Missing History: Recent Episodes
Missing History
A podcast by two friends who discuss women from history they've never heard of before. Inspired by that all too common feeling, "How did I not know about her?!?", we aim to elevate the stories of a wide range of woman, from Egyptian civil rights activists to medieval nuns to the first female (almost) astronauts. We share their stories, discuss their impact and why they've been ignored or sidelined, and often get a little mad at the patriarchy.
We're back from our (extended) winter break with a new set of Missing History episodes. First up, Katie and Michael catch up after the holidays and - oh boy - was there a lot of catch up about. We talk Inauguration, Impeachment, and Insurrection and that doesn't even get us out of January.
A note from the team: While we're working hard to get back to our regular release schedule, life continues to be...well, you know. For the next few months we might be releasing episodes in short bursts - mini-seasons if you will - with a few weeks off between releases. We appreciate you sticking with us and hope to have more Missing History content in your ears soon!
Just in time for Christmas, we have our last Missing History episode of 2020. Katie discusses a turn of the century celebrity, Alice Roosevelt, and Michael shares Brenda Lee, who's Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree has been playing in his head non-stop all month. We're wishing you and yours a safe and healthy end to the year and we'll see you all in 2021!
Alice Roosevelt
NYTimes Article
Princess Alice
American First Daughters
Alice Roosevelt Biography
Roosevelt Family Tree
Nixon Tapes
Brenda Lee
Rolling Stone Interview
Brenda Lee Bio
Country Music Documentary
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
For the second part of our hygiene series, we manage to cover the full range of human bodily needs. Michael walks through the history of toilets and waste removal and Katie talks about all things teeth.
- Apologies about the audio quality - we're still working through some mic issues.
Toilets
History of Poop
NASA Space Waste Guidelines
Poop Researchers
Invention of Toilet Paper
Best Way to Wipe
Queer Toilet History
Toothbrushes
History of Dentistry
Oral Hygiene Timeline
Chewing Stick Research
Michael and Katie finally get to scratch a longstanding itch - not an actual itch, but a historical one! In this first episode of a two-part series, we dive into the history of self-care and discuss how people in the past dealt with some of the most fundamental human needs. Katie discusses the history of feminine hygiene products, specifically tampons and pads, and Michael traces the history of shampoo.
Feminine Hygiene
History of the Tampon
The AIDS Fighting Tampon
There Has to be a Better Way
Don't Let Them See Your Tampons
Tampons Haven't Always Been for Periods
Ending the Tampon Tax
Shampoo
Origin of Shampoo
Smithsonian Hair Care History
What is the No Poo Method
Smithsonian Bathing History
We have a Thanksgiving episode! (Well...not really. But Katie does talk about Puritan naming conventions, so maybe that counts?) Instead, Michael talks about Emily Balch, a turn of the century peace activist and Nobel Prize winner. Katie discusses Molly Brant, a Haudenosaunee leader before and during the American revolution. We also reflect on the passing of Alex Trebek.
Emily Balch
Emily Balch, Economist
Emily Balch Biography
Nobel Prize Information
Nobel Acceptance Speech
Molly Brant
Molly Brant Biography
New York’s Mohawk tribe works to restore their culture
Iroquois or Haudenosaunee?
We take a slightly different journey this week and discuss two of the institutions that have been on everyone's mind: the Electoral College and the Supreme Court. Katie and Michael discuss their history, lay out some of the arguments for and against each, and try to figure out how to fix them.
**Audio Note: We had some technical issues with this recording, so Katie's audio will sound weird at some point. Sorry!!
The Electoral College
National Popular Vote
Electoral College Reform
History of the Electoral College
Five Misconceptions about the Electoral College
The Supreme Court
Supreme Court Reform
How to Fix the Court
The Court & Healthcare
Expand the Court
Don't Pack the Court
Alternate Court Reforms
We're taking the week off so we have enough time to reload the NY Times elections page every three seconds. As an antidote for election related stress, we'll just leave this video of the Desert Rain Frog here.
