Podcasts about Frances Harper

Frances Harper was an abolitionist, author, and activist who spent her life in the pursuit of a better nation. Risking her safety to tour on the anti-slavery lecture circuit before the war, Harper became one of the loudest critics of Andrew Johnson during Reconstruction. Tune in this week as I dive into her life, motivations, and legacy. 

https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2024/march/faculty-excellence-awards-engagement-scholarship/ https://twitter.com/MandyMathEd/ https://jansenamanda.wixsite.com/professionalhttps://www.cehd.udel.edu/faculty-bio/amanda-jansen/Book: https://www.routledge.com/Rough-Draft-Math-Revising-to-Learn/Jansen/p/book/9781625312068Shout out to: Frances Harper:https://tpte.utk.edu/people/frances-harper-phd/(She is actually an associate professor now.)Peg Smith:https://www.nctm.org/Grants-and-Awards/Lifetime-Achievement-Award/Peg-Smith/https://www.lrdc.pitt.edu/people/researcher-detail.cshtml?id=55Recommend a guest hereMusic by AudioCoffee: https://www.audiocoffee.net/

Frances Harper, a former secretary, embarked on a remarkable journey into filmmaking at the age of 60, inspired by a BBC Radio Suffolk story. Intrigued by Louise, a young sex worker, Frances felt compelled to share her story properly. Despite having no prior experience with a video camera, Frances purchased one and learned the ropes quickly. Motivated by a newfound purpose, Frances reached out to Louise and proposed making a documentary to shed light on her life. The two formed an unexpected bond, with Frances not only documenting Louise's struggles but also actively supporting her by securing better living conditions. The resulting film caught the attention of the local BBC News office, leading to Frances being commissioned for a half-hour special that aired in February 2008. Get ready to be inspired by Frances' unlikely journey of empathy and impact. Her journey from secretary to filmmaker not only showcased her adaptability and determination but also brought attention to the plight of a young woman facing adversity. The experience left a lasting impact on Frances, reshaping her perspective and prompting positive changes in Louise's life.  

