In this episode, Annie tells Phoebe all about Isabel Myers Briggs, an American writer who co-created the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator with her mother, Katharine Cook Briggs. The MBTI is one of the most often used personality tests worldwide; over two million people complete the questionnaire each year. And, Phoebe tells Annie all about Emma Goldman, a Russian-born anarchist revolutionary, political activist, and writer. She played a pivotal role in the development of anarchist political philosoph...
Jul 03, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Season 8Ep. 4
In this episode, Phoebe tells Annie all about Mary Somerville, a Scottish scientist, writer, and polymath who studied mathematics and astronomy, and in 1835 was elected the first female Honorary Member of the Royal Astronomical Society. Annie tells Phoebe all about Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, who flew a solo mission on Vostok 6 on June 16, 1963. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/chickstory . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jun 04, 2025•59 min•Season 8Ep. 3
In this episode, Annie tells Phoebe about Mary Blair, a prominent concept artist who was pivotal in producing well-known art and animation for The Walt Disney Company, and Phoebe tells Annie about Brettena Smythe, an Australian women's rights activist and entrepreneur. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/chickstory . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 30, 2025•58 min•Season 8Ep. 1
We're back!! Welcome to season 8. This season, we're mixing things up a little. We'll be bringing you two Chickstories a month in one bumper episode. We are also proudly now part of the broad radio network - a radio and podcast network run entirely by women for women. This month Annie tells Phoebe about Louisa Lawson - poet, writer and mother of Henry Lawson and Phoebe tells Annie about Kate Cocks - SA's first police woman. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/chickstory . Hosted on Acas...
Apr 02, 2025•48 min•Season 8Ep. 1
Hi Chickstorians! Just jumping into your feed to let you know Chickstory is taking a wee break while Annie works on a brand new podcast with the OG Chickstorian Yvie Jones called Can I Pat Your Dog? It's out on August 29th and we'd love you to give it a follow. Join Yvie each week as she visits a celebrity in their home to ask if she can pat their dog! Expect to laugh, learn and fall in love with some of Australia's favourites when they let us into their world of being a dog parent. Follow on yo...
Aug 20, 2024•5 min
In the final ep of Season 7, Annie tells Phoebe all about Slawa Horowitz, an inventor, artist, interior designer, and teacher who designed, patented and manufactured the folding umbrella! If you have a spare 2 minutes, we'd love for you to rate and review our little podcast; it helps people like you who might also like what do find us! Chick Picks Podcast: Bronwyn https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/bronwyn/id1748010922 Book: At The foot Of The Cherry Tree - Alli Parker https://www.booktopia.c...
Jun 12, 2024•26 min•Season 7Ep. 15
This week, Phoebe tells Annie all about Ettie Rout, a safe sex campaigner in World War 1, who designed safe sex kits after recognising the venereal disease problem during the war. Her kits were handed out to all soldiers going on leave in an effort to administer preventative methods. If you have a spare 2 minutes, we'd love for you to rate and review our little podcast; it helps people like you who might also like what do find us! Chick Picks Podcast: Buried Bones https://podcasts.apple.com/us/p...
Jun 05, 2024•26 min•Season 7Ep. 14
This week, Annie tells Phoebe all about Eleanor of Toledo, a Spanish noblewoman who became the world's first lady as the Duchess of Florence—the first wife of Cosimo I de' Medici. A keen businesswoman, she financed many of her husband's political campaigns and is credited with introducing tomatoes, amongst other herbs and vegetables, to Italy. If you have a spare 2 minutes, we'd love for you to rate and review our little podcast; it helps people like you who might also like what do find us! Chic...
May 29, 2024•40 min•Season 7Ep. 13
This week, Phoebe tells Annie all about Marie Beuzeville Byles, the first practising female solicitor in New South Wales. She was also an Australian conservationist, pacifist, mountaineer, explorer, avid bushwalker, feminist, journalist, and original member of the Buddhist Society in New South Wales. If you have a spare 2 minutes, we'd love for you to rate and review our little podcast; it helps people like you who might also like what do find us! Podcast: Dolly Parton's America https://podcasts...
