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A website dedicated to sharing the stories of history's hidden matriarchs and the women who inspire us. We share their stories through blog posts and podcasts

02/09/2024

As we head into the darker evenings we'll be having lots of movie nights. As such we thought we would share some of our favourite movie quotes starting with The Princess Bride.

26/08/2024

Happy birthday to one half of the Saga's team
Watch this space forva joint birthday adventure soon!

23/08/2024

Good evening!

As you know we are having some much needed downtime but to make sure that you're not missing out, we've dusted off a previously unreleased podcast for you.

We love some true crime on the podcast and while we often talk about killers and their victims that sadly did not survive, we don't very often talk about those that survived so in this episode we thought that we should change that.

This one comes with many trigger warnings so it's not for the feint of heart.

Listen here - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sagas-of-she

20/08/2024

Following on from Gemma's 54321 book tag, here is Emily's.

Let us know if you've read or plan to read any of these!

17/08/2024

We saw this trend on social media and decided we had to take part.

Here is Gemma's 54321 Book Tag.

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09/08/2024

We may be having a little time off to rest but we've dusted off a couple of previously unreleased podcasts for your listening pleasure.

In this episode we are going to try and solve the biggest art heist in history; the robbery of the Isabella Gardner Stewart Museum which took place on the 18th of March, 1990 and remains unsolved.
Oh, and as there is still a $10 million dollar reward for the return of the artwork you might want to take notes!

01/08/2024

Happy August! This year seems to be flying by.

If you've been following us for more than a second you'll know we are big book worms, as such we thought we would share some of our favourite books from July.

Drop us a comment if you've read or planned to read any of these. And, as always we love to hear when you're reading or any recommendations you might have.

26/07/2024

In the final episode of our Tudor Queen mini series we look to the life of Mary Queen of Scots.
Mary's reign as Queen of Scots was shadowed by bad marriages and then her life ended on the block following 19 years house arrest in England in the Shadow of multiple Catholic plots.

Listen here - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sagas-of-she

25/07/2024

This week we are releasing 4 podcasts on the Tudor Queens.

Tonight we take a look into the life and reign of Elizabeth I.
Known as the Virgin Queen, she has been placed in history almost as the opposite to her sister Mary. She had a difficult and dangerous childhood and as queen she would have to avoid Catholic plots and courtier infighting, as well as her own cousin plotting her death.

Listen to find out more - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sagas-of-she

24/07/2024

In the second episode of our Tudor Queen mini-series we take a look at the life and reign of England and Irelands first queen to rule in her own right, Mary I.

Known as Bloody Mary this podcast shows that there was more to her story than her religious zealousness, and although overshadowed by her younger sister Elizabeth I, Mary is a fascinating figure in her own right.

Listen to learn more - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sagas-of-she

23/07/2024

In this 4 part mini-series we are looking at four queens from the Tudor era, starting in part one with Lady Jane Grey.

Jane was queen for just thirteen days but that hasn't stopped her from claiming a place in history.

Listen on to learn about her life, her brief reign, and the tragic end to her story.

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sagas-of-she

20/07/2024

NEXT WEEK!

Coming next week are some previously unreleased podcasts on the Queens of the Tudor era.
From Tuesday - Friday next week each evening we will be releasing one podcast on each of these queens of England so keep your eyes and ears peeled!

16/07/2024

WE'RE BACK!
Sorry for the podcast radio silence, life has really kicked our butts.
BUT

Here we are again! This time we talk about 4 more awesome women in archaeology:

Anne Robertson who won international recognition with the publication of the collection of Anglo-Saxon Coins in the Glasgow collections.

Brenda Haywood who became the first woman in “professional” British archaeology.

Yusra the Palestinian woman who is credited with the discovery of Tabun 1, a 120,000-year-old Neanderthal skull from Tabun Cave.

Margaret Barbour Simpson who is believed to be the first professional female archaeologist in Scotland.

listen to find out more - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sagas-of-she

10/07/2024

This month on the Sagas blog we are looking at women who competed in the Olympics.

Kicking us off in style is Olympic Medallist Alice Coachman. Alice was the first Black woman from any country to win an Olympic gold medal, and the only American woman to win a gold medal at the 1948 Olympic Games.

Alice became a pioneer, leading the way for female African-American Olympic track stars like Wilma Rudolph, Evelyn Ashford, Florence Griffith Joyner and Jackie Joyner-Kersee.

Learn more about her Olympic story here - www.sagasofshe.wordpress.com

01/07/2024

Happy July! (I know, we can't believe it's July either)

from July 26th - August 11th the Olympic Games ( the ###III Olympiad) will be hosted in Paris. So in Sagas fashion our blog posts will focus on a couple of the women to have competed in the games.

The Paris games hold a history of their own for the women competing as it was the games held there in 1900 that saw women compete for the very first time.
Of a total of 997 athletes, 22 women competed in just five sports: tennis, sailing, croquet, equestrianism and golf.

