SPEAKER_01: Reboot your credit card with Apple Card. It gives you unlimited daily cash back that can earn 4.15% annual percentage yield when you open a savings account. A high yield, low effort way to grow your money with no fees. Apply for Apple Card now in the Wallet app on iPhone to start earning and growing your daily cash with savings today. Apple Card subject to credit approval. Savings is available to Apple Card owners subject to eligibility. Savings accounts by Goldman Sachs Bank USA. Member FDIC, terms apply.
SPEAKER_03: Sick of paying $100 for groceries and getting nothing but eggs, orange juice, and a paper bag? Then download the Drop app. Drop lets you earn points with your everyday shopping and redeem them for gift cards. Want a free dinner with those groceries? Drop it. How about daily lattes? Drop it. So download Drop today and get $5 just for signing up. Use invite code GETDROP777.
SPEAKER_06: Want to get seven streaming services for one low price? Sign up for a smart bundle that'll stimulate your brain. Featuring CuriosityStream with the best documentary films and TV shows. Taste Made for the fun side of food and travel. Topic with the best thrillers and crime stories. DaVinci, teacher approved ad-free shows and games and more. From nature to history, technology to food, mystery to adventure. Get seven streaming services for one low price. At less than $6 a month, it's the best deal in streaming. Sign up at smartbundle.com.
SPEAKER_00: Hello, from Wonder Media Network, I'm Jenny Kaplan and this is Womanica. This month we're talking about movers and shakers. Dancers, stunt women, martial artists, and other pioneering women who use their physical prowess to shake things up. Today we're talking about a circus performer who shocked audiences with both her formidable strength and classic femininity. She was commonly known as Lady Hercules and the strongest woman in the world. Please welcome Katie Sandwina. Katie Brumbach was born in the back of a circus wagon in Austria in 1884. Her parents, Philippe and Johanna, were performers in the German circus circuit. Her father could lift 500 pounds with a finger and her mother sported biceps that measured 15 inches around.
SPEAKER_00: Katie was destined to be a strong woman like them. While other kids her age were still learning how to walk, Katie was practicing handstands on her father's hands. She quickly became an integral part of her family's circus routines. Her father would offer 100 gold marks to whoever could beat her in a fight. He got to hold onto his money though because Katie won every time. Still, didn't stop people from trying. When Katie was 16 years old, an aspiring acrobat named Max Heyman challenged her to a fight. Katie weighed more than 200 pounds and towered over six feet tall in the heels she wore to perform. Max was just 5'6". She quickly overtook him and threw him to the ground. But Katie's superior strength didn't intimidate Max or hurt his ego. In fact, he fell in love. The two married and Katie incorporated Max into her acts. She'd lift him up over her head and twirl him around like a soldier twirling a rifle. In the early 1900s, Katie decided to break away from her family's circus act. She and Max moved to New York where she continued to showcase her talents. According to urban legend, this has been Katie crossed paths with Eugene Sandow, the father of bodybuilding. The legend starts with Eugene challenging her to a public weightlifting showdown. The two took turns raising increasingly heavy weights above their heads. 100 pounds, 200 pounds, 300 pounds. Katie lifted the barbell up above her head. Eugene could only lift it to his chest. Katie was triumphant. She started to call herself Katie Sandwina, a feminization of her rival's last name to commemorate her triumph. In reality, it's likely that Katie and Eugene never met and that Katie changed her last name as a marketing tactic to be associated with the world-renowned strongman. But regardless, it's a good story. Katie began performing as the great Sandwina and her career continued to skyrocket. In 1911, she signed on to the Barnum and Bailey Circus. She toured the country, introducing her talents to new audiences while her routines became more elaborate and awe-inspiring. She juggled cannonballs and snapped iron chain links in between her fingers. She threw a thousand-pound stone from her chest. Katie's two sons, Theodore and Alfred, also became part of her act. Katie would cradle her husband in one arm and her sons in the other. She laid on a bed of nails with an anvil on her chest and invited audience members to hit the anvil with a sledgehammer. In one of her most show-stopping feats of strength, known as the Bridge of Might, Katie laid on her back on a stool, balancing a wooden ramp on her torso. A dozen people dressed in classical Roman garb, including two on horseback, crossed the makeshift bridge. Other strongwomen of the era, while appreciated for their talents, were often written off as mannish. Part of Katie's appeal to the public was her contrasting femininity and immense strength. With her hourglass waist, painted nails, and high heels, she was considered the perfect female specimen. An article in the New York American called her beautiful features positively startling. She was a proud matriarch and highlighted that fact in her performances. Katie didn't just squash gender norms. She also fought for gender equality. She was a vocal advocate for women's right to vote. She served as vice president of the 800-member suffragette ladies of the Barnum and Bailey Circus. In the early 1940s, Katie retired her strongwoman act and opened up a restaurant in Ridgewood, Queens. She decorated the bar and grill with a large sign reading, "'Owned by the strongest woman in the world.'" Katie's husband, Max, cooked the food while her son, Theodore, served as the bartender. Katie charmed as host, occasionally breaking horseshoes and bending metal bars to entertain guests. Neighbors knew Katie and Max simply as Mama and Papa. Katie wasn't afraid to defend her business with force when need be. One day, a guy came into the restaurant looking for trouble. Katie knocked him to the floor with a single punch and ran him out of the place. According to an article about the incident that ran in the New York mirror, the police had to tell her, "'Mama, don't hit him too hard.'" Katie lived out the rest of her days in Queens and passed away in 1952. She's buried in Mount Richmond Cemetery on Staten Island. ["Mover and Shakers"] All month, we're talking about movers and shakers. For more information, check us out on Facebook and Instagram at Womanica Podcast. Special thanks to Liz Kaplan, my favorite sister and co-creator. Talk to you tomorrow.
SPEAKER_05: Do you hear it? The clock is ticking. It's time for the new season of 60 Minutes. The CBS News Sunday Night tradition is back for its 56th season with all new big name interviews, hard-hitting investigations, and epic adventures. No place, no one, no story is off limits, and you'll always learn something new. It's time for 60 Minutes. New episode airs Sunday, September 24th on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.
SPEAKER_04: ["Mover and Shakers"] ["Mover and Shakers"]
SPEAKER_06: ["Mover and Shakers"]
SPEAKER_02: Visit us at SSA.com. Exclusions apply. See Lisa.com for details.