In a valiant attempt to process...well, everything, this week we're discussing women who fought for the survival of their communities. Literally. Katie discusses Mai Bhago, a 17th-century Sikh warrior, and Michael introduces Charwe Nyakasikana, a medium and political leader from southern Africa. We also talk about the passing of RBG, ghosts, zombies, and Community (the show).
Mai Bhago
Wikipedia
Savior of the Sikhs
Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb
Live India History
Charwe Nyakasikana
Charwe Biography
Central Shona Rising
Shona Tribe
The Hanging Tree
This week we discuss two women fighting for change in their communities - albeit in very different ways. Michael discusses Diane Nash, a leader of the Civil Rights movement committed to non-violence, and Katie introduces us to Queen Nanny, a leader of the Jamaican maroon community who waged a guerilla war against the British. We also talk about Q Anon, voting, and the importance of political engagement.
Note: Because 2020 has been gestures wildly at everything going on we will be releasing our next few episodes out of order. This episode was originally intended to be the third in a series examining women from Kamala Harris' DNC acceptance speech. We hope to release parts one and two of that series soon. (Also, Michael references previous conversations about the show Black Sails - which are on episodes we recorded this summer but haven't been able to release yet. You're not missing any crucial context, but he would recommend you go watch the show. You can skip most of the first season.)
Diane Nash
Guardian Interview with Nash
SNCC History
Stanford Biography of Nash
Nash Biography
Queen Nanny
Stylist Profile
BBC Profile
Matrilineal Social Structures
Queen Nanny Monument
Queen Nanny Wikipedia
It's back-to-back Mary's this week. Katie discusses Mary Elizabeth Lease, a Populist speaker and activist, while Michael introduces Mary Sherman Morgan, a literal rocket scientist. We also discuss The Wizard of Oz, time travel, and the importance of getting your flu shot.
Mary Elizabeth Lease
The Wizard of Oz and Populism
Mary E. Lease & The Gilded Age
What is populism?
Mary Elizabeth Lease - Queen of the Populists
Mary Sherman Morgan
Mary Sherman Morgan Biography
BBC Interview
First Woman Rocket Scientist
This week we are going big. Katie and Michael discuss three phenomenal woman, two contemporary scientists and one ancient warrior.
Jess Wade & Maryam Zaringhalam
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/07/guardian-view-wikipedia-evolving-truth
https://www.webmz.nyc/about/
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/jessica.wade
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05947-8
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/it-matters-who-we-champion-in-science/2019/04/12/50a1781a-5d3d-11e9-9625-01d48d50ef75_story.html
https://500womenscientists.org/wiki-edit-a-thon
Khutulun
https://erenow.net/biographies/the-secret-history-of-the-mongol-queens/7.php
https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-famous-people/khutulun-0010840
https://www.rejectedprincesses.com/princesses/khutulun
http://www.ancientpages.com/2018/07/25/khutulun-great-female-warrior-of-the-mongol-empire/
http://www.thathistorynerd.com/2019/05/damn-girl-khutulun-mongol.html
We have some major influencers this week - we learn about the woman who co-founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and strong-willed feminist who participated in a failed uprising against the Qing Dynasty.
Fannie Lou (Miller) Hamer
https://www.biography.com/activist/fannie-lou-hamer
https://snccdigital.org/events/freedom-rides/
https://time.com/5692775/fannie-lou-hamer/https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/freedomsummer-hamer/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxTReRmH2jA&t=1395s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIZ2a2J5v3g
Qiu Jin
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/obituaries/overlooked-qiu-jin.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qiu_Jin
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1899-1913/chinese-rev
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=17&ved=2ahUKEwjmw-WD49noAhWKgXIEHSwiC8wQFjAQegQIChAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fscholarworks.iu.edu%2Fjournals%2Findex.php%2Fiusbgender%2Farticle%2Fdownload%2F21423%2F27390%2F&usg=AOvVaw2lPVtg1GBvnsKARxiFA5H0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qing_dynasty#Rebellion,_unrest_and_external_pressure
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=8966942
The stats don't lie - these two ladies are absolutely incredible. This week we learn about a statistician (who was also the founder of modern nursing) and one of the most influential women in the Ottoman Empire from the period known as the Sultanate of Women.
