Katharine Dexter McCormick: The Money Behind the Pill
Katharine McCormick made her mark in two different areas: She was a big part of the movement for women's suffrage in the U.S. And, she was a huge - and for a while, almost entirely forgotten - part of...
9 Dec 201531min
The Road to the Declaration of Sentiments
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott met in London in 1840 and bonded instantly over a shared anger at injustices against women. Their friendship led to the creation the Women's Rights Convention ...
7 Dec 201545min
A Brief History of Diving Technology
Humans have always longed to explore underwater, but the need to breathe air has been an obstacle. From as far back as the 4th century B.C.E., clever inventors have been designing technology to give u...
2 Dec 201527min
The Gallipoli Campaign
One of the most infamous aspects of World War I was its long, brutal stalemate along the enormous system of trenches known as the Western Front. The powers involved all expected the war to be over qui...
30 Nov 201528min
Sophia Duleep Singh, Part 2: Suffragette Princess
Sophia Duleep Singh's education was focused on turning her into a proper lady, in line with her status as a princess. But she also became deeply involved in the Women's Social and Political Union, a r...
25 Nov 201529min
Sophia Duleep Singh, Part 1: Princess In Exile
A princess of the Sikh empire, Sophia Duleep Singh grew up in Great Britain, and was Queen Victoria's god daughter. But her childhood was not exactly a charmed one, and her family, caught between two ...
23 Nov 201524min
St. Clair's Defeat, or the Battle of a Thousand Slain
In 1791, a confederation of Native American tribes destroyed about half of the American army. The catalyst for that conflict was a lengthy period in which unfair treaties, biased against native people...
18 Nov 201526min
Durable' Mike Malloy
In 1932, a speakeasy owner and several friends planned to commit a murder to cash in fraudulent insurance policies. But carrying out their plot was much more difficult than they anticipated. Learn mo...
16 Nov 201527min
