History's Hotties
23 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 7 years ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsA podcast that discusses the sometimes forgotten but influential women in American history.
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Episodes
To Marry An American President-Part 3
October 10, 2016 00:00 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBEdith Wilson, the oldest of our presidential brides, took her job as the President's partner very seriously.
Ep 22 - Part 2 of To Marry an American President
April 27, 2016 19:20 - 23 minutes - 32.2 MBThe second in our 3 part series on the women that married a sitting American president.
To Marry an American President (part 1)
February 23, 2016 00:00 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBHow did young Frances Folsom become the first woman to marry her powerful prince right in the White House?
Was Godey's Good Enough? History's Hotties-20
November 25, 2015 00:00 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBThe era of the Lady's magazine was ambitious and safe at the same time and Sarah Josepha Hale managed both with style.
History's Hotties Episode 19: Elizabeth Keckley and Her Tell-All Memoir
October 04, 2015 00:00 - 19 minutes - 18 MBElizabeth Keckley went from seamstress, to dressmaker of the First Lady, to the tell-all writer of the 1800's.
Episode 18: The Revolutionary "Politicks" of Motherhood
October 27, 2012 21:25 - 18 minutes - 17.4 MBWhat the mothers of our new nation had to do with "Politicks."
History's Hotties Ep. 17
August 14, 2012 02:59 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBWhat is all this flap about the Flapper? What was really behind that fun loving gal of the 1920s?
Ep. 16: How Annie Got Her Gun, a Hard Job, and a New Life in the Wild West
February 20, 2012 22:20 - 25 minutes - 23 MBWomen pioneers moving West faced unimaginable challenges.
Ep. 15: The Nurses of Pearl Harbor
January 22, 2012 22:24 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MBOn our trip to Hawaii I discovered a History's Hottie that told her own story of December 7, 1941.
Ep. 14: The Myth of Scarlett - Scarlett Who? (part 4)
January 08, 2012 00:49 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MBPart 4 discusses the Slave Woman and her total separation from the myth of Scarlett and Southern womanhood.
Ep. 13: How They Survived. A Tribute to American Military Wives
December 12, 2011 23:49 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MBHow life changed for many women when the men were away, and some love letters for good measure.
Ep. 12: No one ever accused me of being like Scarlett (part 3)
November 06, 2011 22:15 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBThe women who would have never been confused with Scarlett. Would the real Scarlett please stand up? Part 3
Ep. 11: What a few African American women created from nothing.
October 23, 2011 20:01 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBIn 1915 Wake County, North Carolina a few African American women cleaned up a community and created schools with a bigger purpose.
Ep. 10: Would the real Scarlett please stand up? (part 2)
October 08, 2011 21:00 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBThis is the second part of our series on the plantation mistress and her mythical life.
Ep. 9: Would the real Scarlett please stand up? (part 1)
September 24, 2011 21:26 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBIn this episode we are discussing the myth of the mistress, the plantation mistress that is...
Ep. 8: Eliza Pinckney
September 06, 2011 12:15 - 10 minutes - 9.8 MBEliza Pinckney defied convention and grew an empire.
Ep. 7: Martha Ballard delivered her neighbors babies and gave us a record of history at the same time.
August 17, 2011 22:05 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MBThis podcast discusses women in the Colonial Northeast in the 1700's and the wonderful resource Martha Ballard, midwife and business woman, left us in her diary.
Ep. 6: Harriet Jacobs (part 2)
July 19, 2011 21:20 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBHarriet Jacobs, after deciding she could no longer live with her cruel master, finds a way to escape, but gives 7 years of her life for her freedom.
Ep. 5: Harriet Jacobs (part 1)
July 16, 2011 21:47 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBWhat Harriet Jacobs (Linda Brent) Taught Us About Slavery.
Ep. 4: Carry A. Nation
July 06, 2011 03:03 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBIf you were considering heading out for a beer tonight beware of Carry A. Nation.
Ep. 3: Bride of the Chesapeake
June 26, 2011 22:02 - 23 minutes - 22 MBWas being a bride of the Chesapeake colonies like being the bride of Frankenstein?
Ep. 2: Catharine Beecher (part 2)
June 20, 2011 18:59 - 34 minutes - 32 MBThe sometimes forgotten but influential women in American history. Episode 2 continues the discussion of Catharine Beecher and her impact on the teaching profession in the United States.
Ep. 1: Catharine Beecher (part 1)
June 19, 2011 20:20 - 26 minutes - 24 MBThe sometimes forgotten but influential women in American history. Episode 1 features a discussion of Catharine Beecher and her impact on the teaching profession in the United States.