Welcome to Bri Books! From sexy fiction to fascinating history, here's a look at what I'm reading in 2024. For a book lover, the new year is the definition of a blank slate. The books of 2024 offer escapes of all kinds. Below, I'vm nominating 8 books I can't wait to read in January and February. In this episode, I'm rounding up 8 titles I can't wait to read. 1:05: ‘From Slave Cabins to the White House: Homemade Citizenship in African American Culture' by Koritha Mitchell. I'm a cottagecore princess, and I wanted to get to the roots of domesticity in the US. In high school I was obsessed with domestic/ Victorian values during the Industrial Revolution, and noticed the glaring absence of free Black American women from this history. But that doesn't mean we weren't there. In the book, Koritha Mitchell analyzes canonical texts by and about African American women to lay bare the hostility these women face as they invest in traditional domesticity. Tracing how African Americans define and redefine success in a nation determined to deprive them of it, Mitchell plumbs the works of Frances Harper, Zora Neale Hurston, Lorraine Hansberry, Toni Morrison, Michelle Obama, and others. These artists honor black homes from slavery and post-emancipation through the Civil Rights era to "post-racial" America. Mitchell follows black families asserting their citizenship in domestic settings while the larger society and culture marginalize and attack them, not because they are deviants or failures but because they meet American standards. ‘From Slave Cabins to the White House' illuminates the links between African American women's homemaking and citizenship in history and across literature. 4:15: ‘The Temp Economy: From Kelly Girls to Permatemps in Postwar America' by Erin Hatton. Everyone knows that work in America is not what it used to be. Layoffs, outsourcing, contingent work, disappearing career ladders—these are the new workplace realities for an increasing number of people. But why? In ‘The Temp Economy,' Erin Hatton takes one of the best-known icons of the new economy—the temp industry—and finds that it is more than just a symbol of this degradation of work. Succinct, highly readable, and drawn from a vast historical record of industry documents, ‘The Temp Economy' is a one-stop resource for anyone interested in the temp industry or the degradation of work in postwar America. 6:50: ‘New York, New York, New York: Four Decades of Success, Excess, and Transformation' by Thomas Dyja. A lively, immersive history by an award-winning urbanist of New York City's transformation, and the lessons it offers for the city's future. Dyja's sweeping account of this metamorphosis shows it wasn't the work of a single policy, mastermind, or economic theory, nor was it a morality tale of gentrification or crime. Instead, three New Yorks evolved. Dyja weaves New Yorkers famous, infamous, and unknown—Yuppies, hipsters, tech nerds, and artists; community organizers and the immigrants who made this a truly global place—into a narrative of a city creating ways of life that would ultimately change cities everywhere. 9:12: ‘Fashion Killa: How Hip-Hop Revolutionized High Fashion' by music journalist Sowmya Krishnamurthy was released in October of 2023. A cinematic narrative of glamour, grit, luxury, and luck, ‘Fashion Killa' draws on exclusive interviews with the leaders of the fashion world to tell the story of the hip-hop artists, designers, stylists, and unsung heroes who fought the power and reinvented style around the world over the last fifty years. In the book, Krishnamurthy explores the connections between the DIY hip-hop scene and the exclusive upper-echelons of high fashion. She discusses the sociopolitical forces that defined fashion and tracks the influence of music and streetwear on the most exclusive (and exclusionary) luxury brands. At the intersection of cultural commentary and oral history, ‘Fashion Killa' commemorates the contributions of hip-hop to music, fashion, and our culture at large. 11:10: ‘Prayer and Our Bodies' by Flora Slosson Wuellner. Written in 1987, this book explores the very real relationship that exists between the bodily self and the spiritual self. Readers will heighten their awareness of the interactions among body, mind, and spirit. If you're someone who struggles to appreciate your body, this book is an important touchstone toward healing our relationships with ourselves and others. It talks about how prayer isn't just what we say, but how we live our lives. Flora Slosson Wuellner, a retired ordained minister of the United Church of Christ, is well known throughout the United States and Europe for her writings and retreat leadership that focus on the inner healing that God freely offers through Christ. She has written 14 books on inner healing and renewal. 12:36: ‘You Learn By Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life' by Eleanor Roosevelt. This wise and intimate book on how to get the most of out life was gifted to me by a lovely friend named Carrie. At the age of seventy-six, Roosevelt penned this simple guide to living a fuller life—a powerful volume of enduring commonsense ideas and heartfelt values. Offering her own philosophy on living, she takes readers on a path to compassion, confidence, maturity, civic stewardship, and more. 14:30: ‘The Pillow Book' by Sei Shonagon. Written by 10th century court gentlewoman Sei Shonagon, ostensibly for her own amusement, ‘The Pillow Book' offers a fascinating exploration of life among the nobility at the height of the Heian period, describing the exquisite pleasures of a confined world in which poetry, love, fashion, and whim dominated, while harsh reality was kept firmly at a distance. Moving elegantly across a wide range of themes including nature, society, and her own flirtations, Sei Shonagon provides a witty and intimate window on a woman's life at court in classical Japan. 16:30: ‘Homebodies' by Tembe Denton-Hurst is already a fantastic read. An insightful, propulsive, and deeply sexy debut novel about a young Black writer whose world is turned upside down when she loses her coveted job in media and pens a searing manifesto about racism in the industry. A meditation on identity, self-worth and the toll of corporate racism, Homebodies is a portrait of modern Black womanhood with a protagonist you won't soon forget.

