Nebraska: The World Needs More of Mildred Brown with Brittany Ratelle

The Preamble

Sharon McMahon

History, Education

4.9 • 15.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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In this episode, Sharon is joined by Brittany Ratelle to talk about the life and legacy of Mildred Brown. Though Mildred is not in most history books, she should be! Mildred was a savvy businesswoman and the owner of an Omaha newspaper in the 1930s. As a Black woman in the 1930s, this was impressive on its own. However, Mildred used her power of the press to positively reinforce good business practices in Omaha, and she highlighted the good works of the people in her community. Mildred received 150 community service awards and was appointed as a Goodwill ambassador by U.S President Lyndon B. Johnson. Join Sharon and Brittany as they talk about this uplifting story and explain why there needs to be a Mildred Brown t-shirt!

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0:00.0	Hello friends, welcome to this episode. Gosh, I have got a great story, such an uplifting story for you today, and I'm chatting with my friend Brittany Ratel, who is an attorney for small businesses and creatives, and I absolutely enjoy chatting with her.
0:19.0	We have such a fun witty back and forth.
0:23.1	She's just absolutely delightful to hang out with.
0:25.9	And I really think you're going to love the story
0:29.2	of Mildred Brown.
0:30.6	So let's dive in.
0:37.2	I'm Sharon McMahon and welcome to the Sharon Says So podcast. Yay! Brandy, thank you so much for coming.
0:43.0	Thank you so much, Sharon, for having me.
0:45.0	This is just such a treat.
0:46.0	Tell afraid buddy what you do, because you are fantastic.
0:50.0	So I'm an attorney, so I mean, what an opener, right?
0:52.0	An attorney and a government teacher get on a
0:55.0	podcast. Yes what could be more exciting it's all the great jokes everyone knows. No I am an attorney but I
1:01.8	call myself.
1:02.6	I'm a cool attorney.
1:03.9	I kind of specialize in helping creatives, creators,
1:07.8	online business owners, basically really cool humans
1:10.7	on the internet doing awesome things,
1:12.4	building awesome businesses.
1:13.4	So that's what I do, is I help them
1:15.2	be more confident business owners
1:16.8	get legally legit.
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