We finish our discussion about Barbie today. We talk about the turbulent recent history of the 90's-00's and how the brand is moving on and up. How Barbie and Mattel are working to shape the future for girls all over the world and why Barbie is so important to us! 

There is one female icon who towers above others even with only an 11.5 inch frame. She is of course Barbie. She is an American tradition full of poise, beauty, ambition, and controversy. The story of Barbie is long and complex but damn fun to listen too! Sources: Documentaries - Tiny Shoulders, The Toys that Made Us; Ep. 3 Barbiehttps://www.britannica.com/topic/Barbiehttps://www.history.com/news/barbie-through-the-ageshttps://barbie.mattel.com/en-us/about/history.htmlhttps://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/articles/the-history-of-the-barbie-doll/https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-barbie-dolls-1991344https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/g2530/barbie-dolls-history-facts/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbie%27s_careershttps://featuredanimation.com/barbie-movies/https://lilith.org/articles/barbies-mom-speaks-an-interviews-with-ruth-handler/

Sometimes in life you need to take your fate by the horns and carve your own path. Judith Leiber was someone who knew this VERY well. She was a holocaust survivor who married an American GI, moved to New York, started her own handbag company and created bags women around the world can only dream of owning. She is at the top of the heap of amazing women in Herstory to us! 

It is that time of year, where we stuff ourselves full of all the Thanksgiving magic we can. While the original Thanksgiving may not have happened the way we think of it today but it does go back a long way. We can thank one woman for making it a national holiday... Sarah Joseph Hale. She lobbied Presidents and pitched it to the hearts and minds of the women of America until it became a reality. Here is HerStory!

There are plenty of men in history…to a nauseating amount in fact. But while we all know how white washed history is never forget that it is also women washed. Meaning there are very few stories of the amazing women who have changed history and even less of the minority women who have had large impacts on this country. Such is the case with one of the fiercest warrior women I have ever heard about, Lozen. In the 1800's there was an warrior woman named Lozen who was part of the Apache nation. She fought fiercely along the men of her tribe. She had abilities far beyond anything natural. She was one of the most prophetic warriors of her time. Her story is one of love of family and loss. Sources:https://newmexiconomad.com/apache-warrior-women-gouyen-lozen-dahteste/http://www.nativepartnership.org/site/PageServer?pagename=PWNA_Native_Biography_lozenhttps://www.kumeyaay.com/news/133-lozen-the-fearless-apache-warrior-woman-you-ve-probably-never-heard-of.htmlhttps://www.history.com/news/lozen-apache-woman-warrior

In this episode we will be telling the tale of Mary Bliss Parsons, founding woman, mother and more importantly, was accused of witch craft. Not many women were able to walk away from an accusation of witch craft but Mary did, 3 times! She was a badass colonial bitch and this is HerStory.