Learning to teach math teachers with Frances Harper, Theory & Practice in Teacher Education Director of Diversity and Inclusion and Associate Professor of STEM Education/Mathematics at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, as she shares her experiences and advice on being a mathematics teacher educator and shares her projects around community engaged scholarship. Links from the episode Frances Harper's personal website (https://francesharper.com/) Culturally relevant robotics: A family and teacher CRRAFT Partnership (https://crraft.org/) CAREER: Black and Latinx Parents Leading ChANge & Advancing Racial Justice in Elementary Mathematics PLANAR (https://francesharper.com/planar/) TODOS: Mathematics for ALL (https://www.todos-math.org/) Michigan State University Center for Community Engaged Learning (https://communityengagedlearning.msu.edu/) Mathematics Teacher Educator Podcast (https://mtepodcast.amte.net/) Harper, F. K., Caudle, L. A., Flowers, C. E., Rainwater, T., Quinn, M. & The CRRAFT Partnership. (2023). Centering teacher and parent voice to realize culturally relevant teaching of computational thinking in early childhood. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 64, 381-393. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2023.05.001 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2023.05.001) Ishimaru, A. M., Rajendran, A., Nolan, C. M., & Bang, M. (2018). Community Design Circles: Co-designing Justice and Wellbeing in Family-Community-Research Partnerships. Journal of Family Diversity in Education: 38-63. Special Guest: Frances Harper.

This week, we're continuing our conversation about Harriet Beecher Stowe and performative activism. And we are joined by Dr. Koritha Mitchell to discuss her upcoming edition of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, as well as the connections between Frances Harper and Harriet Jacobs.

Abolitionist, suffragist, and writer Frances Harper was widely acclaimed in her day and one of the first African-American women to be published in the United States. Her novel Iola Leroy is an eye-opening look at what it was like for Black Americans in the midst of, and in the decades following, the Civil War. Joining us in conversation is award-winning author, professor, and literary historian Dr. Koritha Mitchell, who edited and wrote the introduction to the 2018 Broadview Press edition.  Discussed in this episode: Iola Leroy by Frances Harper Living with Lynching by Dr. Koritha Mitchell “The Two Offers” by Frances HarperFrom Slave Cabins to the White House: Homemade Citizenship in African-American Culture by Dr. Koritha Mitchell Carla Peterson (University of Maryland English Department) “Forest Leaves” by Frances HarperThe Fugitive Slave Act of 1850Frederick DouglassElizabeth Cady StantonSusan B. Anthony Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher StowePlantation Fiction Thomas Nelson PageJoel Chandler HarrisGone With the Wind by Margaret MitchellPassing by Nella LarsonPassing (2021 film) Ahmaud ArberyHunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodMartin Luther King Jr. Rosa ParksHarriet Tubman "The Slave Mother: a Tale of Ohio” by Frances Harper

Hello Creatives!For Black History Month I will be reading a handful of poems by the poet, writer, suffragist and abolitionist Frances Harper.Need more?Follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebookwww.instagram.com/sleeplesscreativespodcastwww.twitter.com/createsleeplesswww.facebook.com/sleeplesscreativesSupport us on Patreon from £1.50 per month and gain bonuses like episode shout outs, stickers, polls and bonus episodeshttps://www.patreon.com/SleeplessCreativesYou can also listen, learn about the show and fill out our listener's survey on our official websitehttps://florencestleger.wixsite.com/sleeplesscreatives Sleep Tight,  Florence xThe music in this episode is Intimacy by Rest & SettleSupport the show (https://flow.page/sleeplesscreatives)

Today's meditation comes from The Book Of Galatians in The New Testament and from the writings of Frances Harper, with music by Wild Wonder.

Throughout history, Black voices have been outspoken about the institutional oppression they have faced. From the slave narratives like those of Mary Prince, Frederick Douglass, and Harriet Jacobs white audiences were given a glimpse into the emotional, physical, and psychological horrors of enslavement. Authors like Frances Harper tackled the rebuilding of the Black family in books like Iola Leroy. In the 1920s, the Harlem Renaissance created an entire generation of Black American and Caribbean American authors who gave voice to the new burdens that racist society held for freed Blacks. We also began to see Black female authors speak more openly about the double oppression of gender and race. Ida B Wells-Barnett, was one of the most influential Black journalists of her time, and still today, with her reporting on lynching in the American south. Literature is filled with Black rage, Black pain, but also Black hope for a future in which their descendants will not have to march for the same rights we fight for in the present. Today we are going to talk about verbalizing Black rage, especially that of Black women and Black queer folk, and what we gain today by looking closely at the literary history of the Black revolution. Unabridged is made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Democracy demands wisdom.

