Best Gal S Guide To The Galaxy Podcasts (2025)

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Tye Leung Schulze - Leah's Political Change Pick 26:23

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6h ago26:23

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Leah finishes Political Change Month with the first Chinese woman to vote in America...and she was a pinball wizard. I know, I know seems like a jump but it’s a journey and we’re in it together. Learn all about Tye Leung Schulze in the final episode of Season 8.By Gal‘s Guide To The Galaxy

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Jeanette Rankin - Katie's Political Change Pick 32:03

7d ago32:03

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Katie continues Political Change Month by talking about Jeannette Rankin, the first woman to hold federal office in the United States. The Republican Representative for Montana in 1916 and again in 1940. To this date, Jeannette is the only congresswoman to have represented Montana.By Gal‘s Guide To The Galaxy

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Alice Roosevelt - Bonnie's Political Change Pick 39:34

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Bonnie starts of Political Change Month with the infamous Alice Roosevelt. Have you heard the quote by her dad Theodore Roosevelt? “I can do one of two things. I can be President of the United States or I can control Alice Roosevelt. I cannot possibly do both.” Learn why on this week's episode.By Gal‘s Guide To The Galaxy

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Lady Eleanor Butler & Sarah Ponsonby - Leah's Defiance Pick 29:47

17d ago29:47

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Leah wraps up Defiance Month with a pair of queer Irish ladies that she found so adorably defiant that she just wanted to be in their orbit and share their story. Remember Leah is high on cold medicine as she talks about Lady Eleanor Butler & Sarah Ponsonby. The Ladies of Llangollen were two upper-class women who lived together as a couple in the l…

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N.O.W. - Julie's Defiance Pick 44:53

18d ago44:53

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Julie continues Defiance Month by talking about N.O.W. The National Organization for Women.By Gal‘s Guide To The Galaxy

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Kathrine Switzer - Katie's Defiance Pick 36:06

25d ago36:06

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Katie continues Defiance Month by talking about Kathrine Switzer. After a Jock tried to rip off her bib number, Kathrine is the first woman to officially run the Bost Marathon. Leah's on cold medicine, Bonnie's craftin' without deadlines, and Julie's back.By Gal‘s Guide To The Galaxy

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Olga of Kiev - Bonnie's Defiance Pick 36:59

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Dorotheat Dix - Leah's Personal Change Pick 25:18

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Leah finishes up Personal Change Month with a gal who experienced the effects of mental illness and decided to create better conditions (not perfect) for those afflicted with mental illness. As Dorothea Dix fought for the humanity of the mentally ill, the culture started to shift more humanely as well. Knowing we still have *LOTS* to go in the fiel…

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Lee Krasner - Klaire's Personal Change Pick 49:10

2M ago49:10

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Klaire continues Personal Change month with an abstract painter whose legacy personally effects one of our Gal Pals. Learn about Lee Krasner on this week's episode. Joined by Leah, Katie and Bonnie.By Gal‘s Guide To The Galaxy

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Maia Szalavitz - Katie's Personal Change Pick 25:43

2M ago25:43

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Katie continues Personal Change month with a neuroscience journalist who covers drugs, addition and public policy. Learn about Maia Szalavitz on this week's episode. Joined by Leah, Katie and Klaire Lockheart.By Gal‘s Guide To The Galaxy

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Dorothy Hodgkin - Bonnie's Personal Change Pick 39:09

2M ago39:09

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Bonnie starts of Personal Change month with a chemist who won a Noble Prize. Joined by Leah, Katie and Klaire Lockheart.By Gal‘s Guide To The Galaxy

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Annette Kellerman - Leah's Courage Pick 35:38

3M ago35:38

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Leah finished up courage month talking about a rebel in a swimsuit. In an era where women were expected to be silent and modest, Annette Kellerman dove headfirst into controversy. She used her body as a tool of protest, a canvas for art, and a vehicle for change. She helped create the modern swimsuit by not being ashamed of her body. Even in 2025, …

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Camogie Uniform - Jackie's Courage Pick 28:43

