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WITCH: Women’s International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell

On a brisk autumn day in New York City, 1968, roughly 13 women spent the morning of October 31st dressing in black cloaks and dresses. They stuck feathers, leaves, and furs in their long hair.  One woman grabbed her enormous hat, roughly in the shape of a costume witch hat, Read more…

By Elizabeth Garner Masarik, 2 years10 months ago
2020!

100 Years of Woman Suffrage

The 19th Amendment, however, was the first federal piece of legislation that guaranteed women the right to vote everywhere in the US. At the time, it’s passage was not guaranteed – as we will discuss in this episode – and was the result of tireless, radical, and controversial work of Read more…

By Elizabeth Garner Masarik, 3 years10 months ago
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Episode

Abortion and Birth Control before Roe v. Wade: 19th & 20th c. Family Limitation

At the Women’s Marches across the U.S. on January 21st, 2017, there were hundreds–maybe thousands–of women in their 60s, 70s, and 80s who held up signs that conveyed their frustration with still needing to fight for rights like birth control and abortion. This is a battle that has waged for Read more…

By Sarah Handley-Cousins, 5 years10 months ago
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Episode

Early American Family Limitation: Contraception and Abortion

Sarah and Elizabeth discuss methods of family limitation in Early America. Just in case you need some tips.

By Elizabeth Garner Masarik, 5 years10 months ago
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Sex

Communists and Uteruses: How the Soviet Union and People’s Republic of China Sought to Control Women’s Reproduction

What happens when Communist states want to control the reproductive functions of women’s bodies?

By Marissa Rhodes, 5 years10 months ago
Episode

Fascism and Uteruses

Averill and Marissa discuss abortion and birth control in 20th century Japan and Germany.

By Averill Earls, 5 years5 years ago
Episode

Family Limitation in the Pre-Modern World

Marissa and Averill discuss the wild, weird, and sometimes dangerous methods of family limitation in the pre-modern world.

By Marissa Rhodes, 6 years3 years ago
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