The Bitchery of History

This week, live from YouTube and The 4th Annual Bitches Get Personal, Max and Allison talk about two women who challenged impossible odds. The first, an activist and labor organizer, was the first published feminist in Puerto Rico. The second, a Native American interpreter and educator, straddled the two worlds. That right, we're talking about Luisa Capetillo and Sarah Winnemucca! Then, we're joined by Maebe A. Girl, the first drag queen elected to public office in California! We talk about her journey, her goals, and her fight. Music by: Bensound.com Max: @quirkytitle Allison: @allisonhpowell Maebe A. Girl: @maebeagirl

This week, live from YouTube and The 4th Annual Bitches Get Personal, Max and Allison talk about two women who changed who changed the world by the force of their will. The first, an activist and educator, almost went to jail for decades for a crime she didn't commit. The second, a doctor and suffragist, is widely believed to have opened the first birth control clinic in the world. That right, we're talking about Angela Davis and Aletta Jacobs! Then, we're joined by AJ Joyce of the She's So Reel podcast. We talk about her journey, her podcast, and her love of diversity and inclusion in entertainment. https://shessoreel.com/ https://www.facebook.com/shessoreel/ Music by: Bensound.com Max: @quirkytitle Allison: @allisonhpowell AJ Joyce: @ajsoreel

Today, Allison is joined by It Could Be Me founder Triny Willerton. This inspirational triathlete was hit by a truck in May of 2018 while riding her bike and was running an Iron Man later that year. Triny talks to Allison about recovery, her advocacy work, and their shared love of being active! Bitches Get Stuff Done indeed! Silent Bike Ride - May 20th @ 2:10pm on Swift https://www.itcouldbeme.org/ Twitter: @itcouldbeme Instagram: @itcouldbeme2020 Itcouldbeme2019@gmail.com Logo: Lauren Cierzan Music: Youtube Audio Library Max: @QuirkyTitle Allison: @AllisonHPowell Triny: @trinywillerton

In HONOR of International Nurses Week, we're re-releasing this episode from May of 2018 -- This week, Allison and Max discuss two nurses! The first, became the first black nurse in America, in the mid 1800's; the second, known around the world as the "lady with the lamp," built her reputation through her ceaseless work ethic: Mary Mahoney and Florence Nightingale. Intro and Ad Music: BenSound.com Logo: Lauren Cierzan Max: @QuirkyTitle Allison: @AllisonHPowell

In light of last week's events, we're re-releasing this episode from March of 2019. -- Max and Allison discuss two women who shed light on the world around them. The first, an investigative journalist and relentless civil rights advocate, became, arguably, the loudest anti-lynching crusader in US history; the second, a doctor and one of the first women ordained as a methodist minister, was a leader of the national suffrage movement in the United States: Ida B. Wells and Anna Howard Shaw. Intro and Ad Music: BenSound.com Logo: Lauren Cierzan Max: @QuirkyTitle Allison: @AllisonHPowell

Hello! Thank you again for joining us for this special Quarantine Cycle of episodes. For our final week, we're joined by Lola Noh and Anna Lewis. Also, Allison reads a piece submitted by Marguerite Nocci. Producer: Max Kirkham Producer: Allison Powell Music: Bensound.com & YouTube Audio Library Artwork: Lauren Cierzan For more information visit www.thebitcheryofhistory.com.

Greetings from Hollywood in hibernation! Over another week in isolation, we got more of our friends and family on the phone to share their stories. Please welcome Nicole Powell, Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut, Roni Geva, and Grace Seamon Lahiff! Producer: Max Kirkham Producer: Allison Powell Music: Bensound.com & YouTube Audio Library Artwork: Lauren Cierzan For more information visit www.thebitcheryofhistory.com.

Hello from Los Angeles in lockdown! We've been hard at work getting our friends and family on the phone to share their stories. Today, Janette Danielson, Kim Grant, and Lauren Brooks. Producer: Max Kirkham Producer: Allison Powell Music: Bensound.com & YouTube Audio Library Artwork: Lauren Cierzan For more information visit www.thebitcheryofhistory.com.

Hello from Los Angeles in lockdown! Our hiatus was scheduled to go until the next Bitches Get Personal, but then there was a pandemic. So we thought we'd check in and bring you some words of comfort from our best friends and family members. Producer: Max Kirkham Producer: Allison Powell Music: Bensound.com & YouTube Audio Library Artwork: Lauren Cierzan For more information visit www.thebitcheryofhistory.com.

