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Imogene Rechtin’s ‘Kiss Not’ Campaign
In the early 1900s, Imogene Rechtin started a crusade to get people to stop kissing socially as a way to stop disease spread. Her argument was sound,…
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Lavinia Fontana Zappi
Lavinia Fontana was taught painting by her father, and became one of the earliest examples of a woman with an independent career in art that supporte…
3 years, 9 months ago
SYMHC Classics: Polio, The Dread Disease
This 2011 episode from prior hosts Sarah and Deblina covers polio, a threat in the early 20th century that often left victims paralyzed or dead. Vacc…
3 years, 9 months ago
Behind the Scenes Minis: Mold and Monarchs
Tracy and Holly talk about school science fairs and their performance in them. They then discuss the interesting aspect of Field of Cloth of Gold pre…
3 years, 9 months ago
Field of Cloth of Gold
The Field of Cloth of Gold was a summit and celebration that was held to start what was hoped to be a long-term alliance between France and England. …
3 years, 9 months ago
Penicillin: More than a Moldy Petri Dish
The development of penicillin started – but definitely did not end – with the chance discovery of some mold in a petri dish. There is so much more to…
3 years, 9 months ago
SYMHC Classics: Elizabeth Jennings Graham
The subject of this 2018 episode is sometimes called a 19th-century Rosa Parks. When Elizabeth boarded a Manhattan streetcar in 1854, a chain of even…
3 years, 9 months ago
Behind the Scenes Minis: Dishwashers and Desmond
Holly speculates about how one article about Josephine Cochrane got so many details wrong. Tracy then talks about the details of Canada's currency fe…
3 years, 9 months ago
Viola Desmond
Desmond was convicted after refusing to leave her seat in a segregated movie theater in Nova Scotia in 1946. But she also established the first beaut…
3 years, 9 months ago
Invention of the Dishwasher
There is one woman in particular who normally gets the credit for inventing the dish washer. But there were other inventors trying to come up with wa…
3 years, 9 months ago