Sistory Untold

On this episode we speak to Kerry Chaput, the author of the historical fiction novel Daughter of the King. Kerry has done tons of research about the late 17th-century practice of young French girls moving to French Canada as “daughters of the king” (filles du roi) to marry settlers. Over 800 girls and women moved to the French colony between 1663-1673, with King Louis XIV as their official sponsor. These girls came from all walks of life and faced both unique privileges and challenges by enlisting as daughters of the king. Kerry talks about their lives as well as the lives of the indigenous people the settlers encountered. She also gives us a glimpse into the world of her novel, which revolves around a young Protestant girl who converts to Catholicism and moves to Canada in order to survive. We hope you find this story as fascinating and exciting as we did! Stay tuned at the end for a sneak peak of her upcoming novel, Chasing Eleanor, about First Lady, civil rights activist, and all-around baddie Eleanor Roosevelt!

We are so excited to welcome back author and historian Gemma Hollman to the show in our first episode of season 3! Gemma joined us to talk about her new book The Queen and the Mistress: The Women of Edward III and the women whose story it tells- Philippa of Hainault and Alice Perrers. If you like this ep check out Gemma's book sold at all major retailers in the U.S and U.K as well as Amazon.  You can find out more about Gemma and her work by following her blog @justhistoryposts on twitter.  You can keep up to date with Sistory Untold by following us on Instagram and twitter @sistoryuntold and check out our website sistoryuntold.com

This weeks episode we are meeting Byzantine besties Theodora and Antonina. Actresses that climbed up to social ladder in 6th century Byzantine empire. This is not an easy feat but it makes it easier to have your best gal pal by your side! This is part 1 of 2 where we meet our sisters and understand what its like to be a Byzantine woman in the early empire. This the beginning of a story you won't want to miss! For more information on Sistory Untold or this episode check out our intstagram and twitter @sistoryuntold and our website sistoryuntold.com where you can also find our sources for this episode!

Welcome back to our two-part series on "Snow Widows: Scott'S Fatal Antarctic Expedition Through the Eyes of the Women They Left Behind."  On this episode, we continue our conversation with biographer Katherine MacInnes and dive deeper into the lives of the five women in her book: Kathleen Scott, Oriana Wilson, Caroline Oates, Emily Bowers, and Lois Evans. For more information on Snow Widows and the author Katherine MacInnes, check out her website snowwidows.co.uk and follow Katherine on Instagram @macinnes.katherine. To learn more about Sistory Untold, follow us on Instagram and Twitter @sistoryuntold or visit our website sistoryuntold.com.

You may have heard of Captain Robert Scott and his tragic trip to the Antartic but do you know the stories of the women left behind? This week we have author Katherine MacInnes with us to tell us the stories of Kathleen Scott, Oriana Wilson, Caroline Oates, Emily Bowers, and Lois Evans the wives and mothers who were left behind and the shared tragedy that brought them together.  This is part one of two- this week we learn about the expedition to the south pole, what was feminism at the turn of the 20th century and an intro to the women. Join us two weeks from now for part two!  For more information on Snow Widows and the author Katherine MacInnes check out her website snowwidows.co.uk and visit Katherine on instagram @katherinemacinnes For more info on Sistory Untold follow us on instagram and twitter @sistoryuntold or visit our website sistoryuntold.com where we post all of our sources for the episodes!  

On this episode, we give a quick rundown of the who, what, when, and why of the French Revolution before returning to our sistory about eighteenth-century painters Elisabeth Vigee Lebrun and Adelaide Labille Guiard. These women, now both successful painters and members of the Royal Academy, find themselves on opposite sides of the revolution. While Adelaide fights for women’s rights and contributes to the revolution in France, Adelaide flees the conflict and goes on to make her mark on the rest of the European continent, traveling around Italy, Austria, Prussia, and Russia painting the portraits of everyone who’s anyone.  Once the dust of war has settled, Elisabeth and Adelaide find themselves at a dinner party in a new century, in a new France, as new women. What have their vastly different lives taught them, and what does putting their life stories in the context of one another teach us about them as individuals? Find out in this episode of Sistory Untold! Remember that this is part two, so if you haven't listened to part one yet, go back and listen to that! 

On the eve of the French Revolution, two women gained access to France's most elite and exclusive community of artists: The Royal Academy. Elisabeth and Adelaide were admitted to the Academy on the same day, during a period when the Academy allowed a maximum of four female members at any given time, and when the minister of fine arts was a raging misogynist. What made these painters so special to deserve this honor? How did they get noticed by famous neoclassical painters and gain the patronage of several members of the royal family? And what was the relationship like between two young, up-and-coming female painters in the man's world of eighteenth-century Parisian art? Find out in this episode of Sistory Untold!

We're so excited to be back with our first episode of 2022! We are jam-packing this season with amazing, inspiring, sometimes intimidating women from history.  In this episode we are going way way back to the 6th century to talk about two queens whose rivalry spanned 4 decades. This story really shows that sometimes truth really is just stranger than fiction!  For more Sistory Untold check out our website sistoryuntold.com and follow us on instagram and twitter @sistoryuntold. All sources for todays episode will be listed on our blog at sistoryuntold.com. 

Warning: this episode contains violent content.  After growing up during the bloodiest period in the history of the Americas under the rule of a dictator, three girls decided to become the face of a resistance movement. The Mirabal Sisters Patria, Minerva, and Maria Teresa started out with small but significant acts of defiance, which grew into a movement with hundreds of members. Today, they are remembered today as symbols of Dominican pride, feminine strength and resolve, and the cruelty of violence against women. Listen to this episode to find out who the girls were before they became symbols. For more information follow us on Twitter and Instagram @sistoryuntold,  email us at [email protected] or find our episode sources on our  website sistoryuntold.com

Warning! If you didn't guess by the title this episode contains violent themes.  This week we are learning all about three teenage girls who took bravery and the fight for justice to the next level. Hannie, Truus, and Freddie worked with the Dutch resistance in WWII to fight the Nazi invasion. Hear about their lives and how they used their sisterhood to fight evil. Come for the amazing story- stay for the horrendous Dutch pronunciation.  Sources for this episode can be found in our blog at sistoryuntold.com. For pictures and more information about this episode follow us on instagram and twitter @sistoryuntold