Glass Box Podcast

Ep 198 — Women's History Month | Orlando

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It's Women's History Month!  We first talk about a few women in history who dared to stand out because representation matters. These are women in science, medicine, and even espionage who did amazing things to further scientific advances, to help heal people, etc and they deserve to be recognized. For the media segment, we talk about the 1993 movie Orlando, starring the amazing Tilda Swinton. Following that, we close out with happy news about Dolly Parton and children's books.    Show Notes:    Books to read:  Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers in World War II, by Liza Mundy  Wonder Women: 25 Innovators, inventors, and trailblazers who changed history, by Sam Maggs  Nurse and Spy in the Union Army: S. Emma E. Edmonds' Riveting Account of Her Service as a Nurse and Spy during the Civil War, by S. Emma Edmonds  Fanny Campbell, the Female Pirate Captain: A Tale of the Revolution, by Maturin Murray Ballou Spy Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat Khan, by Shrabani Basu