No Ordinary Women

25: Nellie Bly and Coco Chanel

Nelly Bly was an American journalist, who was a pioneer in the field of journalism and launched a new kind of investigative journalism with an expose in which she worked undercover to report on a mental institution from within. But she didn't stop there! She was also widely known for her record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days among many other accomplishments. Lynn tells us about Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel who was a French fashion designer and businesswoman. The founder and namesake of the Chanel brand, she was credited in the post–World War I era with popularizing a sporty, casual chic as the feminine standard of style.Thank you to our sources!‎Founders: #199 Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life on Apple PodcastsGabrielle “Coco” Chanel (1883-1971) | BoFCoco Chanel - WikipediaCoco Chanel - Quotes, Fashion & FactsWhat Nellie Bly Exposed at Blackwell’s Asylum, and Why It’s Still ImportantNellie Bly | National Women's History MuseumNellie Bly - Wikipedia

24: Betty Lou Beets and Jane Andrews

This one is off the rails!! Sorry for the bad audio, our sound tech (Rose) downloaded new software and as you can hear, it didn't work out. First, Lynn tells us about Betty Lou Beets. Betty Lou had a rough childhood. She lost her hearing at a young age and was forced to care for her very young siblings when she was just 12. She married at the age of 15 and spent the rest of her free life in abusive relationships. She was convicted of murdering her fifth husband and was the second woman since the civil war to be put to death in Texas. Then Rose tells us about Jane Andrews who was a dresser for Sarah the Duchess of York. After growing up poor, Jane wanted so bad to be a wealthy socialite that when her boyfriend refused to marry her, she murdered him!Thank you to our sources!PhotoPhotoDocumentary; Investigation Discovery’s ‘Evil Lives Here: Momma Made Me HelpTrue Crime All The Time Podcast; Betty Lou Beets, Episode released 4, November 2018Tales From the Dark True Crime Podcast; Black Widow: Betty Lou BeetsExecution Report: Betty Beets - Page 1Where Is ‘Fergie’s Killer Dresser’ Jane Andrews Now?Jane Andrews | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderersDuchess of York’s Jewelry Found at Kennedy Airport, Man Arrested

23: Sacagawea and Sally McNeil

Sacagawea was kidnapped from the Shoshone tribe at 12-years-old. Married and with a baby at 17, she helped Lewis and Clark explore the new land acquired in the Louisiana Purchase. They traveled thousands of miles from North Dakota to the Pacific Ocean and her skills as a translator were invaluable, as was her intimate knowledge of some difficult terrain.Then Lynn tells us about Sally McNeil. A victim of domestic abuse, Sally was a former Marine turned bodybuilder who was convicted of second-degree murder for killing her bodybuilder husband Ray McNeil.Thank you to our sources!Musculardevelopment.comThe tale of Killer Sally: Her 12-gauge & her husband – New York Daily NewsHistory.com - Louisiana PurchaseHistory.com - SacagaweaSacagawea | National Women's History Museum

22: Harriet Tubman and Jaha Dukureh

Harriet Tubman was an American abolitionist and social activist who was born into slavery. She escaped but spent the next ten years rescuing approximately 70 enslaved people, including family and friends using the Underground Railroad. But because she is a badass woman, that is not all she did. During the Civil War, she served as an armed scout and spy for the Union Army and later was an activist in the women's suffrage movement. Lynn tells us about Jaha Dukureh, a Gambian women's right activist and anti-female genital mutilation campaigner. Dukureh was subjected to female genital mutilation in The Gambia when she was a little more than a week old.Thank you to our sources!Women Around the World: Jaha DukurehJaha Dukureh Biography | UN Women – AfricaCreativeWell, Inc. › Jaha DukurehStream episode Episode 19: Winning Woman Series - Jaha Dukureh by The Weight She Carries podcast | Listen online for free on SoundCloudHarriet Tubman - WikipediaHarriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad (U.S. National Park Service)Fugitive Slave ActsA blow to the head bloodied Harriet Tubman, but she rose with defianceHow did Harriet Tubman escape? : Harriet TubmanHarriet Tubman - Harriet Tubman BywayHarriet TubmanHarriet Tubman Biography

21: Tarana Burke and Bresha Meadows

Tarana Burke is best known for organizing the #MeToo movement in 2006 as an avenue for victims of sexual violence to share their experiences, thus forming an alliance among survivors. She was named Person of the Year by TIME magazine in 2017 and she has spent her life empowering women to share their stories and fight against sexual assault with the slogan "empowerment through empathy."Then Rose tells us about Bresha Meadows who was forced to take things into her own hands after suffering years of abuse. When Bresha was 14, she shot and killed her father after trying to get help for her family for years. The system failed her over and over again but with the help of an amazing lawyer, she was able to turn her life around. Thank you to our sources!PhotoPhotoPhotoOprah and Tarana Burke - Part 2Oprah and Tarana Burke - Part 1Book Summary: Unbound by Tarana Burke - My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement17 Black Women Who Shaped HistoryAlumni Story: C|M|LAW HOF Member Ian Friedman ’97 Reflects on the Bresha Meadows Case | CSU College of LawMurder or self defense? Bresha Meadows accused of killing father (photos) - cleveland.comBresha Meadows, Ohio Teenager Who Fatally Shot Her Father, Accepts Plea Deal - The New York Times (nytimes.com)Bresha Meadows Thought You'd Understand | HuffPost Women