3M ago28:43

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Jackie continues courage month talking about the Camogie and it's women's uniform. Camogie is a sport similar to hurling. The uniform in the past has been a wool skirt and until 2025 a uncomfortable skort. When Kilkenny and Dublin teams protested and wore (gasp!) shorts, they were not allowed to play until they changed clothes. What happened next? …

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Mirabel Sisters - Katie's Courage Pick 32:52

3M ago32:52

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Katie continues courage month talking about sisters. The Mirabal Sisters courageously defied the foul dictator Rafael Trujillo known as el Jefe. Patria, Minerva and Maria Teresa are national heroines of the Dominican Republic and the sisters in the book In the Time of Butterflies written by Julia Alvarez.…

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Victoria Woodhull - Bonnie's Courage Pick 44:37

4M ago44:37

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Bonnie starts of courage month with a gal who was so courageous she ran for President of the United States before women even had the right to vote. Learn about the unique history of Victoria Woodhull, a woman who was certainly ahead of her time!By Gal‘s Guide To The Galaxy

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Clara Breed - Riwo's Freedom Pick 20:46

4M ago20:46

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Riwo finishes up Freedom Month talking about a San Diego Public Librarian who stood up for Japanese American children during WW2 interments. Clara Breed sent books, letters, and support to young readers imprisoned in camps — protecting their right to read and reminding them they were not forgotten.By Gal‘s Guide To The Galaxy

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SlutWalk - Katie's Freedom Pick 23:30

4M ago23:30

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Katie continues Freedom Month talking about SlutWalk an international movement. SlutWalk were protests to stop people asking "what was she wearing" when discussing rape and sexual assault victims. A call to end slut-shamming as well as ending rape culture.By Gal‘s Guide To The Galaxy

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Deborah Sampson - Bonnie's Freedom Pick 25:32

4M ago25:32

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Bonnie starts off Freedom Month talking about Deborah Sampson, who disguised herself as a man to fight in the American Revolution.By Gal‘s Guide To The Galaxy

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Barbara Gittings - Riwo's Injustice Pick 27:57

5M ago27:57

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Riwo finishes up Injustice Month with the mother of the LGBTQ movement, Barbara Gittings. She organized with Frank Kameny the first gay rights protest on July 4, 1965. She also fought for gay literary rights and gay mental health rights. She found community and started a movement. Podcast note: We're on break for the rest of June for the Gal's Guid…

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Lucy Stone - Katie's Injustice Pick 39:14

5M ago39:14

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Katie continues Injustice Month with a suffragette. Lucy Stone spoke out for women's rights, was the first Massachusetts woman to earn a college degree, and even kept her name when she married. Learn all about Lucy.By Gal‘s Guide To The Galaxy

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Ida B. Wells - Bonnie's Injustice Pick 35:31

6M ago35:31

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Bonnie starts off Injustice Month with a crusader for justice, Ida B. Wells. As an author, journalist and civil rights leader, Ida brought information and power to the movement for African-American equality. She was one of the founders of the NAACP and was forcibly removed from a train for the color of her skin in 1884 (71 years before Rosa Parks).…

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Mary Sherman Morgan - Katie's Innovation Pick 25:08

6M ago25:08

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Katie closes up Innovation Month with a gal who invented a new rocket fuel. Learn about Mary Sherman Morgan and how her invention of Hydyne helped launch the United States' first satellite.By Gal‘s Guide To The Galaxy

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Beatrice Schilling - Bonnie's Innovation Pick 26:14

6M ago26:14

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Bonnie continues Innovation Month (that's weird to type, normally Bonnie starts a month! ) with a rebel with a need for speed! Beatrice Shilling, also called Tilly, was an aerospace engineer and motorcycle racer. Learn about this British innovator who broke records and saved lives!By Gal‘s Guide To The Galaxy

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Lizzie Magie - Riwo's Innovation Pick 32:49

6M ago32:49

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Riwo starts off Innovation Month with a rebel with a board game. Learn about the actual inventor of the game Monopoly, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Magie. Her story and what she was trying to teach us is way more in-depth that you might have been led to believe.By Gal‘s Guide To The Galaxy

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Yayoi Kusama - Riwo's Creative Expression Pick 25:53

