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Gal‘s Guide To The Galaxy

From the Gals Guide Women"s History Academy, tune into this weekly share of a woman of history. Each Gal Pal presents their pick of the month, their share doesn"t need to be a thesis statement, and drinking is encouraged...so this show is a lot of fun!

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40:35

Erin Brockovich - Bonnie's Pick for Safety &...

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2026/10/05

It's a new month and a new look at wellbeing. This month the Gal Pals are picking women of history who embody safety & boundaries. Bonnie starts us off with Erin Brockovich, the paralegal and environmental activist who built a case again PG& E and won! Oh and they made her life into a movie!

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28:39

Pura Belpré - Cathy's Pick for Learning & Growing Month

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2026/09/28

Cathy finishes up Learning & Growing Month with a wonderful tie-in to National Hispanic Heritage Month. Cathy talks about Pura Belpre, the Latina librarian from Puerto Rico. Pura's brought to the New York Public Library Spanish language books, bilingual story time, holiday celebrations, and more! Pura also wrote books and did puppet shows! In fact, Pura has an award in her name. Learn about this lover of learning and language in this week's episode!

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38:34

Ella Flatau - Amy's Pick for Learning & Growing Month

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2026/09/21

Amy continues Learning & Growing Month with a walk in the woods to learn about life. Amy talks about Ella Flatau, a Danish woman who in the 1950's started the Walking Kindergarten - which we know now as Forest Schools. Learn about this amazing woman and her school.

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26:18

Maria Sanford - Leah's Pick for Learning & Growing Month

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2026/09/14

Leah starts off Learning & Growing Month talking about one of the first female professors in the United States. She was hired as a professor in 1880. She spent over 30 years of her teaching career at the University of Minnesota. Her name is Maria Sanford, and she was also called “the best-loved woman in Minnesota.”

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50:42

Marsha Linehan - Katie's Pick for Healing & Mental...

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2026/08/31

Katie closes up Healing & Mental Health month. Her pick is Marsha Linehan an American psychologist, professor, and author. Marsha created dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), an evidence-based psychotherapy that combines cognitive restructuring with acceptance, mindfulness, and shaping.. Learn more about Marsha Linehan on this week's episode of the Gals Guide Podcast.The Gals Guide Podcast is off next week for Labor Day. Trigger Warning: This episode does mention suicide and self-harm.

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29:12

Margaret Morgan Lawrence - Lauren's Pick for Healing...

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2026/08/24

It's Lauren's episode of Healing & Mental Health month. Her pick is Margaret Morgan Lawrence. She’s an American psychiatrist who wrote books about mental health in children in inner cities. Learn more about Margaret Morgan Lawrence on this week's episode of the Gals Guide Podcast. Trigger Warning: This episode does mention suicide and self-harm.

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30:14

Demi Lovato - Leah's Pick for Healing & Mental Health...

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2026/08/18

Leah continues our look at Healing & Mental Health month. Her pick is Demi Lovato. She’s a singer, songwriter and actress. She’s sold over 30 million records world wide so far. She’s an artist that is constantly evolving and experimenting with her voice and her sound. She also struggles with mental illness and turns that struggle around to be an advocate for others and be a light in the dark. Learn more about Demi Lovato on this week's episode of the Gals Guide Podcast.

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30:23

Leta Stetter Hollingworth - Bonnie's Pick for Healing...

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2026/08/10

Bonnie starts off a new month's theme. August is Healing & Mental Health month and Bonnie's pick is Leta Stetter Hollingworth. Leta was an American Psychologist known for her at Bellevue and her work with gifted children.

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44:04

Ellen "Nellie" Cashman - Katie's Pick for Financial...

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2026/07/27

Katie finishes up Financial Health & Security Month with a prospector during the Gold Rush who built a church, a restaurant, and a boarding house. She was known as "The Angel of Tombstone," not the pizza, the Val Kilmer movie. Learn about this amazing Irish woman from County Cork! Special note: no episode next week, August 3, 2026.

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36:36

Barbara Hackman Franklin - Debbi's Financial Health &...