Florence Nightingale
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Florence-Nightingale/Homecoming-and-legacy
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-worlds-most-famous-nurse-florence-nightingale-180974155/
https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-35241?rskey=XWmNZs&result=2
https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-nhs-nightingale-makeshift-hospital-london-excel-centre-photos-2020-4#at-least-two-more-temporary-hospitals-are-being-planned-one-at-the-nec-center-in-birmingham-which-will-house-5000-beds-and-another-at-the-convention-complex-in-manchester-with-1000-beds-19
Hurrem Sultan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Turks
https://www.britannica.com/place/Ottoman-Empire
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurrem_Sultan#/media/File:Mausoleum_of_Roxelana_02.jpg
https://www.britannica.com/place/Ottoman-Empire
https://www.dailysabah.com/feature/2019/02/08/origin-of-hurrem-sultan-still-hotly-debated-in-21st-century
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Roxelana
We are back! What did we miss?!
We took a small break but we are back at it. Katie and Michael catch up on what we have been doing since we were last together, the new global pandemic, and learn about some awesome ladies. This week we are going ancient as we discuss a Hellenistic philosopher and an anchorite from medieval England.
This week we learn about an American obstetrician and gynecologist and a Chinese-American virologist and molecular biologist.
HODGSON https://www.cnn.com/2016/06/23/health/abortion-history-in-united-states/index.html https://cfmedicine.nlm.nih.gov/physicians/biography_150.html https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/jane-elizabeth-hodgson-1915-2006 https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/us/05hodgson.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=BD7BFBF3C151F2D6A1AB752881F8523C&gwt=pay https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/human_rights_magazine_home/
FLOSSIE https://www.thewonderwomenproject.org/pages/biography-of-flossie-wong-staal https://history.nih.gov/nihinownwords/docs/transcripts/wongstaal.html https://alumni.ucla.edu/stories/flossie-wong-staal-68-ph-d-72/
This week Katie discusses an American theatre producer and director who is known for her work with the WPA - specifically the Federal Theatre Project.
Flanagan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_Progress_Administration http://vcencyclopedia.vassar.edu/faculty/prominent-faculty/hallie-flanagan-davis.html https://www.loc.gov/collections/federal-theatre-project-1935-to-1939/about-this-collection/ https://www.encyclopedia.com/economics/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/flanagan-hallie-0
Today we meet a folklorist who helped preserve the past for the WPA and a woman who was told she would never walk again but would go on to be the fastest woman in the world.
TARTT http://www.awhf.org/tartt.html http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1132 http://cdm17066.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p17066coll3 https://www.uwa.edu/library/archives/alabamaroom/findingaids/rubypickenstartt https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2019/01/alabama-folklorist-ruby-pickens-tartt/ https://youtu.be/r9SENzRLk_M
WILMA https://www.aaihs.org/black-women-athletes-protest-and-politics-an-interview-with-amira-rose-davis/ https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/13/obituaries/wilma-rudolph-star-of-the-1960-olympics-dies-at-54.html https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/wilma-rudolph
This week we learn about a military woman from the American Revolution and a French author who wrote The Mirror of Simple Souls in the 13th century.
SAMPSON https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/deborah-sampson http://www.revolutionarywararchives.org/womansoldier.html https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/deborah-sampson https://www.britannica.com/biography/Deborah-Sampson http://www.womenhistoryblog.com/2010/04/deborah-sampson-gannett.html
PORETE https://www-jstor-org.proxy.brynmawr.edu/stable/j.ctv1qv1tx.8 http://www.uncg.edu/~rebarton/margporete.htm https://www.britannica.com/topic/Beguines#ref209863
Today we discuss a soprano, pianist, composer, and arranger of Spirituals for the original Fisk Jubilee Singers and a prominent civic leader and a social worker who founded of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines.
