There is something fascinating about the history of reproductive rights, contraception, and abortion in every country and ideology that we’ve looked at in our women’s reproductive rights series. This week we’re turning to the impact of Read more…
The little-known episode of the War of 1812 - when the British troops burned Buffalo, NY to the ground.
How did communities like Springfield, the "buckle" of the Bible Belt, deal with the AIDS crisis?
When historians' disagreements get a little out of hand: the Black Athena controversy.
Sarah and Marissa join Cody from Shots of History for a fun cross-over episode examining the Whiskey Rebellion of 1791!
Marissa, Averill, and special guests Colin Eager and Mark Miller of the HMNI Fanzine podcast discuss music, the Straight Edge scene, activism, and youth culture.
Averill, Marissa, and Katie discuss the history of sugar cultivation in the Caribbean, and its relationship to empire and consumerism.
Why NAFTA is important. Also, where jeans come from. Elizabeth and Averill talk Maquiladoras, NAFTA, and manufacturing in Mexico and the US.
What was it about TB that started a fashion standard? Everything! #histmed #podcast
Read the full transcript. The Bracero Program began in 1942, and was an agreement between the United States and Mexico, which started the legalization and control of Mexican migrant workers along America’s southern border area. Read more…
Assistant Professor of History at Mercyhurst University. Researches sex, gender, and incarceration in modern Ireland. History side hustles: Nursing Clio, DIG, and the LGBTQ Council for the Pennsylvania History Association. Will tell you about maple creamees, just ask.
Adjunct Professor of History for the University at Buffalo and Quinnipiac University. Completing a book on disabled Civil War veterans, forthcoming 2018. Administrative Assistant for UB History Department, editor at Nursing Clio. Has participated in Civil War reenactments, and still has the petticoats to prove it.
Independent information professional and PhD candidate in History. Studies lactating women for hire in the Atlantic world during the Revolutionary era. Has won lots of really cool grants and fellowships, 2015 article on wet-nursing ads in the Journal of Family History. Unhealthy obsession with true crime podcasts.
PhD candidate in History writing about how the formation of the American welfare state was explicitly tied to women's sexuality. 2017-18 UB Gender Institute Dissertation Fellow. Savvy blogger, styling YouTuber, and Texas native.
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