Tonight on Girl, Goodnight, we will be reading "Minnie's Sacrifice" written by Frances Harper in 1869.Minnie's Sacrifice was originally published as a serialization of three novels in The Christian Recorder, a journal by the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Minnie's Sacrifice is the story of a woman living in the North who's identity and heritage is kept from her until she unexpectedly meets her birth mother, an escaped slave. She marries a man whose racial identity and heritage were also kept from him, and they move to the South to participate in uplifting and empowering other members of their race. Stay ConnectedInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/girl_goodnight/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GirlGoodnightYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGjGu7IIV8TVjJcP8CM2IbQ?view_as=subscriberSubmit original work to be featured on the show and make suggestions for future episodes by emailing girlgoodnightpodcast@gmail.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/girl-goodnight/exclusive-content

Tonight on Girl, Goodnight, we will be reading "Minnie's Sacrifice" written by Frances Harper in 1869.Minnie's Sacrifice was originally published as a serialization of three novels in The Christian Recorder, a journal by the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Minnie's Sacrifice is the story of a woman living in the North who's identity and heritage is kept from her until she unexpectedly meets her birth mother, an escaped slave. She marries a man whose racial identity and heritage were also kept from him, and they move to the South to participate in uplifting and empowering other members of their race. Stay ConnectedInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/girl_goodnight/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GirlGoodnightYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGjGu7IIV8TVjJcP8CM2IbQ?view_as=subscriberSubmit original work to be featured on the show and make suggestions for future episodes by emailing girlgoodnightpodcast@gmail.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/girl-goodnight/exclusive-content

Tonight on Girl, Goodnight, we will be reading "Minnie's Sacrifice" written by Frances Harper in 1869.Minnie's Sacrifice was originally published as a serialization of three novels in The Christian Recorder, a journal by the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Minnie's Sacrifice is the story of a woman living in the North who's identity and heritage is kept from her until she unexpectedly meets her birth mother, an escaped slave. She marries a man whose racial identity and heritage were also kept from him, and they move to the South to participate in uplifting and empowering other members of their race. Stay ConnectedInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/girl_goodnight/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GirlGoodnightYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGjGu7IIV8TVjJcP8CM2IbQ?view_as=subscriberSubmit original work to be featured on the show and make suggestions for future episodes by emailing girlgoodnightpodcast@gmail.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/girl-goodnight/exclusive-content

Tonight on Girl, Goodnight, we will be reading "Minnie's Sacrifice" written by Frances Harper in 1869.Minnie's Sacrifice was originally published as a serialization of three novels in The Christian Recorder, a journal by the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Minnie's Sacrifice is the story of a woman living in the North who's identity and heritage is kept from her until she unexpectedly meets her birth mother, an escaped slave. She marries a man whose racial identity and heritage were also kept from him, and they move to the South to participate in uplifting and empowering other members of their race. Stay ConnectedInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/girl_goodnight/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GirlGoodnightYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGjGu7IIV8TVjJcP8CM2IbQ?view_as=subscriberSubmit original work to be featured on the show and make suggestions for future episodes by emailing girlgoodnightpodcast@gmail.com.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/girl-goodnight/exclusive-content

Welcome to the About Practice podcast, a show about bridging the gap between research and practice in education. In this episode Josh and Ryan reflect on conversations during the last two episodes with Dr. Frances Harper and Lauren Parker. Follow us on social media: Ryan on Instagram and Twitter Josh on Twitter Music: Rabbit Hole by Blue Dot Sessions

