – Finding a Way with Diana Nyad

After four failed attempts, Diana Nyad jumps into the ocean one last time. She braves the sharks, jellyfish, and overwhelming ocean currents to see, once and for all, whether her daring dream of swimming more than 100 miles from Cuba to Florida is possible.

 

Recommended Reading and Viewing:

Find a Way by Diana Nyad

The Other Shore

 

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Swimsuits 3 – The Indomitable Spirit of Diana Nyad

Leading up to her 60^th birthday, Diana Nyad decided she would attempt a feat of endurance that no one had ever accomplished before: she would swim more than 100 miles from Cuba to Florida...without a shark cage.

 

Recommended Viewing:

Ted Talk: Diana Nyad: Extreme Swimming with the World’s Most Dangerous Jellyfish

 

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Swimsuits 2 – The Extraordinary Life of Annette Kellerman

After Annette Kellerman changed the world with her scandalous swimsuit, she continued to shock her audiences by pushing boundary after boundary throughout her successful performance career.

 

Recommended Viewing:

The Original Mermaid Documentary

Swimsuits 1 - Annette Kellerman and a Woman's Right to Swim

When expert swimmer Annette Kellerman showed up at a beach bearing so much skin that she was arrested for indecent exposure, she sparked a swimsuit conversation that would change the world.

Recommended Reading:

The Original Million Dollar Mermaid by Emily Gibson with Barbara Firth

Bicycles – Kittie Knox, Fashion, and the Cycling Revolution

In the 1890s, a cycling craze swept across the United States. Everyone jumped on the bandwagon – including women. And soon, a physical, social, and fashion revolution would begin.

Recommended Reading:

Wheels of Change by Sue Macy

Code Breakers 4: Spies, Loyalty, and WWII in Latin America – Listener Questions

In this episode, I answer listener questions about Elizebeth Friedman, other female code breakers, and dive into the fascinating and little-talked-about dynamics in Latin America during the Second World War.

 

Recommended Reading:

The Tango War by Mary Jo McConahay