Houston Matters
The Full Menu: Houston’s Best Woman-Owned Restaurants
Posted on · Local food writers discuss their favorite woman-owned eateries in Greater Houston.
Tag: women
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2572: Melville and Anna Bissell
Posted on · Episode: 2572 Melville and Anna Bissell and the Carpet Sweeper. Today, a husband and wife engineer success.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1999: Mary Anne’s Book
Posted on · Episode: 1999 A new book for Mary Anne Howley: and a revolution unfulfilled. Today, a ghost in a book.
Houston Matters
What Removing President Trump From Office Would Achieve (Jan. 8, 2021)
Posted on · On Friday's show: We discuss what removing President Trump from office would accomplish with so little time left in his term.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1965: Stephenson’s Locomotives
Posted on · Episode: 1965 In which Robert and George Stephenson bring rail to its maturity. Today, the coming of rail.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1968: Vignettes From the Fair
Posted on · Episode: 1968 Vignettes from the 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition: America in transition. Today, scenes at a fair.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3087: Marie Curie – Mother
Posted on · Episode: 3087 Marie Curie and Her Children. Today, a most Curious mother.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1944: Ruth Elder
Posted on · Episode: 1944 Ruth Elder: A forgotten activist on an old postcard. Today, an odd postcard.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1937: Flying to Hawaii
Posted on · Episode: 1937 The Great, and deadly, After-the-Fact, Flying-to-Hawaii, Race. Today, we fly to Hawaii.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3205: Alice Augusta Ball
Posted on · Episode: 3205 Alice Augusta Ball and Her Work on Leprosy. Today, a legacy with a sad coda.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1931: Wu Ting-Fang in America
Posted on · Episode: 1931 Chinese diplomat Wu Ting-Fang looks at America in 1914. Today, Wu Ting-Fang looks at America.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1934: Somerville, Curiosity, and Learning
Posted on · Episode: 1934 Mary Fairfax Somerville: a wild child teaches us about learning. Today, a wild young girl becomes a great scientist.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3202: Gladys West
Posted on · Episode: 3202 Gladys West and the Geoid. Today, a quiet hero.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2249: Mrs. Coade’s Stone
Posted on · Episode: 2249 Mrs. Coade’s remarkable stones. Today, architectural historian Margaret Culbertson tells about a woman who made artificial stone.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3059: Vera Rubin and Dark Matter
Posted on · Episode: 3059 Vera Rubin and Dark Matter. Today, that which can't be seen.