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Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls

SLEEPY BONUS! Marjory Stoneman Douglas: The Alligator and the Activist

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls

Rebel Girls

Kids & Family, Stories For Kids, Education For Kids

4.57K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Meet Marjory Stoneman Douglas, a woman who fought tirelessly, year after year, to preserve a land that she loved. Marjory’s story shows that even the smallest of us can make a difference. This podcast is a production of Rebel Girls. It’s based on the book series Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. This story was produced by Giuliana Mayo with sound design and mixing by Brian Skipworth. It was written by Emily McMahon-Wattez. Fact-checking by Joe Rhatigan. Narration by Abby Sher. Original theme music was composed and performed by Elettra Bargiacchi [el-LET-tra bar-JOCK-ee]. Thank you to the whole Rebel Girls team who make this podcast possible. Stay rebel!

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0:00.0

From the creators of Blues Clues and Team Umi Zumi.

0:03.5

DreamWorks Gabby's Doll House is a delightful show that leads kids room to room through fantastical mini-worlds, irresistible kitty characters, and quirky adventures.

0:12.4

Gabby embraces imperfection and celebrates mistakes.

0:15.7

Showing kids and kittens, they can learn as much from their setbacks as they do their successes.

0:20.6

And if you want to

0:21.5

explore this magical world yourself, the kitty care ear perfect playroom really is the perfect

0:27.0

play set to bring Gabby's dollhouse into your own home. Be sure to enjoy a season full of

0:32.0

a meowsing surprises with Gabby's dollhouse. All new episodes are now playing on Netflix. It's time to rest again, rebels, to channel your energy from the ups and downs of your day into a deep, lazy river, sliding downstream.

1:15.0

Close your eyes and imagine yourself floating down the river, letting the current carry you

1:24.4

as it weaves its way around the unexpected fins and boulders of the day and then splits into

1:33.0

streams, each one narrowing and slowing. As you float, down, down, I'm going to tell you a story about a woman named Marjorie Stoneman Douglas, a woman who worked

1:53.6

tirelessly year after year to preserve a land that she loved, a land that I call home. Marjorie's story is one about persistence,

2:08.9

and how even the smallest of us can make a difference if we only try. It's a story about water, about the flow of water which brings life,

2:23.3

and in a way, it's a story about me,

2:27.3

an old Florida alligator,

2:31.3

who has lived for many years and seen many things.

2:39.5

Before Marjorie was a grown-up fighting grown-up battles, she was a girl, a girl who wore

2:48.4

glasses and had a crooked nose and hair that was never perfectly straight nor particularly curly.

2:58.6

A girl who loved animals and went to the water any time she could,

3:14.4

a girl who loved to learn and to read and to imagine.

3:19.0

Marjorie grew up in New England,

3:23.4

a place with long, cold, icy winters. But when she was four years old, she and her parents took a train

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