4. The Trung Sisters and Wilma Rudolph

The fourth annual Spooky Lady Day episode is upon us! Gather 'round for the chilling tales of Yuki-Onna and the legend of the banshee.

Sources:

Yuki-Onna

• Hearn, L. (n.d.). Yuki-Onna. Short Stories & Classic Literature for Readers & Teachers. Retrieved October 23, 2022, from https://americanliterature.com/author/lafcadio-hearn/short-story/yuki-onna
• Warman, S. C. and B. (2020, October 22). Top 5 feminist ghosts. FolkloreThursday. Retrieved October 23, 2022, from https://folklorethursday.com/halloween/top-5-feminist-ghosts/
• Wikimedia Foundation. (2022, October 21). Yōkai. Wikipedia. Retrieved October 23, 2022, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%8Dkai
• Wikimedia Foundation. (2022, October 22). Lafcadio Hearn. Wikipedia. Retrieved October 23, 2022, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafcadio_Hearn
• Wikimedia Foundation. (2022, September 24). Yuki-Onna. Wikipedia. Retrieved October 23, 2022, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuki-onna

Banshee

• “Banshee.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., https://www.britannica.com/topic/banshee. 
• “Beware the Wail of the Banshee.” ConnollyCove, 8 Feb. 2022, https://www.connollycove.com/banshee/. 
• Brent, Harry. “Exploring Irish Mythology: The Banshee.” The Irish Post, The Irish Post, 19 Aug. 2021, https://www.irishpost.com/life-style/exploring-irish-mythology-banshee-170287. 
• Hendicott, James. “The Story behind Ireland's Fairy Forts and Where to See Them.” Culture Trip, The Culture Trip, 15 Aug. 2017, https://theculturetrip.com/europe/ireland/articles/the-story-behind-irelands-fairy-forts-and-where-to-see-them/. 
• O'Hara, Keith. “The Banshee: Origin + What It Sounds like (2022).” The Irish Road Trip, 26 May 2022, https://www.theirishroadtrip.com/the-banshee/. 
• Poleon, Jade. “What Is a Banshee? the Story of Ireland's Most Terrifying Spirit.” Meanwhile in Ireland, 20 Oct. 2021, https://meanwhileinireland.com/what-is-a-banshee-the-story-of-irelands-terrifying-spirit/. 
• Serena. “The Wailing Irish Banshee - Irish Folklore.” Your Irish Culture, 1 Mar. 2020, https://www.yourirish.com/folklore/banshees-in-ireland. 
• Thornton, Donal. “Ireland Suffering from Ancient Curse of Tara and Furious Fairy Forts.” IrishCentral.com, 24 Jan. 2014, https://www.irishcentral.com/news/ireland-suffering-from-ancient-curse-of-tara-and-furious-fairy-forts-82694582-237682541. 

In this episode, we learn about the warrior and prophet Lozen and the mathematician/engineer Mary Golda Ross.

 WOW! It's the first ever team edition of Pop Pop Quiz Quiz with very special guests Caitlin and Jessica from the Special Lady Day podcast!!!

20 questions! 2 guests! 1 host! Roughly 2,000 laughs! 

 Check out Caitlin's story "Peaches" here: 
https://issuu.com/egumeny/docs/jdp_issue_july2021/s/12993013

Check out Jessica's poetry here: 
https://jessicalohafer.com/home

Check out Jane Mitchell's comedy blog "Yesterday's Horoscope" here: 
https://yesterdayshoroscope.substack.com/

Check out Kuinka here: 
https://www.kuinkatheband.com/

The theme to Pop Pop Quiz Quiz can be found here: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-96SMUqYA1k

Happy Halloween! In the third installment of Spooky Lady Day, we cover the many legends of La Llorona and the haunting of Catherine Howard, King Henry IIX’s fifth wife.

