BadAss Women Throughout History

About BadAss Women Throughout History

Video pod celebrating the rebels, geniuses & visionaries
we weren’t taught about in school. Highlighting women from history who used what they and did what they could-and changed the world.

Publisher

WaveHouse Media

Category

history

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

23 Jan 2026

Latest episode

14 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

27 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   14 Oct 2026

   JULIA CHILD: Couldn’t Cook Until She Was 37. Then She Changed How America Eats

   In Episode 26 of BadAss Women Throughout History, Amy explores the remarkable life of Julia Child. ▶ Keep watching: Hollywood and TV Women Who Changed Everything → https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBe6MD6GSqao (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBe6MD6GSqao) ▶ Every episode, in order → https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHw-0dYNhtqQ (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHw-0dYNhtqQ) Julia Child didn't discover her life's calling until she was nearly 40. Before she became America's most beloved chef, she was a six-foot-two California girl who worked in intelligence during World War II, fell in love overseas, and arrived in France barely knowing how to cook. What followed was one of the most extraordinary second acts in American history :) We follow Julia from her wartime work with the OSS and her love story with Paul Child to the kitchens of Le Cordon Bleu, the decade-long journey to publish Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and the television career that made her a household name. Julia broke into a male-dominated culinary world, transformed the way Americans thought about food, and proved that finding your passion doesn't have an expiration date. This is the story of a woman who followed her curiosity, embraced her mistakes, and built an extraordinary life on her own timeline. SOURCES 📖 "My Life in France" by Julia Child with Alex Prud'homme https://www.amazon.com/dp/0307277690?tag=bawth-20 🎬 "Julia" (2021 documentary, dir. Julie Cohen & Betsy West) https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Julia+2021+documentary+Julie+Cohen&tag=bawth-20 📺 "The French Chef" episodes Watch free on PBS: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMTX9qQThpdcleLKIUm9uEw Own the DVDs: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Julia+Child+The+French+Chef+DVD&tag=bawth-20 GO DEEPER 🍳 Cook from Julia's own masterpiece, "Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol. 1" https://www.amazon.com/dp/0375413405?tag=bawth-20 WATCH NEXT (BAWTH Episodes) → Dolly Parton — Don't Underestimate Her: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbq-h7atOx0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbq-h7atOx0) → Madame CJ Walker — First Self-Made Female Millionaire in America: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SjH7MVIrTQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SjH7MVIrTQ) → Mabel Ping-Hua Lee — Fought for the Vote Before She Could Cast One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31RtM-AdeeE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31RtM-AdeeE) BadAss Women Throughout History (BAWTH) is a women's history video podcast hosted by Amy Aitken: the rebels, geniuses and visionaries we weren't taught about in school. A Wavehouse Media production. LISTEN & FOLLOW Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1871335689 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1871335689) Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4PWStPKWmpWIRcIY4h2SHe (https://open.spotify.com/show/4PWStPKWmpWIRcIY4h2SHe) Website: https://badasswomenthroughouthistory.com (https://badasswomenthroughouthistory.com) Substack: https://badasswomenthroughouthistory.substack.com (https://badasswomenthroughouthistory.substack.com) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/badasswomenthroughouthistory (https://www.instagram.com/badasswomenthroughouthistory) YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BadAssWomenThroughoutHistory (https://www.youtube.com/@BadAssWomenThroughoutHistory) TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bawthpodcast (https://www.tiktok.com/@bawthpodcast) Facebook: @BAWTH All links: https://linktr.ee/BAWTH (https://linktr.ee/BAWTH) Hosted by Amy Aitken | Wavehouse Media | Business inquiries: amy@wavehouse.media As an Amazon Associate, BAWTH earns from qualifying purchases. #BadassWomenThroughoutHistory #BAWTH #WomensHistory #WomenInHistory #HistoryPodcast #JuliaChild

2. 

