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Though married to the fourth president, Dolley Madison was the first First Lady to embody the position as we know it today. She pretty much invented it, actually. She played an active role in her husband's administration, had a keen political sense, saved American treasures, and was the one of, if not the, most important women in the United States for decades. When she died in 1849, she was the last public figure from America's founding generation.
Remember the Ladies is taking a break for the month of September, but I'll be back with a brand new episode for Hispanic Heritage Month the first Wednesday in October.
Learn about the women of classical music—from ancient and medieval times through the present—in this interview with WETA Classical's weekday morning host, Linda Carducci.
Too long; didn't listen version of Remember the Ladies Episode 11 - Mercy Otis Warren. Here are five things you should know about this early historian, poet, playwright, and political commentator.
Living in a time when politics, history, and writing were considered men’s fields and work, Mercy Otis Warren crossed gender boundaries to insert herself into the fray of each. Her name has been somewhat forgotten over time. But Thomas Jefferson said she had a “high station in the ranks of genius.” John Adams called her “the most accomplished lady in America.” And Alexander Hamilton claimed that, “in the career of dramatic compositions at least, female genius has outstripped the male.”
Too long; didn't listen version of Remember the Ladies Episode 10 - Pauli Murray. Here are five things you should know about this groundbreaking activist, lawyer, legal scholar, and more.
Activist, lawyer, legal scholar, writer, poet, and much more, Pauli Murray, was the mind behind legal theories that led to major changes in protections for women and people of color, a friend to a First Lady and an inspiration to two pioneering Supreme Court justices, and the person who came up with the term “Jane Crow” to liken the severity of gender discrimination to that of racial discrimination.
Learn about Grace Slick, Janis Joplin, Joan Baez, Melanie, and more of the women of Woodstock in this interview with Julia Fell, Curator of Exhibits at the Museum at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, which is located on the site of the 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair.
Too long; didn't listen version of Remember the Ladies Episode 8 - Patsy Mink. Here are five things you should know about this trailblazing Congresswoman.
Patsy Mink was a trailblazer in every sense of the word. The first woman of color in Congress, she dedicated her political career to fighting for the rights of women and people of color, access to affordable health and child care, better education, and economic equality.
Too long; didn't listen version of Remember the Ladies Episode 7 - Elizabeth Van Lew. Here are five things you should know about this Civil War spymaster.
Elizabeth Van Lew was a Civil War spymaster working for the Union from within the heart of the Confederacy and a postmaster appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant more than half a century before women could even vote for elected leaders.
Too long; didn't listen version of Remember the Ladies Episode 6 - Fannie Lou Hamer. Here are five things you should know about civil, voting, and women's rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer.
Fannie Lou Hamer was a fearless civil rights, voting rights, women’s rights, and economic equality activist, who defied threats of physical violence and challenged the all-white, oppressive delegation from her state in front of a national audience.
Too long; didn't listen version of Remember the Ladies Episode 5 - Inez Milholland. Here are five things you should know about women's suffrage martyr Inez Milholland.
Inez Milholland was a labor lawyer, social justice advocate, and women's suffrage martyr. In 1913, she led the famous suffrage parade in Washington, D.C., and she died just three years later after collapsing in the middle of a pro-suffrage speech in California.
Happy Women's History Month! Here's a special early episode of Remember the Ladies sharing 31 women's history facts to get you through each day of Women's History Month.
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was a household name back in the late 1800s, but many people don't know much about her today. She was a groundbreaking writer and poet, successful traveling lecturer, and powerhouse activist in the abolition, suffrage, and temperance movements.
Too long; didn't listen version of Remember the Ladies Podcast Episode 2 -Claudette Colvin. Here are five fast facts you should know about Claudette. Learn more about Claudette in the full episode.
Claudette Colvin was just 15 years old when she was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white person on March 2, 1955—nine whole months before Rosa Parks very famously did the same thing. Her act of civil disobedience has been largely forgotten in the course of history and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s.
Too long; didn't listen version of Remember the Ladies Podcast Episode 1 - Abigail Adams. Here are five fast facts you should know about Abigail. Learn more about Abigail in the full episode.
In our first episode, we discuss the woman who inspired the name of the podcast, founding mother and second First Lady of the United States, Abigail Adams. An early women's rights advocate and outspoken abolitionist, Abigail was never afraid to speak her mind and let her wit shine.