This episode covers the lives of the wild west hero and United States postal carrier Mary Fields (aka Stagecoach Mary) and Josephine Baker the infamous dancer, singer, and spy.
Act 1: Support Texas
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Mary Fields
- Amspacher, Shelby. “Stagecoach Mary Fields.” Stagecoach Mary Fields | National Postal Museum, postalmuseum.si.edu/stagecoach-mary-fields.
- Bauer, Patricia. “Mary Fields.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., www.britannica.com/biography/Mary-Fields.
- Blakemore, Erin. Meet Stagecoach Mary, the DARING Black Pioneer Who Protected Wild WEST STAGECOACHES. 14 Sept. 2017, www.history.com/news/meet-stagecoach-mary-the-daring-black-pioneer-who-protected-wild-west-stagecoaches.
- Weekes, Princess. “How The Once Enslaved ‘Stagecoach Mary’ Became The Gun-Toting First Black Woman Mail Carrier.” BUST, July 2019, bust.com/feminism/196348-stagecoach-mary-fields-runs-the-west.html.
Josephine Baker