Happy Fourth of July!!! Tonight on Girl, Goodnight, we will be reading "Minnie's Sacrifice" written by Frances Harper in 1869.Minnie's Sacrifice was originally published as a serialization of three novels in The Christian Recorder, a journal by the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Minnie's Sacrifice is the story of a woman living in the North who's identity and heritage is kept from her until she unexpectedly meets her birth mother, an escaped slave. She marries a man whose racial identity and heritage were also kept from him, and they move to the South to participate in uplifting and empowering other members of their race. Stay ConnectedInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/girl_goodnight/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GirlGoodnightYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGjGu7IIV8TVjJcP8CM2IbQ?view_as=subscriberSubmit original work to be featured on the show and make suggestions for future episodes by emailing girlgoodnightpodcast@gmail.com.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/girl-goodnight/exclusive-content

In honor of Junteenth we wanted to talk about an abolitionist, women's rights activist, civil rights actavist, and a published author and poet. https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/frances-ellen-watkins-harper https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frances-E-W-Harper https://www.biography.com/writer/frances-ew-harper https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/frances-ellen-watkins-harper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Harper https://www.biography.com/writer/frances-ew-harper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth “Extracts from a letter of Frances Ellen Watkins” The Liberator. April 23, 1858. Retrieved April 30, 2019. Frances E.W. Harper, A Call to Conscience (Black Lives) A Brighter Coming Day: A Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Reader - by Frances Smith Foster.  Discarded Legacy: Politics and Poetics in the Life of Frances E. W. Harper, 1825-1911 - by Dr. Melba Joyce Boyd.

In honor of Junteenth we wanted to talk about an abolitionist, women's rights activist, civil rights actavist, and a published author and poet. https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/frances-ellen-watkins-harper https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frances-E-W-Harper https://www.biography.com/writer/frances-ew-harper https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/frances-ellen-watkins-harper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Harper https://www.biography.com/writer/frances-ew-harper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth “Extracts from a letter of Frances Ellen Watkins” The Liberator. April 23, 1858. Retrieved April 30, 2019. Frances E.W. Harper, A Call to Conscience (Black Lives) A Brighter Coming Day: A Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Reader - by Frances Smith Foster.  Discarded Legacy: Politics and Poetics in the Life of Frances E. W. Harper, 1825-1911 - by Dr. Melba Joyce Boyd.

Tonight on Girl, Goodnight, we will be reading "Minnie's Sacrifice" written by Frances Harper in 1869.Minnie's Sacrifice was originally published as a serialization of three novels in The Christian Recorder, a journal by the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Minnie's Sacrifice is the story of a woman living in the North who's identity and heritage is kept from her until she unexpectedly meets her birth mother, an escaped slave. She marries a man whose racial identity and heritage were also kept from him, and they move to the South to participate in uplifting and empowering other members of their race. Stay ConnectedInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/girl_goodnight/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GirlGoodnightYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGjGu7IIV8TVjJcP8CM2IbQ?view_as=subscriberSubmit original work to be featured on the show and make suggestions for future episodes by emailing girlgoodnightpodcast@gmail.com.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/girl-goodnight/exclusive-content

Tonight on Girl, Goodnight, we will be reading "Minnie's Sacrifice" written by Frances Harper in 1869.Minnie's Sacrifice was originally published as a serialization of three novels in The Christian Recorder, a journal by the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Minnie's Sacrifice is the story of a woman living in the North who's identity and heritage is kept from her until she unexpectedly meets her birth mother, an escaped slave. She marries a man whose racial identity and heritage were also kept from him, and they move to the South to participate in uplifting and empowering other members of their race. Stay ConnectedInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/girl_goodnight/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GirlGoodnightYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGjGu7IIV8TVjJcP8CM2IbQ?view_as=subscriberSubmit original work to be featured on the show and make suggestions for future episodes by emailing girlgoodnightpodcast@gmail.com.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/girl-goodnight/exclusive-content