Since 1991, any new sport seeking to join the Olympic programme must have women’s competitions. Despite this, it wasn't until 2012 Games (held in London), with the addition of women’s boxing to the Olympic programme, were women competed in all the sports on the programme.

Keep an eye out for our posts this month!

21/06/2024

Did you know that in the 18th and 19th centuries there were "Female Husbands"?

Assigned female at birth, these female husbands went on to live as men and marry women.

14/06/2024

Meet the first trans woman of colour model ... and for years nobody knew!

Tracey Norman became a successful international model in the late 70s and early 80s before she was "outed". Most famously she was a model for Clairol hair dye.

07/06/2024

Meet the 18th Century q***r ally who ended up in the stocks for helping create a LGBTQ+ safe space - Mother Clap

06/06/2024

Today marks 80 years since the Normandy Landings on June 6th, 1944.

Today we want to highlight the work of the brave nurses that flew into an active warzone to tend to the soldiers injured during D-Day - The Flying Nightingales.

05/06/2024

June is a month in which we celebrate all members of the LGBTQ+ community and so for Pride Month our posts will focus on those in the community.

This time we look at q***r Jewish British artist, Gluck. Gluck refused to use any forenames or prefixes, instead adopting a gender neutral name.

They had many le***an relationships which went on to inspire their artwork.

Read on to know more:

www.sagasofshe.wordpress.com

04/06/2024

As it's we though we would share some of our favourite LGBTQ+ books.

Kicking us off we have 'She Gets The Girl's by Rachael Lippincott, Alyson Derrick.

Have you read it?

01/06/2024

Happy Pride Month!

In June we celebrate all things LGBTQIA+ but many have asked "why do we need pride month now?"

Well here are just some of the reasons

08/05/2024

When we started talking about Women in Faith month, we thought it would be interesting to see if there were any saints with our names.
Gemma discovered Saint Emily and that post is also available on our blog, but when I saw that Saint Gemma was the patron of an interesting mix - Students, Pharmacists, Paratroopers and Parachutists to name a few - I knew that I had to take a deeper look.

read now- www.sagasofshe.wordpress.com

04/05/2024

Happy Star Wars Day!

As you know the Sagas team are star Wars nerds, so today we are asking who is your favourite Star Wars character?

High up on our lists are of course the General herself, Leia Organa, and the droid duo R3D2 and C3P0.

Let us know in the comments!

27/04/2024

Hello nerdlings!

This month's tangent podcast looks to women in videogames and we've let Emily run wild so be prepared for the rants!

Listen here -
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sagas-of-she/episodes/The-Tangent-Podcast-Women-and-Video-Games-e2ii94k

25/04/2024

On this day in 1917, Ella Fitzgerald was born.

Known as "The First Lady of Song," Ella Fitzgerald is one of the most popular jazz singers in the world.

If you want to know more, you can find a whole blog post dedicated to her at www.sagasofshe.wordpress.com

20/04/2024

On this day in 1895 Mary Kawena Pukui was born.

Mary was a Hawaiian scholar, author, composer, hula expert, and educator. She published more than 50 scholarly works and helped to keep the traditions and stories of Hawaiian Language and Culture alive.

16/04/2024

On this day in 1971 Selena Quintanilla ( the “Queen of Tejano Music,”) was born.

Selena Quintanilla made her recording debut in the 1980s and became a best-selling artist in the Latin music scene with albums like Amor Prohibido and Live! The latter earned her the Grammy for Best Mexican-American Album in 1994, making her the first female Tejano artist to win the award.

Sadly her life was cut short when she was murdered at the age of just 23.

15/04/2024

This week's 'did you know' is a sporty one as it looks at Charlotte Cooper the first female Olympic tennis champion.

11/04/2024

On this day in 1910 Annie Dodge Wauneka was born.

Annie was an influential member of the Navajo Nation as member of the Navajo Nation Council. She worked tirelessly to improve the health and education of the Navajo.

She also served on national advisory boards of the U.S. Surgeon General and the U.S. Public Health Service. For her work she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, received two honorary doctorate degrees, and was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame.

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We LOVE spooky season and BOY OH BOY have we got a lot of content heading your way this month! A grand total of 13 (yes a spooky 13) podcasts for your listening pleasure! . . #halloween #truecrime #womenshistory #historytok #historygram #learnoninsta

So our late night watch of Most Haunted didn't quite give us the nostalgic kick of the old episodes 😭 . . #haunting #mosthaunted #ghosts #halloween #spooky

Born on this day in 1905 - Agnes de Mille an American dancer and Choreographer . .. #learnontiktok #historyofdance #dance #learnoninstagram #musicals #oklahoma

Honestly we really are adults but when it gets to after 9pm and we are still recording sometimes the silliness hits 😅 . . #historyblog #historygram #podcast #womenshistory

Big happy birthday to half the Sagas team today! Happy birthday Gemma

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