Humans in History: Recent Episodes
Hannah Mira
Humans in History is the birthday biography podcast. This is a podcast which shines the spotlight on a person, who was born on this day at some point in history somewhere in the world, who made a positive lasting impact.
On our last episode, we explore the tragic and fabulous life of singer, pianist, and LGBTQ icon, Gladys Bentley.
Today we learn about Mildred Loving, the woman who overturned the interracial marriage ban.
Today we learn about the father of infection control, the savior of mothers, and the man who was murdered for telling people to wash their hands.
Today we learn about Eugenie Brazier, the first woman to become a three Michelin star chef.
Today we celebrate the life of Sylvia Mendez, the girl who started the desegregation of American schools.
Today we celebrate the life of Dr. George Papanicolaou, the doctor who invented the pap smear.
Today we are talking about Viola Liuzzo, the only white female activist killed in the civil rights movement.
Today we celebrate Carl Lutz, the diplomat who led the Holocaust's largest rescue mission.
Today we celebrate the life of the unsung hero of the civil rights movement, Bayard Rustin.
Today we celebrate Dr. Aletta Jacobs, founder of the world's first birth control clinic.
Today we talk about Dutch teacher Johan van Hulst, the man who saved hundreds of Jewish babies during the Holocaust.
Today we learn about Maria Tallchief, the world's first Native American prima ballerina.
Today let's talk about Charlotte Ray, the first black female attorney in the history of the United States.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Hollywood's First Chinese Superstar, Anna May Wong.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges AKA the Black Mozart.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of slain civil rights activist, Jimmie Lee Jackson.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Indra Lal Roy, the first and only WWI Indian Flying Ace.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Dr Mary Edwards Walker, the only woman to be awarded the Medal of Honor.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Dr. Frances Gertrude McGill, the Sherlock Holmes of Saskatchewan.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Dr. Sara Josephine Baker, the savior of 90,000 infants and the capturer of Typhoid Mary.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Daisy Bates, the creator of the Little Rock Nine.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Mickey Schwerner, slain civil rights activist.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Ida Tarbell, the muckraking journalist who brought down the Standard Oil empire.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Rose Valland, the greatest heroine of World War II.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Ethel Waters, the first person of color to star in their own TV show.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Dr. Gerhard Domagk, the creator of the first commercially available antibiotic.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of civil rights activist James "Shackdaddy" Orange.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Edith Head, the first woman to run a studio design department.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Chief Joseph Medicine Crow, the last war chief of the Crow Nation.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Tennessee Claflin, the first woman to found a wall street brokerage firm.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Chief Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, the Lioness of Lisabi.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Belva Lockwood, the first female attorney to practice before the Supreme Court.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Gertrude Ederle, the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Mary Blair, the first female animator to become a Disney Legend.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Enolia McMillan, the first female president of the NAACP.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Annie Smith Peck, mountain-climbing feminist and one of the first female college professors in the US.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley, the Shot Caller of the Poison Squad.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Lucy Stanton, the first black woman to receive a college degree.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Willie O'Ree, the first black man to play in the NHL.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Joyce Bryant, powerhouse singer and the first African-American bombshell.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Revolutionary War hero Mary Hays AKA Molly Pitcher.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Ann Petry, best-selling author and the first female African-American writer to sell over a million copies.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Douglas Albert Munro, the only Coast Guardsmen in history to be awarded the Medal of Honor.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Dr. Frederick D. Patterson, Tuskegee University president and founder of the United Negro College Fund.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Mary Ann Shadd, pioneering journalist, editor, publisher, attorney, and civil rights activist.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Mary Engle Pennington, scientist and food safety pioneer.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Moses Fleetwood Walker, the first African-American man to play pro baseball.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Lonnie Johnson, NASA aerospace engineer and inventor of the Super Soaker.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Maya Lin, the architect of the Vietnam War Memorial.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Chief Lucy Tayiah Eads, the first female chief of the Kaw Nation
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Carl von Ossietzky, anti-Nazi journalist and the only Nobel Prize winner to die in Nazi custody.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Major Robert Lawrence Jr, the first African-American astronaut.
Today we will celebrate the birth and life of Vladimir Horowitz, the greatest pianist of the 20th century.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Wilhelmina Drucker, pioneering Dutch feminist.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Hiram Rhodes Revels, Reconstruction Era politician and first black man in Congress.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Lewis Hine, the teacher and photographer whose work helped ban child labor in North America.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of William LeBaron Jenney, creator of the worlds first skyscraper.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Mary Church Terrell, civil rights and women's rights activist.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Junko Tabei, the Japanese mountaineer and the first woman to climb Mount Everest.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Representative Pramila Jayapal, the first Indian-American woman in the House of Representatives and incumbent Representative for Washington States seventh district.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Elizabeth Kenny, the self-taught Australian bush nurse who invented a new treatment for polio and founded physical therapy.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Dr. Elizabeth Stern, Canadian pathologist and cervical cancer research pioneer.
Today we will celebrate the birth and life of Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, African-American film and radio star.
Today we will celebrate the birth and life of Dr. Edward Bouchet, the first African-American PhD physicist.
Today we will celebrate the birth and life of Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, civil rights activist and Freedom Rider.
Today we will celebrate the birth and life of Alain LeRoy Locke, the first African-American Rhodes Scholar and philosophical architect of the Harlem Renaissance.
Today we will celebrate the birth and life of Muriel Siebert, the first woman to have a seat on the New York Stock Exchange.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Dr Euphemia Haynes, the first African-American woman to get a PhD in mathematics.
Today we celebrate the birth and life of Ho Feng-Shan, one of the silent heroes of World War II who came to be known as the Chinese Schindler.
Humans in History is a 365 day history project consisting of daily bite-sized (8-20 minute) episodes which profile the life of someone in history who was born on that day and who made a difference in the world but whose name and accomplishments have faded from public knowledge over the decades or centuries.
Please join us when our project kicks off on September 10th with the celebration of the life and work of Ho Feng-Shan, the Chinese diplomat who risked his job and his life to save thousands of Jewish lives during the Holocaust.