Tonight on Girl, Goodnight, we will be reading "Minnie's Sacrifice" written by Frances Harper in 1869.Minnie's Sacrifice was originally published as a serialization of three novels in The Christian Recorder, a journal by the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Minnie's Sacrifice is the story of a woman living in the North who's identity and heritage is kept from her until she unexpectedly meets her birth mother, an escaped slave. She marries a man whose racial identity and heritage were also kept from him, and they move to the South to participate in uplifting and empowering other members of their race. Stay ConnectedInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/girl_goodnight/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GirlGoodnightYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGjGu7IIV8TVjJcP8CM2IbQ?view_as=subscriberSubmit original work to be featured on the show and make suggestions for future episodes by emailing girlgoodnightpodcast@gmail.com.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/girl-goodnight/exclusive-content

You are in for a treat with this episode! I am joined by a special guest, Dr. Koritha Mitchell. Listen in as we discuss homemade citizenship, the concept of creating your own belonging; discursive violence, the cruelty of stereotypes determining people's impressions regardless of what you do; and know-your-place aggression, the backlash against Black and Brown success. We will go into detail about these concepts and the formula that you can implement so that you can thrive and live in your purpose despite the existence of racism and sexism.   Koritha Mitchell is a literary historian, cultural critic, and associate professor of English at Ohio State University. She is the author of Living with Lynching, which won book awards from the American Theatre and Drama Society and from the Society for the Study of American Women Writers. She is editor of the Broadview Edition of Frances Harper's 1892 novel Iola Leroy, and her scholarly articles include “Love in Action,” which appeared in Callaloo and draws parallels between lynching and violence against LGBTQ communities. Her second monograph, From Slave Cabins to the White House: Homemade Citizenship in African American Culture, was published in August 2020. Her commentary has appeared in outlets such as Time, CNN, Good Morning America, The Huffington Post, and NPR's Morning Edition. Follow her @ProfKori.   CONNECT WITH OUR GUEST —  Twitter - @ProfKori Instagram - @ProfKori Facebook - Koritha Mitchell Website - korithamitchell.com Book - Living with Lynching Book-  Iola Leroy Book - From Slave Cabins to the White House: Homemade Citizenship in African American Culture   MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE —  Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs Brooke Castillo - Modelthon - The Life Coach School  Beyond Respectability by Brittney Cooper “I'm a Black Woman Who's Met All the Standards for Promotion. I'm Not Waiting to Reward Myself.”   LET'S GET SOCIAL — Website Instagram Facebook

Welcome to the About Practice podcast, a show about bridging the gap between research and practice in education. In this episode Josh and Ryan talk with Dr. Frances Harper of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Dr. Harper's work focuses on equity in math education. Follow Dr. Harper's projects, writing, and updates on her website francesharper.com. You can also follow Dr. Harper on Twitter at worldmathprobs. Follow us on social media: Ryan Estrellado on Instagram and Twitter: @ry_estrellado Joshua Rosenberg on Twitter: @jrosenberg6432 ... and for more updates check out our websites: Ryan Estrellado: https://ryanestrellado.com/ Joshua Rosenberg: http://joshuamrosenberg.com/ Please subscribe to this podcast using your favorite Podcast app (we should be on there)!

In this episode, Cite Black Women podcast host, Christen A. Smith sits down with Koritha Mitchell a literary historian, cultural critic, and associate professor of English at Ohio State University. to discuss book. From Slave Cabins to the White House: Homemade Citizenship in African American Culture (August 2020, University of Illinois Press). In her most recent monologue, Mitchell illuminates the links between African American women's homemaking and citizenship in history and across literature. Koritha Mitchell is a literary historian, cultural critic, and associate professor of English at Ohio State University. She is author of Living with Lynching: African American Lynching Plays, Performance, and Citizenship, which won book awards from the American Theatre and Drama Society and from the Society for the Study of American Women Writers.  She is editor of the Broadview Edition of Frances Harper’s 1892 novel Iola Leroy, and her articles include “James Baldwin, Performance Theorist, Sings the Blues for Mister Charlie,” published by American Quarterly, and “Love in Action,” which appeared in Callaloo and draws parallels between lynching and violence against LGBTQ communities. Her second monograph, From Slave Cabins to the White House: Homemade Citizenship in African American Culture, was published in August 2020 by the University of Illinois Press. Her commentary has appeared in outlets such as CNN, Good Morning America, The Huffington Post, NBC News, PBS Newshour, and NPR's Morning Edition. You can find Dr. Mitchell’s full bio can be here: http://www.korithamitchell.com