SHEPPARD https://pages.stolaf.edu/americanmusic/2017/10/03/the-fisk-jubilee-singers-and-their-first-record/ http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/1797 https://hbcudigitallibrary.auctr.edu/digital/collection/FUPP/id/704/ https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/sheppard-ella-1851-1915/
ESCODA https://www.google.com/doodles/josefa-llanes-escodas-120th-birthday https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josefa_Llanes_Escoda
This week we learn about one of the first actresses on the English stage and a prominent figure of the Mexican War of Independence.
(Eleanor Gwyn) NELL https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nell-Gwyn-English-actress https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp01957/eleanor-nell-gwyn https://www.headstuff.org/culture/history/terrible-people-from-history/nell-gwyn-peoples-harlot/
(María de la Soledad Leona Camila Vicario Fernández de San Salvador) VICARIO https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/vicario-leona-1789-1842 https://www.girlboss.com/identity/2018-3-20-leona-vicario-history https://www.revolutionspodcast.com/2018/08/902-the-cry-of-dolores.html
Michael and Katie discuss an Omaha Native American doctor and an African-American teacher and civil rights figure.
SUSAN https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_La_Flesche_Picotte https://cfmedicine.nlm.nih.gov/physicians/biography_253.html https://www.history.com/news/remembering-the-first-native-american-woman-doctor https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/incredible-legacy-susan-la-flesche-first-native-american-earn-medical-degree-180962332/ http://cojmc.unl.edu/nativedaughters/healers/susan-la-flesches-legacy-lives-on https://www.pbs.org/video/medicine-woman-full-episode/
ELIZABETH https://daily.jstor.org/the-woman-who-refused-to-leave-a-whites-only-streetcar/ http://kentakepage.com/elizabeth-jennings-graham-a-19th-century-rosa-parks/ https://www.biography.com/people/elizabeth-jennings-graham-091415 https://www.missedinhistory.com/podcasts/elizabeth-jennings-graham.htm https://daily.jstor.org/the-woman-who-refused-to-leave-a-whites-only-streetcar/
In honor of our 25th episode, Katie and Michael team up to talk about a group of women working to process astronomical data.
https://www.ladyscience.com/science-with-capital-s/90dk473131kodvmc02nsftmcfhepgg?rq=pickering https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-women-who-mapped-the-universe-and-still-couldnt-get-any-respect-9287444/?no-ist http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/cwsem/PGA_049131 https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/12/the-women-computers-who-measured-the-stars/509231/ https://www.nature.com/articles/nchem.2067
An American film, television and stage actress/dancer and a teacher, activist and long-time chair of the Manzanar Committee.
MYRNA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7Unti0LJ8g http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/117023%7C115512/Myrna-Loy/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001485/bio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIOXD2epvyY&t=1568s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrna_Loy
SUE https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/manzanar/ https://encyclopedia.densho.org/Sue_Kunitomi_Embrey/ http://articles.latimes.com/2006/may/16/local/me-embrey16 https://encyclopedia.densho.org/Manzanar_Committee/ https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/08/09/210138278/japanese-internment-redress
With St. Patrick's Day around the corner we had Ireland on our minds. We span 14 centuries this week as we discuss two influential women in Irelands history.
Veronica Guerin http://womensmuseumofireland.ie/articles/veronica-guerin https://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/23/world/how-a-killing-roused-irish-conscience.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FGuerin%2C%20Veronica&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=6&pgtype=collection https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsgcKRX8mk4 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/in-her-final-article-for-the-sunday-independent-published-this-week-veronica-guerin-interviewed-the-1339093.html
BRIGID of Kildare https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=453 https://www.blarney.com/st-brigid_s-cross/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Brigit-of-Ireland https://www.govisitireland.com/biddys-day-celebrating-st-brigid-across-country/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBqp2MXyuYk
Katie and Michael discuss an American high-fashion designer and an American psychiatrist/author this week.
