{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fa3c10905-456e-47c5-b9b4-fd687867caad","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"An Entertainment Industry Pioneer: An Interview with Ellen Snortland","description":"On this special episode of This Week in Business History, host Scott W. Luton interviews an entertainment industry trailblazer: Ellen Snortland. Ellen is a lawyer, teacher, coach, entrepreneur, celebrated author, long-time women's rights activist, self-defense instructor & many other things. Amongst many other positions, Ellen serves as a board member for the National Women's History Alliance, which helps fulfill her lifelong love of women's history.\n\nIn this wide-ranging, fascinating discussion, Ellen shares her incredible journey from helping her family survive a horrible, life-changing flood in South Dakota t0 forming the first all-female theater company in Santa Barbara, California - - and beyond!\n\nEllen discusses many of the obstacles & injustices that she has had to overcome in her career, as well as some of the lessons learned along the way, which she has shared with others. Ellen & Scott also discuss some of the heavy-lifting that still must be done today, so that truly those from all walks of life can have opportunities to chase their own passions and pursuits of happiness.\n\nAdditional Links & Resources:\nSubscribe to This Week in Business History and all other Supply Chain Now Programming: https://supplychainnow.com/subscribe\nTrailer to Ellen Snortland's Documentary \"Beauty Bites Beast\": https://youtu.be/DsCy8QFRehw\nLearn more about \"Beauty Bites Beast\": http://beautybitesbeast.com/\nLearn more about Ellen Snortland: http://www.snortland.com/\nLearn more about the National Women's History Alliance: https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/\n\nThis episode was hosted by Scott Luton. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/business-history-43.","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/6872f1e0-f078-42f3-bc98-bbedb85dda2d/u6tA5-YrPHjWWqE-fFJcnqUG.jpg"}