Frugal Fear by Annie Lohafer (Jessica's Mom)

Sources:

La Llorona 

• AFP. “Day of the Dead: Mexico's 'La Llorona' Returns on Stage with Pandemic-Era Twist.” News18, 21 Oct. 2020, https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/day-of-the-dead-mexicos-la-llorona-returns-on-stage-with-pandemic-era-twist-2988224.html. 
• Dimuro, Gina. “The Legend of La Llorona: The Wailing Woman Who Murdered Her Children.” All That's Interesting, All That's Interesting, 28 Sept. 2020, https://allthatsinteresting.com/la-llorona. 
• Fuller, Amy. “The Wailing Woman.” History Today, 31 Oct. 2017, https://www.historytoday.com/miscellanies/wailing-woman. 
• Kirtley, Bacil F. “‘La Llorona’ and Related Themes.” Western Folklore, vol. 19, no. 3, Western States Folklore Society, 1960, pp. 155–68, https://doi.org/10.2307/1496370.
• West, John O. “La Llorona.” TSHA, 1 Oct. 1995, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/la-llorona. 

Catherine Howard

• Bloks, Moniek. The screaming lady of the haunted gallery: Catherine Howard. Royal Central. (2015, October 28). Retrieved October 3, 2021, from https://royalcentral.co.uk/interests/history/the-screaming-lady-of-the-haunted-gallery-catherine-howard-52815/.
• Historic Hauntings at Hampton Court Palace. Historic Royal Palaces. (n.d.). Retrieved October 3, 2021, from https://www.hrp.org.uk/hampton-court-palace/history-and-stories/historic-hauntings-at-hampton-court-palace/#gs.cbup25.
• The National Archives. (2004, June 28). The National Archives: Research and Learning: Treasures from the National Archives: Catherine Howard. The National Archives | Treasures from The National Archives. Retrieved October 3, 2021, from https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/museum/item.asp?item_id=13.  

This episode covers Hypatia: mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher, and Victoria Kawēkiu Kaʻiulani Lunalilo Kalaninuiahilapalapa Cleghorn, Hawaii's Crown Princess.


Act One: 

• The Lilith Fund

• Plan C

Hypatia Sources

• Encyclopedia Britannica, inc. (n.d.). Hypatia. Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved September 10, 2021, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hypatia 

• Hypatia. (n.d.). Retrieved September 10, 2021, from http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_Romana/greece/paganism/hypatia.html. 

• Zielinski, S. (2010, March 14). Hypatia, ancient Alexandria's great FEMALE SCHOLAR. Smithsonian.com. Retrieved September 10, 2021, from https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/hypatia-ancient-alexandrias-great-female-scholar-10942888/. 

Victoria Kawēkiu Kaʻiulani Lunalilo Kalaninuiahilapalapa Cleghorn Sources

• Branch, John. “'I'm Not Anti-Anything. I'm pro-Hawaii.'.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 17 May 2021, www.nytimes.com/2021/05/17/sports/olympics/olympic-surfing-hawaii-flag.html. 

• Fahrni, Jennifer. “Princess Kaiulani Her Life and Times by JENNIFER FAHRNI.” Princess Kaiulani, Her Life and Times, A Biography, 2009, princesskaiulaniproject.com/about_princess_kaiulani.htm. 

• Ho, Sally. “Olympic Surfing Exposes Whitewashed Native Hawaiian Roots.” AP NEWS, Associated Press, 13 July 2021, apnews.com/article/2020-tokyo-olympics-games-racial-injustice-hawaii-surfing-5048591ab4620f8796a08ff54331fec0. 

• Ho, Sally. “Native Hawaiians 'RECLAIM' Surfing with Moore's Olympic Gold.” AP NEWS, Associated Press, 5 Aug. 2021, apnews.com/article/2020-tokyo-olympics-surfing-hawaii-carissa-moore-272e71e4203c138221e66808a87e9564. 

