Woman Crush Wednesday: Alice Hamilton - Encore!
Alice Hamilton was a pioneer in occupational medicine and industrial toxicology. And it’s not an exaggeration to say that she was the most important person in helping to make the American workplace sa...
24 Mar 20216min
Marilyn Monroe, "Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History" Quote or No Quote?
Lots of people are credited with coining the great phrase, “well-behaved women rarely make history.” These include Marilyn Monroe, Gloria Steinem, Eleanor Roosevelt, Anne Boleyn, and our own Aunt Ging...
22 Mar 20214min
When Women Won the Right to Vote: an American Fiction - Encore
Do women have a constitutional "right to vote" in America? Didn't the 19th Amendment resolve that issue? Professor Lisa Tetrault enlightens us about this very thorny issue in American history and poli...
21 Mar 202142min
The Myth of Seneca Falls - Women's History Month Encore!
Almost all history books, encyclopedia entries, and news items place the exact origin of the women’s rights movement in the USA to the meeting at Seneca Falls, New York in July 1848. But did a movemen...
20 Mar 202157min
The Munich Crisis, 1938
The Munich Crisis of 1938 had major diplomatic and political effects. It was also a "people’s crisis," and an event that gripped the world. Join Professors Richard Toye, Julie Gottlieb, and Daniel Huc...
16 Mar 202155min
Irish Symbols and Hidden Hibernians
Ever wonder how the shamrock, the Celtic Cross, and the Claddagh Ring became symbols of Irish culture? And which Irish people deserve more historical attention and shouldn't remain "Hidden Hibernians"...
14 Mar 202152min
Irish Things that are Actually British
The Professor seems to want to make enemies in this episode. He shows that many things central to Irish culture and identity are actually British in origin -- St. Patrick, “the craic,” and “Danny Boy”...
13 Mar 202115min
Irish Slaves Myth
The Irish slaves myth claims that Irish people were enslaved by the British and sent to the Americas (especially the Caribbean) to work on plantations. The history of Irish slaves has been buried by o...
12 Mar 202137min
