History's Hotties

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A podcast that discusses the sometimes forgotten but influential women in American history.

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    • Oct 10, 2016 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 23m AVG DURATION
    • 23 EPISODES


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    To Marry An American President-Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2016 19:47


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2016 23:26


    The second in our 3 part series on the women that married a sitting American president.

    To Marry an American President (part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2016 26:26


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2015 14:20


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2015 19:40


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2012 18:59


    History's Hotties Ep. 17

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2012 22:31


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2012 25:08


    Women pioneers moving West faced unimaginable challenges.

    Ep. 15: The Nurses of Pearl Harbor

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2012 21:02


    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)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2012 20:27


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2011 37:19


    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)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2011 28:57


    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.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2011 13:21


    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)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2011 26:29


    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)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2011 20:59


    In this episode we are discussing the myth of the mistress, the plantation mistress that is...

    Ep. 8: Eliza Pinckney

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2011 10:42


    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.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2011 26:16


    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)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2011 27:28


    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)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2011 29:05


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

    Ep. 4: Carry A. Nation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2011 21:58


    If you were considering heading out for a beer tonight beware of Carry A. Nation.

    Ep. 3: Bride of the Chesapeake

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2011 23:59


    Was being a bride of the Chesapeake colonies like being the bride of Frankenstein?

    Ep. 2: Catharine Beecher (part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2011 34:58


    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)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2011 26:14


    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.

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