• Hulstrand, Janet. “Ka'iulani: Hawaii's Island Rose.” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 7 May 2009, www.smithsonianmag.com/history/kaiulani-hawaiis-island-rose-131796275/. 

• Little, Becky. “Hawai'ian Surfers Have Been Riding Waves since the 17th Century.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 15 Aug. 2018, www.history.com/news/women-surfers-1600s-hawaii-princess-gidget.

Our second annual pride special features the stories of the British multimedia celebrity and lesbian icon Nancy Spain and Barbara Gittings, "a mother of lesbian and gay liberation."

Act One: 

• 5 Calls
• Resistbot

 Nancy Spain Sources

• “About Nancy Spain: British Journalist (1917 - 1964).” Peoplepill.com, People Pill, peoplepill.com/people/nancy-spain. 
• Collis, Rose. “A Trouser-Wearing Character: The Life and Times of Nancy Spain (Cassell 1997).” Rose Collis, Rose Collis , www.rosecollis.com/books/a-trouser-wearing-character-the-life-and-times-of-nancy-spain-cassell-1997/. 
• Fowler, Christopher. “Invisible Ink: No 220 - Nancy Spain.” The Independent, Independent Digital News and Media, 18 Apr. 2014, www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/invisible-ink-no-220-nancy-spain-9269801.html. 
• Lynch, Declan. “Nancy Spain, the Popular Song and an English Lesbian.” Irish Independent, Independent.ie, 4 Oct. 2014, www.independent.ie/life/nancy-spain-the-popular-song-and-an-english-lesbian-30638813.html. 
• “Nancy Spain .” Curtis Brown, www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/nancy-spain. 
• “Nancy Spain.” Nancy Spain - LGBT Archive, LGBT Archive, lgbthistoryuk.org/wiki/Nancy_Spain. 
• Ring, Trudy. “Who the F Is ... Celebrity Journalist Nancy Spain?” Gay Pride - LGBT & Queer Voices, PRIDE.com, 31 Oct. 2014, www.pride.com/who-f/2014/10/31/who-f-%E2%80%A6-celebrity-journalist-nancy-spain. 

Barbara Gittings Sources 

• Barbara Gittings. Legacy Project Chicago. https://legacyprojectchicago.org/person/barbara-gittings. 
• Barbara Gittings. Barbara Gittings | LGBT 50th Anniversary July 4, 2015. (n.d.). https://lgbt50.org/barbara-gittings. 
• Fox, M. (2007, March 15). Barbara Gittings, 74, Prominent Gay Rights Activist Since '50s, Dies. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/15/obituaries/15gittings.html. 

Special Lady Shout Outs

• Jessica: A Black Lady Sketch Show
• Caitlin: Day X and Katrin Bennhold

It's a Special Lady Day Bonus Episode! Caitlin joins producer Chad as a special guest on everyone's favorite podcast quiz show, Pop Pop Quiz Quiz.

Caitlin's spooky short story, The Procedure, can be found here: https://ghostparachute.com/issue/march-2021-issue/the-procedure/

Caitlin and I mention the excellent podcast, Phoebe Reads A Mystery. If you are unfamiliar, check it out here: https://thisiscriminal.com/mystery/

This episode's theme song is Payday by Jason Farnham. It's track one at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BTPdeXdLeU

Check out Conversation Happens on your favorite podcast app for more episodes of Pop Pop Quiz Quiz or click on this link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/177608

It's a Special Lady Day Bonus Episode! Jessica joins producer Chad as a special guest on everyone's favorite podcast quiz show, Pop Pop Quiz Quiz. 

 (Love Is) The Tender Trap (gentle remix) is performed by Count Basie and his orchestra.

https://youtu.be/zyBFzeJ-vG4

Check out Conversation Happens on your favorite podcast app for more episodes of Pop Pop Quiz Quiz or click on this link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/177608

This episode covers Anna May Wong: international starlet and the first Chinese American film star in Hollywood, and Susan Ahn Cuddy, the first female gunnery officer in the United States Navy.

