This week on Broads You Should Know, Sara teaches Sam & Justin about Tuíra: the warrior woman from the Kayapó tribe in the Amazon rainforest who stood up to the world bank and stopped a dam from being built in 1989. The story has a few twists and turns, but the world will always remember the sight of the bare-chested woman who shoved a machete into a man’s face at a press conference in Brazil.
Gudrid the Well-Traveled
Simone Biles
Shirley Chisholm
Dervla Murphy
Pine Leaf Woman Chief
Two-Spirit Native American Chief Who Led With Peace
Olga of Kyiv
Viking Queen & Patron Saint of Widows and Converts
“Half-Hanged Mary” Webster
The "Witch" of Hadley and ancestor of Margaret Atwood, inspiring her poem and dedication of the "The Handmaid's Tale".
Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke
New Zealand’s Youngest Māori MP
Molly Craig
The Aborigine Girl Who Walked 1,000 Miles
Frida Kahlo
Mexican Painter & Revolutionary Best Known for Her Work Exploring the Concepts of Identity, Pain, and Mexican Heritage
Nancy Dowd
Breakout Female 70’s Screenwriter
Betsy Ross
Designer of the first American Flag