Anne: https://nypost.com/2016/10/16/jackies-wedding-dress-designer-is-finally-recognized/ http://hiddenfashionhistory.com/category/ann-lowe/ https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2013/03/28/the-remarkable-story-of-ann-lowe-from-alabama-to-madison-avenue/ https://theglowup.theroot.com/societys-stylish-secret-designer-ann-lowe-was-a-fashio-1823499194 https://www.racked.com/2016/9/30/13064294/fashion-designer-ann-lowe
Jeanne https://cfmedicine.nlm.nih.gov/physicians/biography_306.html https://feministforester.com/2018/02/06/dr-jeanne-spurlock-1921-1999/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/04/j-marion-sims/558248/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/05/16/youve-got-bad-blood-the-horror-of-the-tuskegee-syphilis-experiment/?utm_term=.8033a7c1d2a4
This week we have a Kenyan environmental political activist and an American blues singer, pianist, and entertainer.
Wangari Maathai https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wangari-Maathai https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/sep/26/wangari-maathai http://www.greenbeltmovement.org/who-we-are/our-history
Gladys Bentley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDUX-QmT1sM https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/obituaries/gladys-bentley-overlooked.html https://www.theroot.com/blues-singer-gladys-bentley-broke-ground-with-marriage-1790858771 https://www.themarysue.com/gladys-bentley-the-cross-dressing-lesbian-who-rocked-the-harlem-renaissance/
In honor of Valentines Day we bring you an artist/business woman who made Valentine's Day cards popular and a poet.
Esther: http://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/esther-howland-valentine-innovator/ http://www.worcesterhistory.org/bio-howland.html http://time.com/4663003/esther-howland-valentines/ https://www.bustle.com/p/6-valentines-day-2019-ideas-for-introverts-15867568
Jessie http://www.forharriet.com/2014/04/15-black-women-poets-everyone-should.html http://bulletin.brynmawr.edu/features/hp-primary-feature/in-black-and-white-4/ http://www.beltwaypoetry.com/fauset-jessie-redmon/ https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/history/historians-miscellaneous-biographies/jessie-redmon-fauset https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-forgotten-work-of-jessie-redmon-fauset https://timeline.com/jessie-redmon-fauset-harlem-renaissance-leader-cd871c84691
The ladies who did it first - this week we look at the first black woman to enlist in the Coast Guard and the first published African American female poet.
Olivia Hooker https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46332474?ocid=socialflow_twitter https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/23/obituaries/olivia-hooker-dead.html https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2018/05/31/615546965/meet-the-last-surviving-witness-to-the-tulsa-race-riot-of-1921 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/10/olivia-hooker-a-spars-story/
Phillis Wheatley https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/phillis-wheatley https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/his-excellency-general-washington http://blackartblog.blackartdepot.com/features/african-american-monuments-statues/phillis-wheatley-monument.html
The silver screen takes centerstage this week as we look at two women who had a huge influence on the early American film industry.
Lois Weber http://www.loisweber.net/lois-weber.html https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lois-Weber http://www.ocec.eu/cinemacomparativecinema/index.php/en/33-n-8-english/400-lois-weber-the-female-thinking-in-movement
Hattie McDaniel https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/oscars-first-black-winner-accepted-774335 https://ew.com/oscars/2018/02/22/hattie-mcdaniel-first-black-oscar-winner-legacy/ https://blackpast.org/aaw/mcdaniel-hattie-1895-1952 https://www.vibe.com/2018/03/hattie-mcdaniel-oscar-history
An English politician who later became a member of the House of Lords and a short review of Becoming by Michelle Obama.
