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The History Chicks : A Women's History Podcast

Agatha Christie

The History Chicks : A Women's History Podcast

The History Chicks | QCODE

Society & Culture, Documentary, History

4.68K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2014

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Agatha Christie once said that she wanted to be remembered as, “a good writer of detective and thriller stories.” We say she needs to be remembered for a whole lot more: daughter, wife, mother, pharmacist, playwright and adventurer only begin the list.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the History Trix, where any resemblance to a poor ringled history lesson is purely coincidental.

0:07.0

This show is dedicated to Marine Johnson, author of 13 Little Boo On The Loops and other stories and one of the voices of Generation X.

0:18.0

My people, XO, XO.

0:21.0

And here's your 47.5-second summary!

0:26.0

One little girl sat reading in a tree, then went to France and married Christy.

0:31.0

Two became three and then became four.

0:34.0

She pulled a disappearing act and showed her man the door.

0:37.0

Five books later Mrs. Christy was a writer.

0:40.0

She met an archaeologist who spent his life beside her.

0:43.0

Six romance novels whose author is a mystery.

0:46.0

Seven is too hard to rhyme, so let's move on to history!

0:50.0

Eight actors in the mouse trap which smashed up every record.

0:54.0

Two two got wind of it and soon Dave Christie's record...

0:58.0

Day did.

1:00.0

And then nine, ten, big fat hen, la la la, and then the renun.

1:05.0

Behead.

1:07.0

Let's talk about Agatha Christie.

1:10.0

But first let's drop her into history.

1:12.0

In 1890 the first US college level dairy school opened in Wisconsin.

1:18.0

W.B. Purvis patented the fountain pen.

1:21.0

Nelly Blyde, the filious fog's time around the world.

1:25.0

Ellis Island is designated and opens as an immigration station.

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