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Mommy Dearest: A History of American Motherhood [rebroadcast]
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Special Programming
Caption: Twin mothers with their newborn babies at Columbia Maternity Hospital, Washington, D.C., April 7th, 1939 , Credit: Library of Congress
Some say motherhood is the hardest job in the world; turns out, there's a lot of history to back that up. In this special Mother's Day episode, the...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WUFT, KISU, KAZU Seaside, Calif., KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: May 03, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 24
A Woman's Voice
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Brian Balogh talks with historian Lisa Tetrault about the rise of women orators in the Lyceum movement of the late 19th Century.

Bought by WOUB, Radio Newark, PRX Remix, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Nov 18, 2013
  • Length: 10:03
  • Purchases: 4
Herland is Our Land
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Kristen Egan walks us through a creepy utopian novel from 1915, and explains why environmentalism and eugenics went hand in hand in the early 20th ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Radio Newark, PRX Remix, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 07, 2013
  • Length: 06:50
  • Purchases: 4
The Wright Brothers' Sister
From: With Good Reason
Caption: Orville, Katharine and Wilbur Wright, Credit: Library of Congress
Why you've never heard of the Wright Brothers' sister, Katharine.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2009
  • Length: 29:00

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