Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin’s Crystalline Chemistry, Part 1
Dorothy Hodgkin's career in X-ray crystallography impacted a lot of science in the 10th century. Part one of her story covers her early life and formative experiences that led her to her field of rese...
6 Juli 38min
SYMHC Classics: Sarah Bradlee Fulton
This 2023 episode covers Sarah Bradlee Fulton, sometimes called the Mother of the Boston Tea Party. But available information about her is basically a series of anecdotes, and can’t really be corrobor...
4 Juli 32min
Behind the Scenes Minis: Stairs and Trains
Tracy talks about her visit to the Bunker Hill monument. She then describes a very early morning start when she went to visit Oxford on her recent trip to England.See omnystudio.com/listener for priva...
3 Juli 29min
Elizabeth Blackwell's Curious Herbal
Elizabeth Blackwell was born in London in the early 18th century, and was known in her lifetime for her achievements as a botanical illustrator. Research: “A Genuine Copy of a Letter &c.” Stockholm,...
1 Juli 34min
The Many Meanings of the Bunker Hill Monument
Very soon after it was completed in 1842, the Bunker Hill monument started to be about a lot more than just the battle that took place on June 17, 1775. Research: "Battle of Bunker Hill." Britannica...
29 Juni 45min
SYMHC Classics: Four Paperclippers
This 2021 episode talks about several specialists – most with some involvement with the Nazi party – who entered the U.S. and became citizens through Operation Paperclip.See omnystudio.com/listener fo...
27 Juni 36min
Behind the Scenes Minis: Pacts and Facts
Holly talks about the agreement known as the Pact of the Catacombs and recent developments related to it. There's then discussion of Daguerre's Legion of Honor medal.See omnystudio.com/listener for pr...
26 Juni 25min
Louis Le Prince, the Missing Inventor of Motion Pictures
On September 16, 1890, Louis Le Prince vanished. He was never seen or heard from again. While that is the most well-known thing about him, he had a whole life before that which involved some very intr...
24 Juni 48min
