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History's Hotties

23 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 7 years ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings

A 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 MB

Edith 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 MB

The 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 MB

How 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 MB

The 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 MB

Elizabeth 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 MB

What 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 MB

What 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 MB

Women pioneers moving West faced unimaginable challenges.

Ep. 15: The Nurses of Pearl Harbor

January 22, 2012 22:24 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MB

On 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 MB

Part 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 MB

How 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 MB

The 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 MB

In 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 MB

This 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 MB

In 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 MB

Eliza 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 MB

This 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 MB

Harriet 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 MB

What Harriet Jacobs (Linda Brent) Taught Us About Slavery.

Ep. 4: Carry A. Nation

July 06, 2011 03:03 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MB

If 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 MB

Was 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 MB

The 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 MB

The 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.