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Womanica

Acast Creative Studios

History, Society & Culture, Education

4.3 • 920 Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Mamá Tingó (1921-1974) was an Dominican activist who is often overlooked in historical accounts. She led protests to save her farm — and the farms of 350 other families — from an illegal land seizure. She was assassinated for trying to bring justice to her community.

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For the past six years, we’ve been telling the stories of women you may or may now know– but definitely should. This month, we’re bringing back our favorite Womanica episodes from across our back catalog. These are women throughout time and around the world who made their mark.

History classes can get a bad rap, and sometimes for good reason. When we were students, we couldn’t help wondering... where were all the ladies at? Why were so many incredible stories missing from the typical curriculum? Enter, Womanica. On this Wonder Media Network podcast we explore the lives of inspiring women in history you may not know about, but definitely should.

Every weekday, listeners explore the trials, tragedies, and triumphs of groundbreaking women throughout history who have dramatically shaped the world around us. In each 5 minute episode, we’ll dive into the story behind one woman listeners may or may not know–but definitely should. These diverse women from across space and time are grouped into easily accessible and engaging monthly themes like Educators, Villains, Indigenous Storytellers, Activists, and many more. Womanica is hosted by WMN co-founder and award-winning journalist Jenny Kaplan. The bite-sized episodes pack painstakingly researched content into fun, entertaining, and addictive daily adventures.

Womanica was created by Liz Kaplan and Jenny Kaplan, executive produced by Jenny Kaplan, and produced by Grace Lynch, Maddy Foley, Brittany Martinez, Edie Allard, Carmen Borca-Carrillo, Taylor Williamson, Sara Schleede, Paloma Moreno Jimenez, Luci Jones, Abbey Delk, Adrien Behn, Alyia Yates, Vanessa Handy, Melia Agudelo, and Joia Putnoi. Special thanks to Shira Atkins.

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0:00.0	Hello, from Wonder Media Network, I'm Jenny Kaplan, and this is Womanica.
0:07.0	For the past six years, we've been telling the stories of women you may or may not know about,
0:12.0	but definitely should. This month, we're bringing back our favorite Womanica episodes from
0:16.9	across the back catalog. These are women across centuries and around the world who made their mark.
0:24.0	With that, here's one of our favorite episodes.
0:31.5	Hey, y'all. I'm Aaron Haynes.
0:33.6	I'm the editor at large for the 19th News, a nonprofit newsroom reporting on gender, politics, and policy.
0:39.7	I'm also the host of a brand new weekly podcast from the 19th News and Wonder Media Network called The Amendment.
0:46.5	Each week, we're bringing you a conversation about gender, politics, and the unfinished work of American democracy.
0:53.2	Our very first episode features my dear friend
0:55.9	in Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nicole Hannah-Jones.
0:59.8	It's out now, so please go listen and follow the show.
1:04.1	On top of all of this, I'm your guest host
1:06.8	for this month of Womanica.
1:09.7	This Black History Month, we're talking about revolutionaries, the black women who led
1:14.1	struggles for liberation from violent governments, colonial rulers, and enslavers.
1:19.6	These women had the courage to imagine radically different worlds, and they use their power
1:24.1	to try and pull those worlds into view.
1:26.6	Today, we're talking about an activist often overlooked in Dominican history.
1:31.5	This poor black farmer was villainized in her lifetime,
1:34.9	but fought tirelessly to save farmers from an illegal and violent land grab.
1:39.7	Please welcome Mama Tingo.
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