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A Spot of Tea: Empire, Commodities, and the Opportunities in Britain’s Tea Trade

Tea, it turns out, is a bottomless commodity history. As historian Erika Rappaport notes, at various times over the last two thousand years, “In Asia, the Near East, Europe, and North America, tea was a powerful medicine, a dangerous drug, a religious and artistic practice, a status symbol, an aspect Read more…

By Averill Earls, 11 months10 months ago
Spiritualism

Anna Howard Shaw: Doctor, Reverend, Suffragist Leader

The years 1896-1910 of the American woman’s suffrage movement are sometimes referred to as the doldrums because of an apparent lack of progress during the years. However, revised scholarship has shown that these were in fact the years where a lot of uncelebrated work was done for the cause. Today Read more…

By Elizabeth Garner Masarik, 1 year11 months ago
The Second Great Awakening, 1839
Spiritualism

The Kingdom of Matthias: Sex, Gender and Alternative Belief in the Second Great Awakening

Elijah Pierson was the embodiment of early 19th century Christian masculinity. So how did he end up, just a few years later, shambling along the streets of New York City with a scruffy beard, long hair, and dirty fingernails, following a wild eyed prophet? And – perhaps more disturbing – Read more…

By Sarah Handley-Cousins, 1 year4 months ago
Fox Sisters Mediums
Spiritualism

Spectacle and Spiritualism in the Lives of Maggie and Kate Fox

The Fox sister’s story has been told hundreds of times, in autobiography, newspaper stories, biographies, histories of Spiritualism, Victorian entertainment, women’s rights movements, and many other contexts. Today we’re going to share some insights into Maggie and Kate Fox’s life, how their stories have been told, and why the way Read more…

By Averill Earls, 1 year1 year ago
At the turn of the 20th century, mine rescue crews brought canaries underground with them in the wake of an explosion to detect noxious gases. Courtesy of the United States Mine Safety and Health Administration
Animals

Canary in a Coal Mine – Sentinel Animals in the Depths

Elizabeth: It’s 1926 and you’re in a mine cage, a type of elevator contraption that slowly descends down the shaft of a coal mine. The air gets colder and colder as the light disappears from above and you are plunged into darkness, lit only by a single dim bulb attached Read more…

By Elizabeth Garner Masarik, 1 year1 year ago
Bad Women

Dragon Lady of the South China Sea: Cheng I Sao, Woman Commander of China’s Pirate Confederacy

The life story of Shih Yang, known to history by her married name Cheng I Sao (the wife of Cheng I) would inspire countless novels and semi-fictionalized accounts of a Chinese pirate queen or “Dragon Lady” of the South China Sea. Indeed, her life was so sensational, and pirates so Read more…

By Marissa Rhodes, 2 years2 years ago
1951 advertisement of Aunt Jemima pancake mix with the text, "Wake up to American's Best Loved Pancakes." The advertisement also shows the Aunt Jemima character wearing a shawl and kerchief and a large stack of pancakes.
Student Episode

Aunt Jemima: American Racism on Your Grocery Shelf

Last summer on June 17, 2020, the Quaker Oats Company announced its decision to rename its Aunt Jemima pancake brand after 131 years. Public opinion since the announcement has been mixed. One camp believes that the change is long overdue. While another group believes there’s nothing wrong with the brand’s Read more…

By Carly Bagley, 2 years2 years ago
Voodoo altar in the French Quarter of New Orleans
Creepy, Occult & Otherworldly

Marie Laveau: The Voodoo Queen and the Laveau Legend

Since her death in 1881 Marie Laveau has morphed from a respected and charitable neighbor, or a “she-devil” and mysterious Voodoo Queen (depending on whose talking), and into a saint of strong, Black, feminist womanhood. How do we separate popular history from fact? Today we are digging into the real Read more…

By Elizabeth Garner Masarik, 2 years2 years ago
A mid 20th century photograph of midwfie showing off the baby to parents
Birth

A History of Childbirth in America

Childbirth is such a routine part of life that in some ways it can become invisible, especially historically. History, people often assume, is made up of major events, political elections, wars, etc. – not routine biological processes. But for something so invisible, it has made up a significant portion of Read more…

By Sarah Handley-Cousins, 2 years2 years ago
postoperative treatment of episiomotmy. black and white image on woman in a sling
Birth

Obstetric Violence: Childbirth and Symphysiotomy in Catholic Ireland

Symphysiotomy. Probably not a word you’ve heard before – and if you have, I’m sorry? Symphysiotomy is an obstetric procedure in which a person’s pubic symphysis cartilage is cut to widen the pelvis for childbirth. Yes. Gross. I know. For most of the 19th century, symphysiotomy was a new solution Read more…

By Averill Earls, 2 years2 years ago

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