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Womanica

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Thinking back to our history classes growing up, we had one question: Where the ladies at? Enter, Womanica. In just 5 minutes a day, learn about different incredible women from throughout history. On Wonder Media Network’s award-winning podcast, we’re telling the stories of women you may or may not know — but definitely should. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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5:55

Word Weavers: Elinor Glyn

Womanica ·

2025/05/19

Elinor Glyn (1864-1943) was a British novelist, screenwriter, and filmmaker known for her romantic fiction and contributions to early Hollywood cinema. She popularized the concept of "It" (a magnetic, irresistible quality) and is credited with creating the modern romance novel. For Further Reading: Meet Elinor Glyn, “Shocker of Grandmothers” and Founder of the Modern Sex Novel Inventing the It Girl: How Elinor Glyn Created the Modern Romance and Conquered Early Hollywood Elinor Glyn

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Word Weavers: Arlie Hochschild

Womanica ·

2025/05/16

Arlie Hochschild (1940 - present) is an American sociologist known for her coining of the term “Emotional Labor.” In her 1983 book The Managed Heart: Commercialization of Human Feeling, she first coined the term "emotional labor" to describe the process in which workers manage their emotions to fulfill the emotional requirements of their jobs. She also coined terms like “deep story” and the “pride paradox” in her books about what motivates right wing voters. She

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5:58

Word Weavers: Rabiʿa al-Basri

Womanica ·

2025/05/15

Rābiʻa al-ʻAdawiyya al-Qaysiyya or Rabiʿa al-Basri (717-801 C.E.) is a highly regarded Sufi saint born in Basra, Iraq. Oral traditions and later written records suggest that she was also a poet. She is thought to be one of the first female Sufi saints and a key figure in developing Ishq-e-Haqeeqi or “divine love,” a central tenet in Sufism. For Further Reading: Rabia al Basri - Science and Nonduality (SAND) Biographical encyclopaedia of Sufis: Basri, Hazrat Rabia al-Adwiyya [O my Lord]

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7:04

Word Weavers: Jane Austen

Womanica ·

2025/05/14

Jane Austen (1775-1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her novels which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment on the English landed gentry during the Regency era. She had a great influence on the first Oxford English Dictionary published in 1928 and is quoted over 1,600 times. For Further Reading: The queen of modern slang: Jane Austen is revealed to have coined phrases we use everyday Jane Austen Jane Austen: A Life This month, we’re talking about Word Weavers —

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5:07

Word Weavers: The Heroines of Jiangyong

Womanica ·

2025/05/13

The Heroines of Jiangyong were women in rural China who made a secret language – Nüshu – to communicate with each other. Nüshu translates directly to “women’s writing” and is a series of phonetic scripts. The practice is estimated to go back as far as the Shang Dynasty 1600 to 1046 BCE. For centuries it was the language of female defiance to the Chinese patriarchy, legitimizing the thoughts, feelings, and experiences of rural women who had been denied access

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5:33

Word Weavers: Myra Laramee

Womanica ·

2025/05/12

Myra Laramee is a Cree/Métis teacher and Elder based in Winnipeg, Canada. She introduced the term Two-Spirit to better define queer identity under Indigenous people’s terms. For Further Reading: Agents of Change Myra Laramee What Is Two-Spirit? Part One: Origins | CMHR This month, we’re talking about Word Weavers — people who coined terms, popularized words, and even created entirely new languages. These activists, writers, artists, and scholars used language to shape

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5:29

Word Weavers: Ruth Glass

Womanica ·

2025/05/09

Ruth Glass (1912-1990) was a British sociologist and urban planner known for coining the term “gentrification” in 1964 to describe the transformation of working-class neighborhoods by middle-class newcomers. Her work focused on urban change, housing policy, and social inequality, particularly in London. For Further Reading: Ruth Glass: Beyond ‘Gentrification’ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Ruth Glass Ruth Glass at UCL Cliches of Urban Doom, and Other Essays (1988)

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Word Weavers: Pauline Rose Clance

Womanica ·

2025/05/08

Pauline Rose Clance (1938 - present) is a psychologist most famous for co-authoring the research paper that first coined the term “imposter phenomenon.” Commonly known as “imposter syndrome” today, the phenomenon Pauline discovered has helped countless women better identify and navigate their feelings of inadequacy in academic and professional settings. For Further Reading: Meet the psychologist who first identified imposter syndrome The History of Imposter Syndrome |

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5:04

Word Weavers: María Marcela Lagarde y de los Ríos

Womanica ·

2025/05/07

Marcela Lagarde (1968 - present) is a Mexican anthropologist, author, politician and feminist scholar who is credited with coining the term “feminicidio,” first to denote mass killings of women in Juárez, which had begun in the early 1990s. The term was taken up by Latin American feminists, particularly in Mexico and Guatemala, as well as governments, to address the targeted violence towards and murder of women. For Further Reading: Renowned Mexican Feminists Speak at UTEP

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Word Weavers: Josephine Starrs and Virginia Barratt

Womanica ·

2025/05/06

Josephine Starrs and Virginia Barratt were among the creators of the VNS, an Australian feminist art collective born in the early days of the world wide web in the 1990s. The group is credited with coining the term "cyberfeminism." For Further Reading: The cyberfeminists who called themselves ‘the future cunt’ | Dazed An Oral History of the First Cyberfeminists This month, we’re talking about Word Weavers — people who coined terms, popularized words, and even created

