Well Behaved Woman

This episode, Mac talks about Beverly Cleary, the librarian and author of Ramona Quimby books that lived to be 104 years old. For transcripts and/or source material, please visit wellbehavedwomanpodcast.com under "Blog."  Photo is courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

This episode, host Mac covers First Daughter and socialite Alice Roosevelt Longworth. Come hear about her defying her father, Theodore Roosevelt by smoking on the roof of the White House, avoiding kissing Lyndon B. Johnson hello, and the slogan on her favorite pillow in her reading room. For transcripts and sources, please visit wellbehavedwomanpodcast.com Episode photo is courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian Institute.

In this episode, Mac covers Russian revolutionary Vera Zasulich, who became known for her attempted assassination of the Governor of St. Petersburg. For sources and/or a transcript, please head to wellbehavedwomanpodcast.com [Episode photo is public domain, courtesy of the British Library.]

This week, host Mac Stanton talks about Helen Fabela Chávez, a labor activist and farm worker from southern California.

This week, Mac talks about Communist journalist Claudia Jones and her work in writing for the American Communist Party's newspaper and her experiences being deported.  Sources and transcript are on my website, wellbehavedwoman.com under the "Blog" section. Episode photo is a fair use image.

This episode focuses on the matriarch of the civil rights movement, Coretta Scott King. The episode talks about how calm she was when people threatened the man she loved, how she showed perseverance in the face of tragedy, and how she fought for economic justice.  Transcripts and source materials can be found on my website, wellbehavedwomanpodcast.com under the "Blog" section. Episode photo is courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

This episode covers Ann Cole Lowe, the Black designer responsible for Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy's iconic wedding dress, which is the most photographed wedding dress in American history. Mac tells stories about the disaster that happened just ten days before she had to deliver the dress, and tells the stories of her time in New York as she got a higher education. Transcripts and sources used can be found on my website, wellbehavedwomanpodcast.com under the "Blog" section. The episode photo belongs to Ebony Magazine.

Host Mac Stanton talks about Hollywood bombshell Hedy Lamarr. Mac talks about spooky pianos that play themselves and realizes that she doesn't understand how any technology works. Come find out how Hedy Lamarr has led to the development of WiFi and Bluetooth. Transcripts of the show and source material can be found on the website, wellbehavedwomanpodcast.com under the "Blog" section. Episode photo is courtesy of the Pixabay free stock photo section.

Host Mac talks about Empress Elizabeth Petrovna of Russia, who is regularly glossed over in Russian textbooks for the future empress, Catherine the Great. She talks about her clothing collection, wonders if anyone else had to cut chunks out of their hair after they got gum stuck in it or if they did the peanut butter method to get it out without scissors, and talks about her failure to uproot the status quo in Russia.  Episode photo was taken from the Wikimedia Commons. Transcripts of the episode for those with accessibility needs can be found on my website, wellbehavedwomanpodcast.com and the sources used in this episode can be found with the transcript.

Host Mac Stanton explores the American myth that Dolley Madison runs through the flames of the White House after the British burned it down in the War of 1812.  Transcript and sources of the episode can be found on my website, wellbehavedwomanpodcast.com. Episode photo is courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.