May 22, 2024•31 min•Season 7Ep. 12
This week, Annie tells Phoebe all about Jane Addams, who was instrumental in developing Social Work as a profession and was also the first American woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize. If you have a spare 2 minutes, we'd love for you to rate and review our little podcast; it helps people like you who might also like what do find us! Podcast: You're Dead To Me https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/youre-dead-to-me/id1479973402 Book: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-...
May 15, 2024•28 min•Season 7Ep. 11
This week, Phoebe tells Annie all about Emma Constance Stone, the first woman to practice medicine in Australia who played an important role in founding both the Queen Victoria Hospital and the Victorian Medical Women's Society in Melbourne. P.S. - If you have a spare 2 mins we'd greatly appreciate it if you could leave us a review. It helps other people who might like what we do find us :-) Chick Picks Podcast: Catching Dad's Killer https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/catching-dads-killer/id1...
May 08, 2024•30 min•Season 7Ep. 10
This week, Annie tells Phoebe all about Clara (Clarissa) Barton, an American nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She is known for her humanitarian work and civil rights advocacy right up until her mid-70s. P.S. - If you have a spare 2 mins we'd greatly appreciate it if you could leave us a review. It helps other people who might like what we do find us :-) Chick Picks Podcast: Nothing Much Happens https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/nothing-much-happens-bedtime-stories-to-help-you-sleep/...
May 01, 2024•32 min•Season 7Ep. 9
This week, Phoebe tells Annie all about Maria Orosa, a food technologist, pharmaceutical chemist, humanitarian, and war heroine who also invented Banana ketchup! P.S. - If you have a spare 2 mins we'd greatly appreciate it if you could leave us a review. It helps other people who might like what we do find us :-) Chick Picks TV Show: Shakespeare - The Rise Of A Genius https://iview.abc.net.au/show/shakespeare-rise-of-a-genius/series/1/video/ZW4039A001S00 Book: The Fancies - Kim Lock https://www....
Apr 24, 2024•26 min•Season 7Ep. 8
This week, Annie tells Phoebe all about Dorothy Thompson, the first American journalist in history to be expelled from Germany (after meeting Hitler and calling him a 'little man') and was one of the few women news commentators broadcasting on radio during the 1930s. P.S. - If you have a spare 2 mins we'd greatly appreciate it if you could leave us a review. It helps other people who might like what we do find us :-) Chick Picks Podcast: Sarah Wilson - Wild https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/...
Apr 17, 2024•24 min•Season 7Ep. 7
This week, Phoebe tells Annie all about Florence May Taylor, the first qualified female architect in Australia and the first female member of the UK's Institution of Structural Engineers in 1926. P.S. If you have a few spare minutes, we'd love it if you could rate and review our little podcast- it helps other people like you find us and discover these incredible stories about often overlooked women in history. Chick Picks! Book: Lenny Marks Gets Away With Murder, Kerryn Mayne https://www.amazon....
Apr 10, 2024•25 min•Season 7Ep. 6
This week, Annie tells Phoebe all about Stephanie Kwolek who created the first of a family of synthetic fibres of exceptional strength and stiffness. The best known of these fibres is Kevlar which led to the invention of the world's first bullet proof vest. P.S. If you have a few spare minutes, we'd love it if you could rate and review our little podcast- it helps other people like you find us and discover these incredible stories about often overlooked women in history. Chick Picks! Book: Siste...
Apr 03, 2024•26 min•Season 7Ep. 5
In this week's ep, Phoebe tells Annie all about Anne Fraser Bon, a pastoralist, philanthropist and advocate for Aboriginal people who campaigned for a public inquiry into the treatment of Victoria's Aboriginal people. P.S. If you have a few spare minutes, we'd love it if you could rate and review our little podcast- it helps other people like you find us and discover these incredible stories about often overlooked women in history. Chick Picks Podcast - One Minute Remaining https://podcasts.appl...