Act I

• Stop AAPI Hate

Instagram: @stopaapihate

Episode Sources

Anna May Wong

• Hong, Y. (Director). (n.d.). Anna May Wong: In Her Own Words [Video file]. Retrieved from https://vimeo.com/ondemand/annamaywonginherownwords.
• Alexander, Kerri Lee. “Anna May Wong.” National Women’s History Museum, 2019. March 27, 2021. 
• “Celebrating Asian American Women.” National Women’s History Museum. March 27, 2021. 
• The Good Earth. (2021, February 03). Retrieved March 27, 2021, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Good_Earth 

Susan Ahn Cuddy

• Blakemore, Erin. “Susan Ahn Cuddy-She Opened U.S. Navy to Asian-American Women.” Time, Time, 3 May 2016, time.com/4314308/susan-cuddy-history/. 
• Kim-Eubanks, Erina. “10 AAPI Women You Should Know (but Probably Have Never Heard of).” Medium, IMAGINEBayArea, 17 May 2018, medium.com/imaginebayarea/10-aapi-women-you-should-know-but-probably-have-never-heard-of-2fbe9bcfec0c. 
• Kim, Sung. Susan Ahn Cuddy: Asian American Trailblazer, Los Angeles Public Library, 6 May 2020, lapl.org/collections-resources/blogs/lapl/susan-ahn-cuddy-asian-american-trailblazer. 
• Vickery, Martha. “Susan Ahn Cuddy Archives.” Korean Quarterly, 2020, www.koreanquarterly.org/tag/susan-ahn-cuddy/. 
• Warren, Mia, and Emma Bowman. “Their 'Tough' Mom Was Also The Navy's 1st Asian American Woman Officer.” NPR, NPR, 17 Aug. 2019, www.npr.org/2019/08/17/751418920/their-tough-mom-was-also-the-navy-s-1st-asian-american-woman-officer.

This episode covers the lives of the wild west hero and United States postal carrier Mary Fields (aka Stagecoach Mary) and Josephine Baker the infamous dancer, singer, and spy. 

Act 1: Support Texas

Donate to Houseless Organizing Coalition:

Houseless Organizing Coalition is a revolutionary coalition fully operated by BIPOC organizers building dual power within Houston's houseless community. They are currently distributing supplies and addressing needs for those in our houseless community.
Donate here: https://fundly.com/houseless-organizing-coalition#home

Instagram: @hoc.htx

Mary Fields

• Amspacher, Shelby. “Stagecoach Mary Fields.” Stagecoach Mary Fields | National Postal Museum, postalmuseum.si.edu/stagecoach-mary-fields. 
• Bauer, Patricia. “Mary Fields.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., www.britannica.com/biography/Mary-Fields. 
• Blakemore, Erin. Meet Stagecoach Mary, the DARING Black Pioneer Who Protected Wild WEST STAGECOACHES. 14 Sept. 2017, www.history.com/news/meet-stagecoach-mary-the-daring-black-pioneer-who-protected-wild-west-stagecoaches. 
• Weekes, Princess. “How The Once Enslaved ‘Stagecoach Mary’ Became The Gun-Toting First Black Woman Mail Carrier.” BUST, July 2019, bust.com/feminism/196348-stagecoach-mary-fields-runs-the-west.html. 

Josephine Baker

• Burton, Kristen D., PhD. “Siren of the Resistance: The Artistry and Espionage of Josephine Baker.” The National WWII Museum of New Orleans. February 20, 2021. https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/siren-resistance-artistry-and-espionage-josephine-baker
• Goodman, Elyssa. “Remembering Josephine Baker, a Radical Bisexual Performer and Activist.” Them. https://www.them.us/story/josephine-baker-activism-history 
• Norwood, Arlisha. "Josephine Baker." National Women's History Museum. National Women's History Museum, 2017. February 20, 2021. https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/josephine-baker