7M ago25:53

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Riwo finishes up Rebellious Creative Expression month with Yayoi Kusama, a rebel in polka dots. She’s been called “one of the most important artists to come out of Japan.” She’s not only a polka dot pop artist but also a filmmaker, protestor, author, sculptor, and fashion designer. She hit on rebellious creative expression on so many fronts.…

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Lee Miller - Katie's Creative Expression Pick 29:01

7M ago29:01

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It's Katie's turn to tell us about her pick for Rebellious Creative Expression month. Lee Miller was creative and rebellious in many ways. Lee was a war correspondent, photographer, and artist. She also took a rebellious picture of herself in Hitler's bathtub.By Gal‘s Guide To The Galaxy

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Françoise d'Eaubonne - Josh's Creative Expression Pick 34:20

7M ago34:20

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Rebellious Creative Expression continues on the Gal's Guide Podcast. Josh talks about Françoise d'Eaubonne, the French author who coined the term ecofeminism.By Gal‘s Guide To The Galaxy

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Edmonia Lewis - Bonnie's Creative Expression Pick 27:56

7M ago27:56

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We're exploring Creative Expression within rebellion. Bonnie starts us off with the sculpture artist, Edmonia Lewis. Edmonia brought her African and Native American heritage to a neoclassical marble sculpture. Learn all about her incredible work.By Gal‘s Guide To The Galaxy

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Rima Sultana Rimu - Katie's Equality Pick 26:35

8M ago26:35

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Katie finishes Equality Month of our Rebel Era by talking about the young peace activist from the Young Women for Leadership (YWL). Learn about the Rima Sultana Rimu from Bangladesh.By Gal‘s Guide To The Galaxy

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Fannie Lou Hamer - Debbie's Equality Pick 37:55

8M ago37:55

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Debbi continues Equality Month of our Rebel Era, by talking about the powerful activist, Fannie Lou Hamer.By Gal‘s Guide To The Galaxy

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Mary Bowser - Bonnie's Equality Pick 19:16

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Bonnie starts off Equality Month of our Rebel Era, by talking about the amazing Civil War spy. Known by a couple of names Mary Elizabeth Bowser, Mary Richards, or Mary J.R. Garmin. Born into slavery she was a Union spy in the Confederate White House.By Gal‘s Guide To The Galaxy

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Madge Saved Lives - Special Episode 49:34

8M ago49:34

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March 15, 2025, will mark 100 years since the kidnapping, rape, and murder of Madge Oberholtzer. Madge’s trial was directly responsible for dismantling the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana. A powerful and poignant special episode, Madge Saved Lives, releases on the 100th anniversary of Madge Oberholtzer’s kidnapping, March 15, 1925. This episode shines a li…

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Jessie Redmon Fauset - Katie's Solidarity Pick 27:09

9M ago27:09

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Katie finishes up Solidarity Month by talking about the author Jessie Redmon Fauset. As an editor of The Crisis as well as a poet and novelist, Jessie showcased the true image of African-American life. Her characters were working professionals and dealt with themes of feminism, "passing" and racial discrimination. Learn more about Jessie on this we…

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Tarana Burke - Riwo's Solidarity Pick 31:36

9M ago31:36

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Riwo continues Solidarity Month with a powerful episode about the work of Tarana Burke and the #MeToo Movement.By Gal‘s Guide To The Galaxy

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Georgia Gilmore - Julie's Solidarity Pick 24:18

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Julie continues Solidarity Month at Gal's Guide. Julie tells us Georgia Gilmore who used food as a connecting and fundraising tool for the Montgomery Bus Boycott movement. She was the rebel gal behind the "Club from Nowhere."By Gal‘s Guide To The Galaxy

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MMIW - Bonnie's Solidarity Pick 21:53

10M ago21:53

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February is Solidarity Month at Gal's Guide. Bonnie starts off by talking about the movement and awareness of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW).By Gal‘s Guide To The Galaxy

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Ani Pachen - Riwo's Resistance Pick 21:37

10M ago21:37

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Riwo wraps up resistance month talking about the Tibetan warrior nun, Ani Pachen.By Gal‘s Guide To The Galaxy

