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Trailblazers (episode 110)
Trailblazers (episode 110)
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Length:
79 minutes
Released:
Dec 10, 2018
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Podcast episode
Description
This week we’re digging into our archives to bring you discussions of three Bostonian ladies who forged new paths for women. Katherine Nanny Naylor was granted the first divorce in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, allowing her to ditch an abusive husband and make her way as an entrepreneur. Annette Kellerman was a professional swimmer who popularized the one-piece swimming suit and made a (sometimes literal) splash in vaudeville and silent films. And Amelia Earhart took to the skies after humble beginnings as a social worker in a Boston settlement house.
Show notes: http://HUBhistory.com/110
Show notes: http://HUBhistory.com/110
Released:
Dec 10, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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