Beryl Gilroy's guest appearances

Beryl Gilroy

Dead Ladies Show Podcast

The History Hotline 

Late To It

Rosa Luxemburg

Amy Stewart

Anna May Wong

Lidia Yuknavitch

Nick Offerman

Shirley Jackson

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Hedy Lamarr

Ada Lovelace

Dorothy Parker

Alison Bechdel

Carrie Fisher

Kristen Arnett

Marian Keyes

Paul Russell

OwlTail

Allison Markin Powell

Kirsty and Naomi discuss two books about firsts: Black Box by Shiori Ito (tr. Allison Markin Powell) and Black Teacher by Beryl Gilroy. Other books mentioned: Am I Normal?: The 200-Year Search for Normal People (and Why They Don't Exist) by Sarah Chaney

Kirsty and Naomi discuss two books about firsts: Black Box by Shiori Ito (tr. Allison Markin Powell) and Black Teacher by Beryl Gilroy. Other books mentioned: Am I Normal?: The 200-Year Search for Normal People (and Why They Don't Exist) by Sarah Chaney

Black Box by Shiori Ito (tr. Allison Markin Powell) and Black Teacher by Beryl Gilroy

The star of our 40th (!) episode is author, educator, and therapist Beryl Gilroy. Born in what was then British Guiana, she trained as a teacher before migrating to London in 1952 as part of the Windrush generation and work all manner of jobs until becoming one of the very first Black head teachers in the UK. Her groundbreaking debut, Black Teacher (1976), documented her journey that that point, and she’d keep publishing all the way to her death in 2001. Telling her story is Berlin-based author Divya Ghelani. DLS co-founder Florian Duijsens joins host/producer Susan Stone to add some Beryl-related news, and also to talk about our upcoming March 11, 2021 Zoom Dead Ladies Show event with Scotland's International Poetry Festival, StAnza, with tickets available here:   https://stanzapoetry.org/festival/events/past-present-annette-von-droste-h-lshoff To learn more about Beryl Gilroy, and see some lovely photos, visit our episode page here: https://deadladiesshow.com/2021/02/12/podcast-40-beryl-gilroy/ Our theme music is “Little Lily Swing” by Tri-Tachyon. Thanks for listening! We’ll be back with a new episode next month.  **** The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin and beyond. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history. The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire. The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone. Don’t forget, we now have a Patreon! Thanks to all of our current supporters! Please consider supporting our transcripts project and our ongoing work:  www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast If you prefer to make a one-time donation, here’s the link:  paypal.me/dlspodcast

The star of our 40th (!) episode is author, educator, and therapist Beryl Gilroy. Born in what was then British Guiana, she trained as a teacher before migrating to London in 1952 as part of the Windrush generation and work all manner of jobs until becoming one of the very first Black head teachers in the UK. Her groundbreaking debut, Black Teacher (1976), documented her journey that that point, and she’d keep publishing all the way to her death in 2001. Telling her story is Berlin-based author Divya Ghelani. DLS co-founder Florian Duijsens joins host/producer Susan Stone to add some Beryl-related news, and also to talk about our upcoming March 11, 2021 Zoom Dead Ladies Show event with Scotland's International Poetry Festival, StAnza, with tickets available here:  <a href="https://stanzapoetry.org/festival/events/past-present-annette-von-droste-h-lshoff" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://stanzapoetry.org/festival/events/past-present-annette-von-droste-h-lshoff</a> To learn more about Beryl Gilroy, and see some lovely photos, visit our episode page here: <a href="https://deadladiesshow.com/2021/02/12/podcast-40-beryl-gilroy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://deadladiesshow.com/2021/02/12/podcast-40-beryl-gilroy/</a> Our theme music is “<a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tri-Tachyon/Little_Lily_Swing/Tri-Tachyon_-_01_-_Little_Lily_Swing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Little Lily Swing</a>” by <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tri-tachyon/albums" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tri-Tachyon</a>. Thanks for listening! We’ll be back with a new episode next month.  **** The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin and beyond. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history. The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire. The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone. Don’t forget, we now have a Patreon! Thanks to all of our current supporters! Please consider supporting our transcripts project and our ongoing work: <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.patreon.com%2Fdeadladiesshowpodcast&amp;token=b6b9b9-1-1589360140502" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast</a> If you prefer to make a one-time donation, here’s the link: <a href="https://gate.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fpaypal.me%2Fdlspodcast&amp;token=3bcb5f-1-1589360140502" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> paypal.me/dlspodcast</a>

Episode 40 - Beryl Gilroy

This week's episode is centred around Beryl Gilroy who was one of Britain's first Black Headteachers. We contextualise her story based on her autobiography Black Teacher (1976) by studying the way Britain remembers Black women in the pages of their history books.

This week's episode is centred around Beryl Gilroy who was one of Britain's first Black Headteachers. We contextualise her story based on her autobiography Black Teacher (1976) by studying the way Britain remembers Black women in the pages of their history books.

005: Beryl Gilroy: Black Teacher