   7 Oct 2026

   SALLY RIDE: The First U.S. Woman in Space

   In episode 25 of BadAss Women Throughout History, Amy explores the story of Sally Ride. In 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman in space. But getting there meant walking into a NASA culture that had been built almost entirely by and for men. Reporters asked whether spaceflight would affect her reproductive organs. Engineers wondered how many tampons she might need for a week-long mission. Through it all, Sally stayed remarkably calm, private, and focused on the work. Then came the Challenger mission STS-51L. After the shuttle exploded in 1986, killing all seven people aboard, Sally was appointed to the commission investigating the disaster. During the investigation, she quietly passed crucial information about the shuttle’s O-rings to Air Force General Donald Kutyna, helping expose a problem NASA insiders had known about before the launch. And there was another part of Sally’s life the public knew nothing about. For 27 years, she shared her life with Tam O’Shaughnessy. Their relationship only became widely known after Sally’s death in 2012, when her obituary identified Tam as her partner. This is the story of a physicist, astronaut, educator, and fiercely private woman who changed who Americans imagined could go to space, and then spent the rest of her life making sure more girls believed they belonged in science too. SOURCES: Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster) “Sally” documentary: https://films.nationalgeographic.com/sally (https://films.nationalgeographic.com/sally) Sally Ride Science: https://extendedstudies.ucsd.edu/sally-ride-science (https://extendedstudies.ucsd.edu/sally-ride-science) Watch Next (BAWTH Episodes): → Dolly Parton — Don’t Underestimate Her → Madame CJ Walker — First Self Female Millionaire in America → Mabel Ping Hua Lee — Fought for the Vote Before She Could Cast One WEBSITE https://badasswomenthroughouthistory.com (https://badasswomenthroughouthistory.com/) SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram: @BadAssWomenThroughoutHistory (https://www.instagram.com/badasswomenthroughouthistory) YouTube: @BadAssWomenThroughoutHistory (https://www.youtube.com/@BadAssWomenThroughoutHistory) TikTok: @BAWTHpodcast Facebook: @BAWTH

3. 

   1 Oct 2026

   DOLLY PARTON: Don’t Underestimate Her

   Dolly Parton is one of the most recognizable women in the world. The hair. The rhinestones. The voice. The songs. But behind all of it is a remarkably savvy songwriter and businesswoman who spent decades making sure she stayed in control of the career she built. Born into a family of twelve children in rural Tennessee, Dolly grew from a kid singing on local radio into one of the most successful songwriters and entertainers in American history. Along the way, she made some gutsy decisions: leaving Porter Wagoner at the height of their success, refusing to give Elvis Presley half the publishing rights to “I Will Always Love You,” building Dollywood, and quietly giving away millions of books to children around the world. In this episode of Badass Women Throughout History, we get into Dolly’s childhood, her complicated partnership with Porter Wagoner, the real story behind “I Will Always Love You,” “Jolene,” “9 to 5,” her business empire, philanthropy, and the choices that helped her build a career entirely her own. Because underneath all those rhinestones is one seriously badass woman. SOURCES Dolly Parton Official Biography (https://www.dollyparton.com/bio?utm_source=chatgpt.com) Library of Congress: “Coat of Many Colors” (https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/documents/CoatofManyColors.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com) Country Music Hall of Fame: Dolly Parton (https://countrymusichalloffame.org/hall-of-fame/dolly-parton?utm_source=chatgpt.com) Country Music Hall of Fame: Porter Wagoner (https://www.countrymusichalloffame.org/hall-of-fame/porter-wagoner?utm_source=chatgpt.com) U.S. Copyright Office: “I Will Always Love You” (https://copyright.gov/history/copyright-exhibit/artifacts/?utm_source=chatgpt.com) PBS: Dolly Parton: Here I Am (https://www.pbs.org/video/dolly-parton-here-i-am-hyuj9q/?utm_source=chatgpt.com) Dollywood: History of the Park (https://www.dollywood.com/about-us?utm_source=chatgpt.com) The Dollywood Foundation (https://imaginationlibrary.com/the-dollywood-foundation/?utm_source=chatgpt.com) Dolly Parton's Imagination Library: History (https://imaginationlibrary.com/about-us/?utm_source=chatgpt.com) Imagination Library: Awards & Milestones (https://imaginationlibrary.com/about-us/awards-and-milestones/?utm_source=chatgpt.com) Imagination Library: 2025 Year in Review (https://imaginationlibrary.com/news-resources/year-in-review/?utm_source=chatgpt.com) Vanderbilt University: Dolly's COVID-19 Research Donation (https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-sciences/2020/12/18/vanderbilt-researchers-take-leadership-role-in-covid-19-vaccine-development/?utm_source=chatgpt.com) Dolly Parton Official: Carl Dean / Dollywood 40th Anniversary (https://www.dollyparton.com/news/dolly-parton-kicks-off-dollywoods-40th-anniversary-season?utm_source=chatgpt.com) Watch Next (BAWTH Episodes): → Elizabeth Taylor — The Hollywood Icon Who Refused To Stay Silent → Mary Tyler Moore — The Woman Who Changed Television → Mabel Ping Hua Lee — Fought for the Vote Before She Could Cast One WEBSITE https://badasswomenthroughouthistory.com (https://badasswomenthroughouthistory.com/) SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram: @BadAssWomenThroughoutHistory TikTok: @BAWTHpodcast Facebook: @BAWTH YouTube: @BadAssWomenThroughoutHistory

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