Originally released on October 16, 2016, Max and Allison talk about two women whose life's work will continue to impact our world for ages to come. The first, a poet born more than 600 years before the birth of Christ, became one of the most successful artists the world has ever known; The other, a nurse and a social worker, saved more than 2000 souls from the jaws of a great evil: Sappho and Irena Sendler! / Intro and Ad Music provided by BenSound.com / Logo Art by Lauren Cierzan / Join the Conversation! thebitcheryofhistory.com / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Max: @QuirkyTitle Allison: @AHPowell91 / The Team: Janette Danielson (@Neddie94) Sydney Tannenbaum (@sydneyxmastree) Jess Lee (@jessmlee)

Over the course of just under 47 hours, Allison Powell made history in becoming the first woman to run The Backbone Trail in Malibu, CA out and back: 136.8 miles (220.16 km)! In this special episode, Max and Allison discuss her process, her achievement, and the team that helped make it happen. / Intro and Ad Music provided by BenSound.com / Logo Art by Lauren Cierzan / Join the Conversation! www.thebitcheryofhistory.com / Max: @QuirkyTitle Allison: @AHPowell91 /

This week, recorded live at The Complex Hollywood in Los Angeles, California, Allison and Max tell the stories of two women whose accomplishments changed everything. The first, a scientist married to one of the most famous men in the last century, most likely played a pivotal part in his work; the second, an African warrior queen, brought her country to the peak of its power and wealth: Mileva Marić and Queen Amina of Zaria. Then, Max and Allison are joined onstage by the co-creators of Ctrl Alt Delete: Roni Geva & Margaret Katch! / Find Ctrl Alt Delete here: http://www.ctrlaltdeleteshow.com / https://vimeo.com/channels/ctrlaltdeleteshow / Intro and Ad Music provided by BenSound.com Logo Art by Lauren Cierzan / Join the Conversation! thebitcheryofhistory.com / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Max: @QuirkyTitle Allison: @AHPowell91 Margaret Katch: @margaretkatch Roni Geva: @theronigeva / The Team: Janette Danielson (@Neddie94) Sydney Tannenbaum (@sydneyxmastree) Jess Lee (@jessmlee)

This week, recorded live at The Complex Hollywood in Los Angeles, California, Max and Allison tell the stories of two women who shattered expectations. The first, a soldier whose short life brought her worldwide fame, did all she could to save her homeland; the second, a prolific swimmer with a mutant ability to keep herself warm, used her platform to unite: Maria Bochkareva and Lynne Cox. Then, Max and Allison are joined onstage by a special guest: producer, author, & podcaster Heidi Clements! Subscribe to GenHERations today. / For more info on Bitches Get Personal, and for tickets to show 2, go to www.itspersonalonstage.com. / Intro and Ad Music provided by BenSound.com Logo Art by Lauren Cierzan / Join the Conversation! thebitcheryofhistory.com / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Max: @QuirkyTitle Allison: @AHPowell91 Heidi: @welcometoheidi & @genherations / The Team: Janette Danielson (@Neddie94) Sydney Tannenbaum (@sydneyxmastree) Jess Lee (@jessmlee)

The third annual Bitches Get Personal! Recorded live in The Ruby at The Complex Theaters Los Angeles on August 22, 2019. Tickets for show two available at www.itspersonalonstage.com / Performers: Chloé Godard - Who do you Think You Are; Ariel Putman - Strong Like a Princess; Sara Fisher - Dreams; Liz Kummer - Girl; Allison Powell - See How it Runs; Julia Stier - Can’t Silence Us; Riley Billingsley - Oh Baby; Alycia Conrad - Bitchin’ Armor. / Logo Art by Lauren Cierzan

