On this ep of GH, the incredible Ashley Norton joins us to tell us the tale of Lizzie Borden, the alleged axe murderer of yore and star of the "Lizzie Borden took an Ax" poem.

Lizzie Borden took an ax

And gave her mother forty whacks,

And when she saw what she had done,

She gave her father forty-one.

Slay!

Thanks for listening girls, we love you as always <3

<3 Daddy's diarrhea bucket <3

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Today, the girls are coming back into the scene with the 5th wife of Henry VIII, Catherine Howard. Tbh, this is such a tragic story and a bit of a sadder episode. In a way, this is a perfect episode to end off january- the "nightmare month"

As always thank you so much for tuning in girls <3 We'll see you next week!!

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In this VERY SPECIAL episode, we are honoured to welcome author, icon, and history genius Xiran Jay Zhao!!! Xiran and the girls go over the reign of Wu Zetian- the first and only female emperor of China AND the inspiration for the Iron Widow series. They also introduce the term "Gigachad" to the pod- frankly life-changing...

We also, of course, have a quick detour into the French revolution...AS YOU DO!!!!

Thank you so much for listening we love you!! <3

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in the TRIUMPHANT return to our six wives of Henry XIII saga, Carley and Blair dive into Anne of Cleves, the 4th and the longest surviving wife. We unpack her reputation as the "ugly one" and her journey to gaining the title of the King's Sister.

We also go into diners, smoking, and straight culture. THANKS AS ALWAYS FOR LISTENING GIRLS!!! <3

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Welcome back to Girl Historians!! It's 2025 and we are so stinking pumped for the year ahead girls. In this episode, we make up for the lack of a 10th icon by doing a very chatty episode loosely about Bob Dylan. We're so happy to be back!! ENJOY the ep!!!

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In honour of the Holiday Season, we are bringing you 12 DAYS OF ICONS a series of mini-eps covering some people from history that are ICONS!!! For better or for worse...

In this episode, we cover aviation legend Amelia Earhart and her mysterious disappearance.

Thank you so much for joining us for this series!! We literally can't wait to see what 2025 has in store!!! Until then stay safe and happy queens!!

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NOTE: yes we have skipped icon number 10 due to a devastating technical glitch, so we are skipping to icon 11. Hopefully we will remedy this soon!! So sorry girls.

In honour of the Holiday Season, we are bringing you 12 DAYS OF ICONS a series of mini-eps covering some people from history that are ICONS!!! For better or for worse...

Today we talk about stardew valley and it's creator, Eric Barone!

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In honour of the Holiday Season, we are bringing you 12 DAYS OF ICONS a series of mini-eps covering some people from history that are ICONS!!! For better or for worse...

in this episode, we talk about Harvey Milk, the trailblazing gay politician. We also discuss the bad PR of bisexual women.

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