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What'sHerName

A WINTER OF CONTENT Laura Lee Davidson

What'sHerName

Dr. Katie Nelson and Olivia Meikle

Society & Culture, Documentary, History

4.8538 Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

To snowy Ontario, Canada for our 2026 Christmas Special! Living out the dream of countless exhausted women, Laura Lee Davidson retreated to an island in the middle of a lake, and lived there alone through a long Canadian winter. But she wasn't really alone. Wild creatures became her friends, and she was constantly the recipient of neighborly kindness from folks on the mainland. Laura Lee's 1922 book about her winter on the island is now considered a classic of Canadian literature, and a vivid portrait of time gone by. Katie reads some of her favorite excerpts from the book, and we all tag along with Laura Lee Davidson, retreating into a remote winter solitude, and marveling at the wonders of nature. ___________________________________ Find Laura Lee Davidson's A Winter of Content HERE, or read a digital copy HERE. The What'sHerName SHOP is open, and check out our TOURS to join us on our next women's history adventure! Music in this episode: Deck the Halls, Air Prelude, It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, and Angels We Have Heard on High by Kevin MacLeod; The First Noel by Quincas Moreira; I Saw Three Ships by Audionautix; The Friendly Beasts by Marc Nelson; Unrequited by Asher Fulero; In the Bleak Midwinter by The Whalens; Growing Up by Nate Blaze; Auld Lang Syne by DJ Williams; The Anunnaki Return by Jesse Gallagher; When We Found the Horizon by Late Night Feeler. With additional sounds from freesound.org including "St Marys River Dawn Chorus" and "Midnight Nature On The St. Marys River" by Ambient-X; and "Canadian loons" by Chance Media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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This season of What's Her Name is sponsored by the Women's History Initiative at the Utah Historical Society,

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seeking to amplify women's voices and celebrate the many roles women play in history.

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And of course, by our patrons.

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1:02.4

Thank you so much for being our sponsors. We couldn't do it without you. Merry Christmas, Olivia.

1:19.5

Merry Christmas.

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Here's a scenario that I imagine may appeal to the vast majority of women this time of year who are

1:33.9

carrying the noble load of being the kinkeepers and gift givers and magic makers and all the things.

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How about moving to a tiny cabin, which is the only building on a tiny island in the middle of a lake in Ontario, Canada, completely in solitude, but for a cast of friendly, wild creatures who befriend you and live with you in your cabin.

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