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Behind the Scenes Minis: Busy Emily
Tracy and Holly talk about aspects of Emily Hobhouse's work that make them feel conflicted, as well as the most moving parts of her life story.
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3 years, 9 months ago
Emily Hobhouse and the First World War, Pt. 2
Hobhouse's work in South Africa continued after the second Anglo-Boer War was over, and her work as a humanitarian and peace activist continued durin…
3 years, 9 months ago
Emily Hobhouse and the Boer War, Pt. 1
Hobhouse was a pacifist and humanitarian all her life. Part one covers her work exposing terrible conditions at the concentration camps that Britain …
3 years, 9 months ago
SYMHC Classics: The Cuyahoga River's Last Fires
This 2017 episode covers the Cuyahoga River catching fire for the last time in 1969. This event is often credited with helping pass the Clean Water A…
3 years, 9 months ago
Behind the Scenes Minis: Deborah and Bibb
Tracy and Holly discuss Deborah Sampson’s disguise as Robert Shurtlliff and women who were camp followers in the Revolutionary War. They also discuss…
3 years, 9 months ago
Lettuce, Slavery, and the Bibb Legacy
John Bibb is credited with cultivating Bibb lettuce. But his family’s legacy, good and bad, is all tied to having enslaved people build their familia…
3 years, 9 months ago
Deborah Sampson Gannett, aka Private Robert Shurtlliff
Deborah Sampson could count William Bradford and Myles Standish in her family tree. That tree didn’t include Robert Shurtlliff; that was the alias De…
3 years, 9 months ago
SYMHC Classics: Lucretia Mott
This episode revisits the studio version of our live show the 2018 Seneca Falls Convention Days at Women's Rights National Historical Park. Lucretia …
3 years, 9 months ago
Behind the Scenes Minis: Laocoön and Lucy
Holly and Tracy talk about part of the Laocoön's story that didn't make it into the episode, and the ongoing debate about the sculpture. They also ta…
3 years, 9 months ago
Dr. Lucy Hobbs Taylor
Lucy Hobbs, later Lucy Hobbs Taylor, pursued a career in dentistry before that was recognized as an acceptable vocation for a woman. She got told no …
3 years, 9 months ago