A Southern belle takes on New York and changes the world with a notebook and a sharp mind. Before the age of electronics, there was the age of mechanical ingenuity—and Beulah Louise Henry was its queen. Born in the post-Reconstruction South, Henry defied expectations placed on women of her era to become one of America's most prolific inventors, earning the nickname "Lady Edison." This episode traces Henry's extraordinary journey, from a curious child dismantling dolls in Raleigh to a savvy bu...
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A Southern belle takes on New York and changes the world with a notebook and a sharp mind. Before the age of electronics, there was the age of mechanical ingenuity—and Beulah Louise Henry was its queen. Born in the post-Reconstruction South, Henry defied expectations placed on women of her era to become one of America's most prolific inventors, earning the nickname "Lady Edison." This episode traces Henry's extraordinary journey, from a curious child dismantling dolls in Raleigh to a savvy bu...
A Southern belle takes on New York and changes the world with a notebook and a sharp mind. Before the age of electronics, there was the age of mechanical ingenuity—and Beulah Louise Henry was its queen. Born in the post-Reconstruction South, Henry defied expectations placed on women of her era to become one of America's most prolific inventors, earning the nickname "Lady Edison." This episode traces Henry's extraordinary journey, from a curious child dismantling dolls in Raleigh to a savvy bu...
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A Southern belle takes on New York and changes the world with a notebook and a sharp mind. Before the age of electronics, there was the age of mechanical ingenuity—and Beulah Louise Henry was its queen. Born in the post-Reconstruction South, Henry defied expectations placed on women of her era to become one of America's most prolific inventors, earning the nickname "Lady Edison." This episode traces Henry's extraordinary journey, from a curious child dismantling dolls in Raleigh to a savvy bu...