In this episode, Annie tells Phoebe about Mary Blair, a prominent concept artist who was pivotal in producing well-known art and animation for The Walt Disney Company, and Phoebe tells Annie about Brettena Smythe, an Australian women's rights activist and entrepreneur.

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We're back!! Welcome to season 8. This season, we're mixing things up a little. We'll be bringing you two Chickstories a month in one bumper episode. We are also proudly now part of the broad radio network - a radio and podcast network run entirely by women for women.

This month Annie tells Phoebe about Louisa Lawson - poet, writer and mother of Henry Lawson and Phoebe tells Annie about Kate Cocks - SA's first police woman.

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Hi Chickstorians! Just jumping into your feed to let you know Chickstory is taking a wee break while Annie works on a brand new podcast with the OG Chickstorian Yvie Jones called Can I Pat Your Dog? It's out on August 29th and we'd love you to give it a follow.

Join Yvie each week as she visits a celebrity in their home to ask if she can pat their dog! Expect to laugh, learn and fall in love with some of Australia's favourites when they let us into their world of being a dog parent.

Follow on your preferred podcast app - https://lnk.bio/CanIPatYourDogPodcast

Can I Pat Your Dog? is proudly brought to you by Big Dog Pet Foods.

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In the final ep of Season 7, Annie tells Phoebe all about Slawa Horowitz, an inventor, artist, interior designer, and teacher who designed, patented and manufactured the folding umbrella!

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Chick Picks

Podcast: Bronwyn

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/bronwyn/id1748010922

Book: At The foot Of The Cherry Tree - Alli Parker

https://www.booktopia.com.au/at-the-foot-of-the-cherry-tree-alli-parker/book/9781460763520.html

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This week, Phoebe tells Annie all about Ettie Rout, a safe sex campaigner in World War 1, who designed safe sex kits after recognising the venereal disease problem during the war. Her kits were handed out to all soldiers going on leave in an effort to administer preventative methods.

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Chick Picks

Podcast: Buried Bones

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/buried-bones-a-historical-true-crime-podcast-with/id1455668750

Book: The Accident - Fiona Lowe

https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-accident-fiona-lowe/book/9781867246992.html

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This week, Annie tells Phoebe all about Eleanor of Toledo, a Spanish noblewoman who became the world's first lady as the Duchess of Florence—the first wife of Cosimo I de' Medici. A keen businesswoman, she financed many of her husband's political campaigns and is credited with introducing tomatoes, amongst other herbs and vegetables, to Italy.

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Chick Picks

TV Show: Stanley Tucci- Searching for Italy

https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-series/stanley-tucci-searching-for-italy/season-2

Book: With My Little Eye - Sandra Hogan

https://www.booktopia.com.au/with-my-little-eye-sandra-hogan/book/9781760878467.html

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This week, Phoebe tells Annie all about Marie Beuzeville Byles, the first practising female solicitor in New South Wales. She was also an Australian conservationist, pacifist, mountaineer, explorer, avid bushwalker, feminist, journalist, and original member of the Buddhist Society in New South Wales.

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Podcast: Dolly Parton's America

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dolly-partons-america/id1481398762

Book: Holly Throsby

https://www.hollythrosby.com/

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This week, Annie tells Phoebe all about Jane Addams, who was instrumental in developing Social Work as a profession and was also the first American woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize.

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Podcast: You're Dead To Me

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/youre-dead-to-me/id1479973402

Book: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-midnight-library-matt-haig/book/9781786892737.html

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