Mar 27, 2024•26 min•Season 7Ep. 4
This week, Annie tells Phoebe all about Marina Raskova who founded three female air regiments during the Second World War, one of which was known as the Night Witches. P.S. If you have a few spare minutes, we'd love it if you could rate and review our little podcast- it helps other people like you find us and discover these incredible stories about often overlooked women in history. Chick Picks Podcast - Sentimental Garbage https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/sentimental-garbage/id1444729607 B...
Mar 20, 2024•26 min•Season 7Ep. 3
This week Phoebe tells Annie all about Catharina "Toto" Koopman a Dutch-Javanese model who worked in Paris prior to World War II where she served as a spy for the Italian Resistance and was captured and held prisoner in the Ravensbrück concentration camp. P.S. If you have a few spare minutes, we'd love it if you could rate and review our little podcast- it helps other people like you find us and discover these incredible stories about often overlooked women in history. Chick Picks Podcast - Cove...
Mar 13, 2024•27 min•Season 7Ep. 2
We're back with another season of all-new Chickstories. Kicking off Season 7, Annie tells Phoebe all about Grace Brebner, a woman of many firsts for Australian women's policing including becoming the first policewoman in Victoria to reach inspector rank. P.S. If you have a few spare minutes, we'd love it if you could rate and review our little podcast- it helps other people like you find us and discover these incredible stories about often overlooked women in history. Chick Picks Podcast - Ghost...
Mar 06, 2024•23 min•Season 7Ep. 1
In this final Ep of Season 6, Phoebe tells Annie all about Jessie Vasey, founder of the War Widows' Guild of Australia, who, almost single-handedly founded a self-help organisation that assisted women widowed through war. Thanks for listening to another Season of Chickstory - we'll be back in 2024 and can't wait to bring you more incredible stories about Chicks In History! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/chickstory . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Nov 26, 2023•31 min
This week Annie tells Phoebe all about Mae West. You've probably heard of this Hollywood legend, but we guarantee there's probably a lot you haven't heard, like that one time she saved Paramount Pictures from bankruptcy. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/chickstory . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 19, 2023•33 min•Season 6Ep. 15
This week, Phoebe tells Annie all about Annie Kopchovsky, a pioneer of women's cycling who cycled the world in the 1890s just days after learning to ride a bike. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/chickstory . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 12, 2023•27 min•Season 6Ep. 14
We are mixing it up this week with the History of Hysteria. This week, Annie tells Phoebe all about Hysteria, its origins, its treatments and mans fascination with this terribly gendered condition. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/chickstory . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 05, 2023•37 min•Season 6Ep. 13
We're still on a wee break (New Eps return next week!) so here's another one of our favs..In this Ep, Phoebe tells Annie all about Noor Inayat Khan, the first female radio operator to be dropped into Nazi-occupied France Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/chickstory . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 30, 2023•42 min•Season 6Ep. 12
We're taking a short break while Phebe is away sunning herself in Thailand! Enjoy one of Annie's favourites from the archives... We bet most of you have heard of John Macarthur - Australia's so-called father of the wool industry but have you heard of his wife - Elizabeth Macarthur? This week Annie gets mad and tells Phoebe all about the incredible woman behind the man behind the wool industry. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/chickstory . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...
Oct 22, 2023•36 min•Season 6Ep. 11
This week, Phoebe tells Annie all about two remarkable women, Sonia Revid and Louisa Mary Lightfoot, who both contributed significantly to the dance culture in Australia. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/chickstory . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 15, 2023•30 min•Season 6Ep. 10
In this weeks Ep, Annie tells Phoebe all about Rachel Carson, a marine biologist, writer, and conservationist whose influential book Silent Spring and other writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/chickstory . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 08, 2023•41 min•Season 6Ep. 9
This week, Phoebe tells Annie all about Amy Bock, New Zealand's most celebrated and energetic confidence trickster. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/chickstory . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 01, 2023•31 min•Season 6Ep. 8
This week, Annie tells Phoebe all about Nettie Stevens, an American geneticist who discovered the sex chromosomes. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/chickstory . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 24, 2023•29 min•Season 6Ep. 7