20: Claudette Colvin and Henrietta Lacks

Claudette Colvin was arrested at age 15 in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a crowded, segregated bus just nine months before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus. Claudette and Rosa knew each other very well. Was Claudette the inspiration for Rosa not giving up her seat? We think she just might be!Lynn tells us about Henrietta Lacks, known by scientists as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first “immortal” human cells grown in culture, which are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years.Thank you to our sources!PhotoPhotoPhotoThe Legacy of Henrietta LacksHenrietta Lacks (1920–1951)A Civil Rights Pioneer Seeks to Have Her Record Cleared -
CLAUDETTE COLVIN (1935- )Claudette Colvin - Quotes, Facts & Civil RightsClaudette Colvin: The 15-year-old who came before Rosa Parks

19: Maya Angelou and Millie and Christine McKoy

During the month of February, we will be honoring Black History Month by telling the stories of extraordinary black women. Lynn starts us out with the amazing Maya Angelou. After not speaking for most of her childhood, Maya Angelou blossomed into a phenomenal woman. She spoke 7 languages, was an author, poet, historian, songwriter, playwright, dancer, stage and screen producer, director, performer, singer, educator, and civil rights activist.Rose tells us about conjoined twins, Millie and Christine McKoy who went by the stage names "The Carolina Twins" and "The Two-Headed Nightingale". They were forced to start entertaining at eight-months-old and traveled throughout the world performing for entertainment. They overcome years of slavery, forced medical observations, and forced participation in fairs and freak shows but they persevered and retired as wealthy women. Thank you to our sources!Photos of Mya AngelouBiography: Maya AngelouGrowing Up Maya AngelouThe Moving Story of How a Teacher Inspired Maya Angelou to Speak - Learning Liftoff‎Oprah's Super Soul on Apple PodcastsBorn Into Slavery, Died As Royal Entertainers: The Jaw-Dropping Journey of The McKoy Conjoined TwinsSummary of The History of the Carolina Twins: Told in "Their Own Peculiar Way" By "One of Them"Millie and Christine McKoy, Conjoined Twins, born - African American RegistryMcCoy, Millie-Christine [McKoy] | NCpedia

18: Jema Donahue and Griselda Blanco

First Rose tells us about Jema Donahue, a woman who survived a tragic experience as a child and an even worse experience as an adult. After he broke a protection order and tried to kill her, she was forced to murder her abusive husband and is now spending ten years in prison. At only 5 feet tall, Griselda Blanco was fearless and never to be crossed. One of the most merciless drug kingpins known to the world, she killed her first victim when she was only 11 years old and used her sons as drug mules. Thank you to our sources!Photo of Griselda and son Michael Photo of GriseldaMug Shots of GriseldaGriselda Blanco Sons, Daughter, Husband, Family, Net Worth, BioUnited States v BlancoGriselda Blanco - Movie, Death & Children - BiographyWhy Women Go to Prison (from The New Republic) Roughly half of female homicide victims in the United States are killed by a current or former male partner. - Virginia NOWJavon Donahue Murder: How Did He Die? Who Killed Him?I Am a Killer - A Mother's Love Transcript

17: Mary Harris Jones and Amber McLaughlin

Lynn tells us about Mary Harris Jones, one of the world’s top revolutionaries for leading the fight for workers' rights and certainly, the most famous female labor activist of the nineteenth century. Mary Harris Jones—aka “Mother Jones”—was a self-proclaimed “-raiser” in the cause of economic justice. She was so vociferous that a US attorney once labeled her “the most dangerous woman in America.”Then Rose tells us about Amber McLaughlin who was the first openly transgender person to be put to death by execution in the U.S. Amber McLaughlin was convicted of stalking and killing a former girlfriend, then dumping her body near the Mississippi River in St. Louis.Thank you to our sources!Photo of Scott and AmberPhoto of Amber McLaughlinMcLaughlin v. State, No. SC 91255Missouri inmate Amber McLaughlin executed: ReportAmber McLaughlin, the first openly transgender person to be executed in the U.S., dies by lethal injectionPhoto of Mother Jones during strike Photo of Mother Jones (2)Photo of Mother JonesMary Harris Jones | National Women's History MuseumIndustrial Workers of the World

16: Tova Friedman and Mia Yamamoto

Rose tells us about Tova Friedman whose town was invaded by ’s when she was just one-year-old. She was later sent to Auschwitz when she was just five and survived thanks to her amazing mother who went to the ends of the earth to keep her only child safe. Trigger warning for this one, it gets dark but Rose felt it was important to share all the horrible details of what the ’s did to the Jewish people.Mia Yamamoto is a top-rated criminal defense attorney in Los Angeles, CA. She was born in 1943 in an WWII Internment Camp as Michael Yamamoto. Being and male-to-female transgender made her life tough. She failed her first two semesters of college, went into the army, then went back to college and law school. Her passion for helping the poor and fighting for the rights of the less fortunate has given her the sense of purpose she has always longed for.The Daughter of Auschwitz: My Story of Resilience, Survival and Hope by Tova FriedmanPressReader.com - Digital Newspaper & Magazine SubscriptionsTola Grossman was five when she was sent to Auschwitz - and escaped death by hiding under a corpse | Daily Mail OnlineYamamoto family photo. Front row: Lawrence, older brother; David Timothy, younger brother; Mia; Monica, sister. Second row: mother Frances Wakayo Yamamoto and father Elmer Shosaku Yamamoto. Last row in center: Steve, oldest brothe r, and Gregory, brother ("Pancho")Mia Yamamoto: PHOTO BY BETHANY MOLLENKOFOchikubo v. BonesteelMia Yamamoto - The Outwords ArchiveCriminal Defense Mia Yamamoto Attorney Talks Race, Identity, CommunityFrom Poston to the Prison Industrial Complex: Mia Yamamoto’s Unwavering Fight for JusticeMia Yamamoto: The Leading Transgender Lawyer Who Came Out Late in Her Career