Jean Barker https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/27/obituaries/lady-trumpington-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/nov/27/lady-trumpington-obituary https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-43756361 https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-real-life-downton-millionairesses-who-changed-britain https://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2018/nov/27/lady-trumpington-gives-v-sign-to-fellow-peer-archive-video
An obstetrical anesthesiologist, who also invented a way to quickly assess the health of a newborn child immediately after birth and the woman known as the "Grande Dame of Champagne"
Virginia Apgar https://cfmedicine.nlm.nih.gov/physicians/biography_12.html https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/07/health/virginia-apgar-intl/index.html https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/CP/Views/Exhibit/narrative/biographical.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXFr9QsTgPA https://www.marchofdimes.org/mission/virginia-apgar.aspx
Barbe-Nicole Clicquotu https://www.thelily.com/this-new-test-measures-how-well-documentaries-portray-women-rbg-fails/ https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/oct/31/madame-clicquot-france-woman-champagne https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-widow-who-created-the-champagne-industry-180947570/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame_Clicquot_Ponsardin
Eastern Europe in the 30's and 40's: what a time to be alive! One teen and two women defy gender expectations to participate in one of the greatest historical conflicts of the 20th century.
Irena https://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/exhibitions/righteous-women/sendler.asp https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/irena-sendler http://www.pbs.org/program/irena-sendler/ https://www.ushmm.org/information/press/in-memoriam/irena-sendler-1910-2008
Zinaida & Yelena http://ww2awartobewon.com/wwii-articles/yelena-mazanik-avenger-belarus/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinaida_Portnova http://the-toast.net/2013/09/20/zinaida-portnova-young-avenger/
The woman who birthed 'The Pill' and a controversial figure of Bryn Mawr.
Katharine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_McCormick https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/pill-katharine-dexter-mccormick-1875-1967/ http://www.amazingwomeninhistory.com/katharine-mccormick-birth-control-history/ https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2007/summer/mccormick.html
Thomas https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/08/09/bryn-mawr-reconsiders-how-it-has-honored-its-bigoted-second-president http://www.brynmawr.edu/library/speccoll/guides/thomas.shtml#bio https://www.brynmawr.edu/president/thomas http://www2.philly.com/philly/education/bryn-mawr-confronts-racist-views-of-former-leader-20170824.html
This week we chat about several women who influenced some of our holiday traditions. Michael and Katie will talk about holiday shopping, cookies, and the inventors of the Christmas Tree.
Another first in the US Congress and the campaign trail as well as social reformer and a pioneer in the emancipation of women in India.
Ramabai https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/14/obituaries/pandita-ramabai-overlooked.html http://www.bu.edu/missiology/ramabai-dongre-medhavi/ http://www.open.ac.uk/researchprojects/makingbritain/content/pandita-ramabai https://www.encyclopedia.com/international/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/pandita-ramabai
Shirley Chisholm: https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/C/CHISHOLM,-Shirley-Anita-(C000371)/ https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/shirleychisholmequalrights.htm https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/shirley-chisholm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Chisholm https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shirley-Chisholm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia2ngZgo17U
We have some heroine of the American Revolutionary Way and a French playwright and political activist.
Margaret Corbin, Sybil Ludington http://mentalfloss.com/article/78686/16-year-old-revolutionary-who-outrode-paul-revere http://www.hudsonrivervalley.org/review/pdfs/hvrr_17pt2_braley.pdf
Olympe de Gouges https://www.iep.utm.edu/gouges/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/01/feminist-olympe-de-gouges-pantheon https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/.premium.MAGAZINE-the-radical-french-feminist-who-was-murdered-twice-1.5462530
Today Katie and Michael introduce us to an entrepreneur and a naval engineer.
Madam CJ Walker https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/madam-cj-walker https://www.biography.com/people/madam-cj-walker-9522174 https://convene.com/catalyst/madam-c-j-walker-americas-first-female-self-made-millionaire/ https://www.britannica.com/event/Jim-Crow-law https://www.britannica.com/biography/Madam-C-J-Walker https://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewithorn/2017/09/19/the-first-forbes-list-see-who-the-richest-americans-were-in-1918/#3d12dd684c0d
Raye Montague https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/18/obituaries/raye-montague-a-navy-hidden-figure-ship-designer-dies-at-83.html https://www.navy.mil/ah_online/ftrStory.asp?id=99566 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/raye-montague-barrier-breaking-naval-ship-designer-has-died-83-180970608/
It's a bunch of gals who tried to go to infinity and beyond.
https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/geraldyn-jerrie-m-cobb-papers-1952-1998 https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_492.html https://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/f_mercury13.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/even-though-i-am-girl-john-glenns-fan-mail-and-sexism-early-space-program-180961443/ https://www.popsci.com/why-did-mercury-13-astronauts-never-fly-in-space https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/29/17393698/netflix-documentary-mercury-13-women-space-astronauts-margaret-weitekamp-interview https://history.nasa.gov/flats.html https://www.wired.com/2009/10/mercury-13/
We've got the 'voice of God' and an economist with quite the life story.
