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Stuff You Missed in History Class

Wanda Gág, Part 2

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

History, Society & Culture

4.223.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

After struggling to raise her siblings and start an art career, Wanda Gág’s life changed almost instantly with the publication of her first children’s book. Part two of her story looks at how her books sustained her financially so she could also make the art she wanted.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Explore the winding halls of historical true crime with Holly Fry and Maria Tremarky,

0:05.0

hosts of criminalia as they uncover curious cases from the past.

0:09.0

The legend of the highwayman suggests men dominated the field,

0:13.0

but tell that to Lady Catherine Ferrer's, known as the Wicked Lady,

0:16.0

who terrorized England in the mid-1600s.

0:19.0

Her legend persists nearly 400 years after her death.

0:23.1

Highwaymen are in the hot seat this season.

0:25.3

Find more crime and cocktails on Criminalia.

0:28.5

Listen to Criminalia on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:36.4

A crime makes headlines. People talk about it for a few days, then it disappears. But for the people

0:42.4

left behind, their story is just beginning. But at night, we hear the garage opening and my son hears it.

0:49.8

We freak out. Honestly, I didn't tell my son this, but I felt that was it. From the exactly right network, this is The Knife. Real stories of crimes ripple effects told by

0:59.4

those who lived them. New episodes every Thursday. Listen to The Knife on the IHeartRadio app,

1:04.9

Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

1:10.4

Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History Class, a production of I-Heart Radio.

1:21.0

Hello and welcome to the podcast. I'm Holly Fry. And I'm Tracy V. Wilson. This is the second part

1:27.4

of our two-parter on artist and author Wanda Gogg.

1:31.0

In part one, we talked about her formative years and her financial struggles as she tried to finish

1:35.7

her education, get to art school, and support her mother and six siblings after her father's

1:41.3

death when she was just a teenager. We're going to pick up right where we left off.

1:45.8

So if you haven't listened to the first episode, you should probably go back and do that,

1:49.5

or this won't really make all that much sense or have all that much gravity.

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