Mini 15 Dr Thistle Yolette Harris
From Stems Leaves & Roots with Dani by Dani
November 5, 2025 · 15 min · Season 1 · Episode 15
About this episode
The episode discusses the life and impact of Dr Thistle Yolette Harris, an outspoken woman in a challenging era.
Send us Fan Mail To a woman who didn't suffer fools gladly, she was a force to be reckoned with. I applaud her tenacity and flair for being outspoken in a world when it was hard to speak openly as a woman. But it was in a time when being an outspoken woman was frowned upon. And she did shack up with a man 25 years her senior while he was still married to another woman, with whom he had fathered seven children. However, if she'd been a man doing this at the time, would...
People in this episode
Host: Dani
Topics covered
- feminism
- historical figures
- women's rights
- outspoken women
- relationships
Keywords
- Dr Thistle Yolette Harris
- feminism
- women's history
- outspoken women
- relationships
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