This week, Allison and Max are joined by Liz and Riley to discuss 3 women who ignored the probable to do the impossible. The first, a woman who single-mindedly pursued her childhood passion, shattered a glass ceiling; the second, a legend and goddess revered the world over, started life as a poor fisherman’s daughter; and the third, a radical revolutionary, helped shape the civil rights movement in the 1960s: Beverly Bass, Mazu, and Kathleen Neal Cleaver. For more info on Its Personal, and for tickets to Bitches Get Personal, go to http://www.itspersonalonstage.com. / Intro and Ad Music provided by BenSound.com Logo Art by Lauren Cierzan / Join the Conversation! thebitcheryofhistory.com / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Max: @QuirkyTitle Allison: @AHPowell91 Liz: @lizkummer4 Riley: @rileybillingsley / The Team: Janette Danielson (@Neddie94) Sydney Tannenbaum (@sydneyxmastree) Jess Lee (@jessmlee)

This week (August 22nd) is the first showing of the third annual Bitches Get Personal. Liz Kummer Guck and Riley Billingsley joined Allison and Max on the podcast and, near the end of each episode, discussed the show and what you can expect when sitting in the audience. What follows here is those two discussions edited into one long segment. If you find yourself in the LA area, either this week August 22 or next month on September 26, join us at The Complex theaters on Santa Monica, right here in the city of Angels. Go to www.itspersonalonstage.com. / Intro and Ad Music provided by BenSound.com Logo Art by Lauren Cierzan / Join the Conversation! thebitcheryofhistory.com / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Max: @QuirkyTitle Allison: @AHPowell91 Liz: @lizkummer4 Riley: @rileybillingsley / The Team: Janette Danielson (@Neddie94) Sydney Tannenbaum (@sydneyxmastree) Jess Lee (@jessmlee)

This week, Max and Allison are joined by Liz and Riley to discuss 3 women who defied the expectations of their time. The first, a queen whose life could fill 10 seasons of a cable tv show, kept Europe on its toes with her every move; the second, a woman whose advocacy made her the first Native-American woman to argue in front of the US Supreme Court, literally chose her hill to die on; and the third, the first female stunt woman in the United States, was a master of reinventing herself to stay on top: Queen Christina of Sweden, Eliza “Lyda” Conley, and Helen Gibson! / For more info on Its Personal, and for tickets to Bitches Get Personal, go to http://www.itspersonalonstage.com. / Intro and Ad Music provided by BenSound.com / Logo Art by Lauren Cierzan / Join the Conversation! thebitcheryofhistory.com / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Max: @QuirkyTitle Allison: @AHPowell91 Liz: @lizkummer4 Riley: @rileybillingsley The Team: Janette Danielson (@Neddie94) Sydney Tannenbaum (@sydneyxmastree) Jess Lee (@jessmlee)

This week, Allison and Max discuss two sovereigns whose reigns changed the course of history. The first, the longest ruler in Russian History, presided over a revitalization of Russia that brought it into a new age; the second, the first Habsburg in 300 years to balance the royal budget, successfully defended her kingdom before devoting herself to her people: Catherine the Great of Russia and Maria Theresa of Austria. / Intro and Ad Music provided by BenSound.com / Logo Art by Lauren Cierzan / Join the Conversation! thebitcheryofhistory.com / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Max: @QuirkyTitle Allison: @AHPowell91 / The Team: Janette Danielson (@Neddie94) Sydney Tannenbaum (@sydneyxmastree) Jess Lee (@jessmlee)

This week, Max and Allison discuss two ladies who ruled over ancient Egypt. The first, a queen whose successors tried to erase from history, was both mortal ruler and godlike presence; the second, one of the most famous woman in all of ancient history, was so much more than the seductive temptress Rome made her out to be: Nefertiti and Cleopatra. / Intro and Ad Music provided by BenSound.com / Logo Art by Lauren Cierzan / Join the Conversation! thebitcheryofhistory.com / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Max: @QuirkyTitle Allison: @AHPowell91 / The Team: Janette Danielson (@Neddie94) Sydney Tannenbaum (@sydneyxmastree) Jess Lee (@jessmlee)

This week, Max and Allison discuss two women who did what no man had done before. The first, a queen who brought Palmyra to its height in the 4th century, took power on her own terms; the second, the first woman to run the Boston Marathon, became an flashpoint in the fight for women’s rights: Zenobia and Katherine Switzer. / Intro and Ad Music provided by BenSound.com / Logo Art by Lauren Cierzan / Join the Conversation! thebitcheryofhistory.com / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Max: @QuirkyTitle Allison: @AHPowell91 / The Team: Janette Danielson (@Neddie94) Sydney Tannenbaum (@sydneyxmastree) Jess Lee (@jessmlee)