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26 Feb Happy Birthday Blog: Lavinia Dock
Continuing our celebration of great suffrage leaders, today's birthday blog celebrates Lavinia Dock. Born on this day in 1858, Dock was a pioneer in nursing education and activism, as well as a feminist and author. You can learn more about her amazing contributions with this...
22 Feb Happy Birthday Blog – Zitkála-Šá
We were first introduced to Zitkála-Šá when we covered the fab podcast 'And Nothing Less' last year. As we continue to celebrate the heroic women who fought for suffrage, we knew we had to celebrate this badass broad. Zitkála-Šá was a Yankton Dakota writer, editor,...
12 Feb 5 Friyays: February 12
Hey, folks! It's Dr. Erin with the Friyay duty this week. It's been cold, and snowing, and cold here in Pittsburgh the whole month, so I'm ready for a metaphorical (if not actual) warm up! I was spoiled for choice this week for content. I'm delighted...
09 Feb Book Review – The Doctors Blackwell by Janice P. Nimura
Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell were pioneers in the field of medicine, brilliant medical minds, and trailblazers for women in a man's specialty as doctors in the mid 1800s. Dr. Kristen shares her thoughts on Janice P. Nimura's detailed and meticulously researched non-fiction book, The Doctors...
27 Jan The Crown – Season 4 Recap
Join us as we take a look back on The Crown, season 4 as a whole. First, Dr. Erin shares a recap of the season, which follows the royal family through the 1980s, then we dive into what we liked and what we really didn't...
21 Jan The Crown – Season 4, Episode 10 Recap
We made it to the end of season 4! Phillip is the surprise MVP of episode 10, ‘War,’ which features a deluge of inter-family drama and conflict. Immaturity, self-obsession, and petulance seem to be the watchwords of this episode, from Thatcher's graceless exit to Charles'...
20 Jan Happy Birthday Blog – Harriot Stanton Blatch
Born a mere 8 years after the infamous women's rights convention led in part by her mother in Seneca Falls, New York, Harriot Stanton Blatch really had little choice but to follow in her mother's suffragist footsteps. Similar to her compatriot Alice Paul, Stanton Blatch...
15 Jan 5 Friyays – January 15
Hey all - it's Dr. Erin here, back in the cycle of exhaustion that is 2021. Man - we thought 2020 was difficult - it's only 15 days into the new year and 2021 is upping the ante. Having spent most of the week fighting my...
14 Jan The Crown – Season 4, Episode 9 Recap
A hard sit today, with episode 9, 'Avalanche.' While we continue to be delighted with Anne, the final breakdown of Charles and Diana's marriage is difficult to watch, as everyone involved struggles with both communication and understanding. [embed]https://youtu.be/J2wGZgXAgSs[/embed] That's all for Episode 9 - join us next...
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