In our continuing coverage of the women of the US suffrage movement, we've got a suffrage superstar birthday to celebrate today! Born on this day in 1793, Lucretia Mott was a Quaker, abolitionist, women's rights activist, and social reformer. She was a leader of the...
Madam CJ Walker is one of the truly remarkable success stories of American entrepreneurship. Born on this day, on a plantation in 1867, she went on to become the first female self-made millionaire by developing the Walker System of Black hair care. We found this...
We only learned about Mary Ann and her remarkable legacy recently. During our suffrage celebrations, Mary Ann's name was mentioned and we knew we needed to investigate. Born on October 9, 1823, Mary Ann was an American-Canadian abolitionist and suffragist. She was also the first...
Greetings, friends! It's been another decade long week here in the USA and Dr. K and I have both crawled into Friday. In spite of ALL the goings on, I found some truly great Friyays for ya. It's important that we can still find progress...
We're up to the final episode of the podcast! We're talking about some history after the passage of the 19th Amendment. It's another reminder of the importance of re-examining past histories and reframing historical narratives. [embed]https://youtu.be/N62P0Jmtf-Y[/embed] We'll be continuing our coverage of suffrage by discussing 'Iron Jawed...
In the penultimate episode for the pod, we've reached the nuts and bolts episode. We learned a lot more about the intersection of states rights and racism. As always, we were reminded about the diversity of the movement. [embed]https://youtu.be/yPKC4bJKerU[/embed] Join us next week for the final episode! If...
Born in Memphis on this day in 1863, Mary Church Terrell went on to become a leading suffragist, abolitionist, and civil rights activist who co-founded the NAACP. If you don't know her (and I didn't until a few weeks ago) you should. PBS's American Masters...
Venturing from our TV and Movie coverage, we've decided to talk about a podcast! This week saw the centenary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment - giving women the right to vote. But there's so much more to this story - including all the...
In our continuing coverage of Hulu's 'Mrs. America' we're up to Episode 4! The focus of this episode is on Betty Friedan, but it also covers the intersectionality of race and age and gender in women's movements of the 1970s. Fascinating stuff! [embed]https://youtu.be/3jWbPEmWbpo[/embed] Join us next week...
Happy Valentine's Day, dear readers! It's Dr. Erin here - joining you from my home office in Pittsburgh. I'm jet-lagged, exhausted, and slightly confused. But - with all that stacked against me I was able to find some great items for my first Friyays back...
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