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2026/07/20

Debbi continues Financial Health & Security month with Barbara Hackman Franklin. Businesswoman, board executive, and the 29th U.S. Secretary of Commerce are just a few of Barbara's financial pursuits. Learn more about this powerhouse on this week's episode.

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32:33

Maggie Lena Walker - Leah's Pick for Financial Health...

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2026/07/13

Leah continues Financial Health & Security Month with the first Black woman to establish a bank in the United States. Maggie Lena Walker not only opened the Saint Luke Penny Savings Bank, but she was the first Black woman to be president of a bank in the United States. Learn more about the financial well-being Maggie created for her community in this week’s episode.

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32:27

Katharine Dexter McCormick - Bonnie's Pick for...

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2026/07/06

Bonnie starts our monthly theme, Financial Health & Security, by talking about Katharine Dexter McCormick. Katharine was a rich lady, a suffragist, and helped fund the first birth control pill.

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27:42

Tove Jansson - Leah's Creativity & Expression Pick

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2026/06/22

Leah finishes up Creative & Expression Month with Moomins!!!!! Leah talks about the Swedish-Finnish artist, Tove Jansson, who created a colorful universe for her and her characters to escape to. The Moomin world is about admitting your joys and fears, looking for a place of safety, knowing danger is out there, but that you’ll always discover new ways to incorporate what “home” means.

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44:50

Artemisia Gentileschi - Klaire's Pick for Creativity...

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2026/06/15

Klaire is back on the podcast talking about an amazing Italian painter who started producing works as a teenager. Artemisia Gentileschi's life was full of challenges and obstacles, including an abuser and rarely getting credit for her paintings. Learn about Artemisia's fierce paintings of women that are gorgeous and haunting to look at.

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31:43

Beatrice Wood - Katie's Pick for Creativity &...

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2026/06/08

Katie is taking a pottery class and found inspiration and kinship with Beatrice Wood. Beatrice was a potter and involved with the Dada movement, giving her the nickname "Mama of Dada." Learn about Beatrice's fascinating life in pottery, art, literature, and French names we struggle to say.

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43:32

Elizabeth Keckley - Bonnie's Pick for Creativity &...

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2026/06/01

Bonnie starts Creativity & Expression month by talking about Elizabeth Keckley. From slavery to the personal dressmaker to Mary Todd Lincoln, learn about Elizabeth and her dress-making business.

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35:57

Eunice Kennedy Shriver - Katie's Pick for Movement &...

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2026/05/18

Katie finishes up Movement & Joy in the body month by talking about Eunice Kennedy Shriver and her work creating Special Olympics. Did you know Special Olympics first started with Eunice hosting a summer camp on her farm in Maryland? Learn more about Eunice and her work on behalf of persons with disabilities.

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34:13

Dorothy "Tommy" Dermody - Jackie's Pick for Movement...

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2026/05/11

Jackie continues our learning theme of finding wellness with Movement & Joy in the body. Jackie talks about Dorothy "Tommy" Dermody, the Irish fencer who was from County Tipperary. Not only did she compete in the Olympic Games, but she also made movement and fitness invaluable for kids around Ireland.

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35:40

Ginger Rogers - Leah's Pick for Movement & Joy in the...

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2026/05/04

Leah starts off the month with our new theme. In May, Gals Guide is learning from women who found wellness with Movement & Joy in the body. Leah talks about the famous quote and how it might be truer (and wiser) than we might have given it credit for. "Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but did it backwards...and in high heels." Also, a tribute and wish for Mother's Day.

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28:46

Selma Miriam - Leah's Pick for Nourishment & The Table

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2026/04/27

The world is a better place because Selma Miriam was in it... and we might not have known about her without the support of our patron Tony Vasquez. He was the one who sent us a DVD of the amazing documentary A Culinary Uprising: The Story of Bloodroot. Leah closes our learning theme with a wonderful example of Nourishment & The Table. Selma Miriam created a space for well being in so many women’s lives. Learn and share the story of Bloodroot a feminist, vegetarian, restaurant, and bookstore in

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