Serial Wives

Due to the serious nature of recent episodes, we wanted to cover women who have won a bit at life, but guess what? Even those stories are challenging. Nonetheless, Amy discusses Jane Richards, Mary Elizabeth Bowser, or other names. (She had many aliases) a Union spy during the Civil War. Shelby tal…

When women inconvenience society, they're called crazy. Today, we look at some ladies who were actually institutionalized for speaking their minds. First, Amy tells us about the Irish writer Rosina Bulwer Lytton, who forgot to divorce her husband before bad-mouthing him. Shelby discusses Elizabeth …

She works hard for the money, but is it worth it? For this week's episode, we tackle jobs that can (and do) kill our herstorical ladies. Amy discusses Grace Fryer, an American dial painter and Radium Girl, who sued U.S. Radium after suffering radium poisoning while employed painting watch faces. Sh…

Welcome to the unsolved mysteries segment of Herstory. Today, we tackle stories about women who disappeared, never to be seen again. Was it of their own volition? Did something nefarious happen? We don't know! Amy discusses Dorothy Arnold, an American socialite and heiress who disappeared under mys…