Desi Lydic and Dulcé Sloan recount the history of women getting the shaft. And not in the good way. First, they highlight Marion Donovan, the criminally unsung hero who invented the first disposable diapers. Next, they recount the tale of Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton, the African-American singer whose rendition of "Hound Dog" was soon eclipsed by Elvis Presley's version. Finally, they salute Sarah Howe, a 19th-century con artist who shattered the glass ceiling of financial crime.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Chapter 2: What is the focus of The Daily Show segment 'Shafted'?
Welcome back to The Daily Show. March is officially Women's History Month, when we honor women by remembering their accomplishments and misattributing quotes to them on Instagram. Some of the most fascinating stories in women's history aren't that well known.
So this month, Desi Lydic and Dulcé Sloan are taking a look at the lives of real women who left their mark in our new Daily Show segment, Shafted.
Good evening. I'm Dulcé Sloan. And I'm Desi Lydic. Tonight's episode is a familiar story. Big dreams crushed by the reality of reality.
Chapter 3: Who was Marion Donovan and what did she invent?
The victim, Marion Donovan. The crime? Being a woman. In 1946, Marion was a housewife in the small town of Westport, Connecticut. Being home and raising children, Marion got fed up with all the shit in her life.
Ugh, why is there so much shit everywhere? Why?
At the time, people were using cloth diapers, and the only solution for leaks were uncomfortable rubber pants that gave babies diaper rash. So no one wanted to wear rubbers, even though they were the most effective method. Babies were like, do I have to? It feels so much better pooping against bare skin.
But one day, Marian looked at her shower curtain and got an idea. I've got an idea. This can keep water from leaking out. Surely it could do the same for shit. So she got to work, designing a new, better diaper cover, which she called The Boater. I did it. I'm gonna liberate women from needless domestic work.
Right after I buy a new shower curtain and clean up this mess before my husband leaves me. It was a hit. The diaper covers were flying off the shelves faster than black market birth control pills. And then came Marion's best idea yet, a fully disposable diaper with super absorbent material. Marion pitched her idea for fully disposable diapers to every large manufacturer in the country.
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Chapter 4: Why was Marion Donovan's invention initially rejected?
But she soon found herself knee deep in something much worse than baby poop, sexism. What do you think? It's unnecessary. There's no market for this, you dumb lady. My wife loves washing diapers.
Faced with rejection, Marian went on inventing various doohickeys and what you call it. But a decade later, she had the shock of her life when Pampers launched a line of fully disposable diapers. Mother. That's right. A man had been rewarded for coming up with the same thing she was rejected for. And when you're done, you just throw it away. This is genius. Why has no one thought of this before?
Good job, male inventor. You're welcome, male executive. Ah, men. Men are great.
Marian was desperate and at the end of her rope, so she did the unthinkable.
Actually, that part didn't really happen.
Yeah, but it should have.
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Chapter 5: Who was Willie Mae 'Big Mama' Thornton?
Disposable diapers are now a $6 billion industry. Marion should have been the Beyonce of baby care, but fate made her the Farrah Franklin. The who?
Exactly. Exactly. But while she may have been overlooked in her own time, Marion's contributions live on in homes, in daycares, in Target bathrooms where the diaper changing station is always broken and the baby's screaming and you're like, what do you want from me?
Marian was shafted. But not defeated. That's all for this week. Tune in next time for the story of another woman so powerful, so determined, her vagina almost didn't get in the way. Almost.
Chapter 6: How did 'Hound Dog' become famous?
Good evening, I'm Dulcé Sloan. And I'm Desi Lydic. Tonight, the story of Willie Mae Big Mama Thornton, a trailblazer whose trail was left brutally unblazed. What? It's the story of a forgotten woman never given her due. Why didn't you just say that the first time? I don't know. Growing up near Montgomery, Alabama, Willie May always had a passion for singing.
I love to sing. I love to sing.
At the young age of 15, she won a singing contest and eventually signed a record deal.
But one day, her life changed forever when she was approached by some writers with a little song you may know called Hound Dog.
I need for it to be raunchier, you know, like something that if you could shimmy your breasts maybe, one or the other, preferably both at the same time.
But she had her own style in mind. Or... What if I did it this way? Just.
God damn.
That is so beautiful. Thank you, white man.
Willie May's soulful rendition of Hound Dog told the story of a good-for-nothing man who wants to be taken care of. It was like the great grandmother of no scrubs. See, a scrub is a guy who thinks he's fly. If I know, I think everyone knows.
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