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Boudica - Katie's Resistance Pick 29:01

10M ago29:01

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Katie talks about her resistance gal, Queen Boudica on this week's episode.By Gal‘s Guide To The Galaxy

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4B Movement - Bonnie's Resistance Pick 27:21

10M ago27:21

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2025 is Gal's Guide Rebel Gal Era. We're dedicating each month to the various ways women rebel. January is "Resistance" month. Bonnie starts off Season 8 with the 4B movement out of South Korea.By Gal‘s Guide To The Galaxy

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Karen Blixen - Katie's Scandinavian Pick 34:11

12M ago34:11

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Katie ends our Around the World theme with a baroness and author. Baroness Karen Christenze von Blixen-Finecke went by many names when she wrote. She's most famous for penning Out of Africa. Learn about this Danish traveler and her many adventures. Season 8 of the Gal's Guide Podcast returns in January 2025!…

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Björk - Kassie's Scandinavian Pick 20:48

12M ago20:48

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Kassie continues Scandinavian Gal Month with Icelandic musician and actress, Björk. Learn about how Björk started in music at age 11 and rose to international success with the band The Sugarcubes before going solo. There was also that swan dress...By Gal‘s Guide To The Galaxy

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Vigdís Finnbogadóttir - Bonnie's Scandinavian Pic 15:44

1y ago15:44

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Bonnie continues Scandinavian Gal Month with the first woman in the world to be democratically elected as president. Learn about Vigdís Finnbogadóttir the president of Iceland from 1980-1996.By Gal‘s Guide To The Galaxy

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Eva Ekeblad - Riwo's Scandinavian Gal Pick 21:32

1y ago21:32

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Riwo starts off Scandinavian Gal Month with Swedish royalty who saved her country with alcohol! Learn all about the gal with a brain for science, Eva Ekeblad!By Gal‘s Guide To The Galaxy

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Maria Rostworowski - Riwo's South American Pick 23:11

1y ago23:11

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Riwo finishes up South American month talking about a historian who taught us how to learn about the Incas not from a western perspective, not from a Spanish conquistador perspective, but that of the ancestry of the people, the Andeans. Learn about the fantastic historian Maria Rostworowski.By Gal‘s Guide To The Galaxy

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Carmen Miranda - Julie's South American Pick 13:36

1y ago13:36

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Julie shares with us the colorful life of the gal known for her fruit hats, singing, and dancing - Carmen Miranda. There is much more to this "Brazillian Bombshell" learn about Carmen's life in two Americans and her many talents.By Gal‘s Guide To The Galaxy

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Special Witchy Offer, Birthday Dedication and Flashback episode of Katie's Catherine Movoisin 31:23

1y ago31:23

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It's Katie's Birthday week and we have a special coupon code for 15% off our event A Night With the Witch and Famous. The episode originally aired October 17, 2022 - Katie gets gruesome with the tale of Catherine “La Vosin” Monvoisin. This French black magic sorcerer was the head of a powerful network that provided poisons, love potions, and aborti…

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Maria Quiteria - Bonnie's South American Pick 15:05

1y ago15:05

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It's the start of South American Gal Month! Bonnie leads off with a national hero of Brazil, Maria Quitéria! Learn about this lieutenant in the Brazilian War of Independence.By Gal‘s Guide To The Galaxy

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The Three Sisters - Katie's American Farmer Gal Pick 30:03

1y ago30:03

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Katie finishes up American Farmers Month with the Indigenous peoples' mythos of planting corn, beans, and squash.By Gal‘s Guide To The Galaxy

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Farmerettes - Riwo's American Farmer Pic 22:01

1y ago22:01

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Before there was Rosie the Riveter there were the Farmerettes. Riwo shares the history of the gals who were called to help America by being farmers.By Gal‘s Guide To The Galaxy

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Harriet Strong - Debbi's American Farmer Pic 26:25

1y ago26:25

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Debbi shares her American farmer gal, Harriet Williams Russell strong. Harriet was pivotal to water conservation in California. She was also known as the "Walnut Queen" and held 5 patents. Learn all about this innovative woman.By Gal‘s Guide To The Galaxy