Episode 47: Redefining Heroic Women with Sharon Bennett Connolly

This episode is releasing on the cusp of the 2024 U.S. Presidential election. By the time you listen to it, the United States may have elected its first female president (coincidentally the 47th president to go with ItG's 47th episode). That looming election and the way attacks on Kamala Harris mirror the attacks made on politically savvy women of centuries past gets a few brief mentions in this episode about some of the amazing women from the middle ages and the different ways in which they can be considered heroes!
For more from Sharon Bennett Connolly, check out History... the Interesting Bits! (historytheinte...)
As well as her books such as 'Heroines of the Medieval World', 'Silk and the Sword: Women of the Norman Conquest', 'Ladies of the Magna Carts', and 'King John's Right Hand Lady: The Story of Nicholaa De La Haye'.
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