Barbara Jordan https://www.britannica.com/biography/Barbara-Jordan 1972 Keynote Speech at DNC - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKfFJc37jjQ 1974 Watergate Speech - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrqVBclJVco LBJ Oral History - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5iWyv-FeyM
Joan Robinson https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joan-Robinson https://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/bios/Robinson.html
Two raging feminists today. One from Egypt and another from the good ol' USA.
Mary http://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/mary-church-terrell http://apps.urban.org/features/OurChangingCity/demographics/#history https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/eras/terrell-mary-church/
Huda https://www.britannica.com/biography/Huda-Sharawi http://www.amazingwomeninhistory.com/huda-shaarawi-egyptian-feminist/
Katie brings a Broadway, movie, and TV star. Michael brings up a boundary breaking Dominican doctor.
Ethel Waters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zywZUhaUqMo https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ethel-Waters http://www.pbs.org/wnet/broadway/stars/ethel-waters/
Evangelina https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/rodriguez-evangelina-1879-1947 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Wars
France is in the focus today. Michael has a French queen while Katie brings a Romantic novelist.
Eleanor https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eleanor-of-Aquitaine http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/eleanor_of_aquitaine.shtml
George Sand https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Sand https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/first/j/jack-sand.html http://www.authorama.com/famous-affinities-of-history-iv-6.html https://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist255/at/georges.html
Quite a time gap between these two ladies but nonetheless fascinating. Katie tackles a modern day journalist. Michael gets real with a nun from medieval times.
Hildegard https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Hildegard https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/dinner_party/place_settings/hildegarde_of_bingen https://www.discogs.com/artist/743697-Hildegard-Von-Bingen
Gwen Ifill https://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/profile/gwen-ifill https://www.pbs.org/newshour/press-releases/pbs-newshour-co-anchor-gwen-ifill-dies-61 https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/gwen-ifill-journalist-who-became-staple-of-public-affairs-tv-shows-dies-at-61/2016/11/14/2ae4c106-aa91-11e6-977a-1030f822fc35_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d7825a02f67b"
We've got two Jeannette's today. One an early pioneer of suffrage in the U.S. The other, a scientific balloonist.
Rankin http://history.house.gov/People/Detail/20147 https://www.history.com/topics/womens-history/jeannette-rankin
Piccard https://www.nature.com/articles/nchem.2702
Michael brings a pirate queen to the party. Katie talks about a painter you wished you had known.
Ching Shih https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-chinese-female-pirate-who-commanded-80000-outlaws https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxnrWbaWVnQ
Artemesia https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/monarchy-enlightenment/baroque-art1/baroque-italy/a/gentileschi-judith-slaying-holofernes http://www.artemisia-gentileschi.com/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Artemisia-Gentileschi https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/dinner_party/place_settings/artemisia_gentileschi"
Michael and Katie start the first ever podcast with two dynamic gals. Katie covers an ancient queen of Britain while Michael brings up a mover and shaker in the early days of chemistry.
Boudica www.britannica.com/biography/Boudicca www.google.com/search?q=boudica+…&biw=1197&bih=779
Marie-Anne gizmodo.com/badass-historical-c…toine-la-1743117560 link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00897980249a
Why is history filled with only dudes? If you find yourself asking this question then maybe this podcast is for you. Two friends, one history major and one casual history nerd, discuss women from history we’ve never heard of before now. Take a listen to this trailer and stay tuned for our first episode, coming soon!