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...
She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize—then became the first person to win two. But behind the legend of Marie Curie lies a story far more complex—and far more human. In this episode of Historical Insights, we journey through the life of a woman who defied empires, gender, and science itself. From the underground classrooms of occupied Poland to the war-torn hospitals of World War I, Marie Curie pursued knowledge at any cost—even as the very elements she discovered began to take her lif...
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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...