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Word Weavers: Alice Walker

Womanica ·

2025/05/05

Alice Walker (1944-present) is novelist, poet and essayist, best known for her novel The Color Purple, published in 1982, which won the Pulitzer Prize and made Alice the first Black woman to win the prize for fiction. Walker is also credited with coining the term Womanist in her 1983 collection of essays In Search of our Mother’s Gardens. For Further Reading: The Womanist Reader, Edited by Layli Phillips Alice Walker Has ‘No Regrets’ Alice Walker This month, we’re talking

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Word Weavers: Sylvia Wright

Womanica ·

2025/05/02

Sylvia Wright (c. 1916-1981) was a writer and humorist who coined the term “Mondegreen,” a noun used to describe the result of mishearing a word for another word or phrase. During her career she was an editor for “Harper’s Bazaar,” and published several works of her own. For Further Reading: A Shark-Infested Rice Pudding, by Sylvia Wright (1969) The Death of Lady Mondegreen Sylvia Wright, a Writer And Harpers Ex-Editor Lady Mondegreen, Ann Warren, and Sylvia Wright

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8:03

Word Weavers: Toni Morrison

Womanica ·

2025/05/02

Toni Morrison (1931-2019) was a groundbreaking writer and the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993. Her works, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Beloved—where she coined the word "rememory"—explore race, identity, and the legacies of slavery. Morrison’s profound storytelling has made her one of the most influential voices in American literature. For Further Reading: National Women’s History Museum: Toni Morrison Toni Morrison,

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10:42

Cultivators: Janaki Ammal

Womanica ·

2025/04/30

E. K. Janaki Ammal (1897-1984) was a botanist and cytogenecist, referred to as India’s first woman botanist. She gained expertise in crossbreeding hybrid species of plants while studying at the University of Michigan, where she became the first Indian woman to earn a Ph.D in botany in the U.S. She is best known for her work to improve India’s native sugarcane, which led to India ending its imports of the crop and becoming independent. She went on to fight for the preservation of

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Cultivators: Berta Isabel Cáceres Flores

Womanica ·

2025/04/29

Berta Isabel Cáceres Flores (1971-2016) was a Honduran environmental activist who spent decades leading various land and water struggles in western Honduras. In 1993 she helped found and coordinate the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras, known by its Spanish acronym COPINH. In the late 2000s, Berta organized a lasting resistance to the construction of the Agua Zarca Dam on the Gualcarque River, whose construction violated the rights of indigenous peoples, and would

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5:47

Cultivators: Rahibai Soma Popere

Womanica ·

2025/04/28

Rahibai Soma Popere (1964 - present) is an Indian farmer known for her work preserving indigenous seed varieties and promoting sustainable agriculture. She is often referred to as the “Seed Mother” for her commitment to protecting biodiversity and traditional farming practices in India. For Further Reading: Rahibai Soma Popere ‘Seed Mother’ documentary makes it to Cannes Episode 4: Padmashri Rahibai Popere - Soulsome This month, we’re talking about cultivators —

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9:30

Cultivators: Aino Henssen

Womanica ·

2025/04/25

Aino Henssen (1925-2011) was a globally recognized lichenologist. Her interest in the organism advanced the study and understanding of lichen and actinomycete taxonomy. She wrote over 100 papers on lichen and had several named after her. For Further Reading: A tribute to Aino Marjatta Henssen (1925-2011) Huntia: A Journal of Botanical HistoryAino Henssen This month, we’re talking about cultivators — women who nurtured, cross-pollinated, experimented, or went to great lengths to better

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Cultivators: Margaretta Morris and Elizabeth...

Womanica ·

2025/04/24

Margaretta Morris (1797-1867) and Elizabeth Carrington Morris (1795-1865) were sisters from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania who worked in botany, entomology, and the natural sciences. They have been credited with helping transform American science in the 19th century, but their impact has been largely forgotten. For Further Reading: Mischievous Creatures: The Forgotten Sisters Who Transformed Early American Science The Forgotten Sisters Who Transformed Early American Science Women’s Work: Female

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Cultivators: Margaret S. Collins

Womanica ·

2025/04/23

Margaret S. Collins (1922-1996) was a pioneering entomologist and civil rights activist, known for being the first African American woman to earn a PhD in entomology. Specializing in termites, she conducted significant research, including field studies in Guyana, and contributed to both science and social equality, becoming a prominent figure in both the scientific and civil rights communities. For Further Reading: Child Prodigy, Pioneer Scientist, and Women and Civil Rights Advocate: Dr. Margaret

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Cultivators: Chen Shu

Womanica ·

2025/04/22

Ch’en Shu (1660–1736) was a Chinese painter from the Qing dynasty, known for her exquisite flower-and-bird paintings that blended precision with delicate beauty. As one of the few recognized female artists of her time, she mastered traditional painting techniques while incorporating her own refined sense of composition and color. For Further Reading: ‘The Mountains are Quiet and the Days Grow Long’: The Steady Hand of Ch’en Shu The Conventional Success of Ch'en Shu

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