Women's Spaces Radio Show of 3/8/2021 with host Elaine B Holtz commenting on the Frances Harper and Black Suffragists and guest Deborah McKay on Carrie Chapman Catt, Founder of the League of Women Voters. Check out the show's web archive page for bio of the guest, descriptions of segments, this week in Herstory, links referenced, announcements and playlist at http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSA21/WSA210308.html

Episode#4 of my series 28 Days of Black Feminism. I'm including links to my other podcasts "The 4 waves of Feminism" https://anchor.fm/anjanette-potter/episodes/AnjanetteSpeak-29-Days-of-Black-Feminism-The-4-Waves-of-Feminism-eaus8k and "Intersectionality" https://anchor.fm/anjanette-potter/episodes/AnjanetteSpeak-29-Days-of-Black-Feminism-Intersectionality-eb2urc --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/anjanette-potter/message

ADVENT WEEK FOURDecember 22, 2020America’s Wanting Love: Mercy as CovenantLuke 1:46b – 55What we need today in the onward march of humanity is a public sentiment in favor of common justice and simple mercy … [T]wo things are wanting in American civilization—a keener and deeper, broader and tenderer sense of justice [and] a sense of humanity… — Frances E. W. Harper, 1875Today’s devotional text presents Mary as theologian and lyricist. Drawing from Jewish scripture she asserts that, “G*d’s mercy (exists) in generation after generation on behalf of those who respectfully revere him.” The divine mercy depicted in Mary’s song, however, reverses neither her moral nor religious state but alienation caused by societal strictures that denied her full humanity: poverty, Jewishness, femaleness, premarital pregnancy.Mercy, traditionally, offers lenient judgment to admittedly guilty and blameworthy petitioners. Such mercy judges Mary’s class, ethnicity/race, religion, gender, and circumstance as undesirable, of her own making, and requiring transcendence. Judicial mercy demands full submission to institutions in hopes that those controlling said institutions use their privilege to protect petitioners from the very same systems. This toxic mercy buttresses unjust systems and beats the downtrodden into a posture where relief requires submission and pardons become propaganda.Mary’s song, with its psalter allusions, invokes an alternative covenant-oriented mercy as love or hesed (steadfast love, loyalty). Here, mercy symbolizes that unbreakable, steadfast love and loyalty that is the essence of G*d’s covenantal devotion toward humanity. Despite society’s judgment, Mary’s soul rejoices because G*d’s hesed recognizes her value and worth.Some 145 years ago, Frances Harper poignantly described America at social, moral, and religious crossroads. Her calls for common justice and simple mercy tragically fell before a hard-hearted nation. In this 2020, marred by COVID-19 and routine evidence of police brutality against unarmed Black folk, Mary’s song and Harper’s call exhort Christian America to commemorate and model Christ’s advent as more than judicial relief but as covenantal love and simple mercy.Dr. Arthur F. Carter, Jr.Assistant Professor of New Testament See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're kicking off the Well-Read Black Girl festival with the special episode that: (1)celebrate Black women writers and readers (2) honors the unsung 'sheroes' that have contributed to the Black women's battle to the battle box.A lot of our textbooks talk about the fight for women's right to vote and focus on the efforts of white women like Susan. B Anthony. But have you heard of Frances Harper or Hetty Reckless? In honor of the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing women's constitutional right to vote- we discuss the numerous Black women who were pushed out of the mainstream suffrage movement by white leaders and how they made their own table. In this episode, we uncover the key things we all should know about the Black women's journey to earn the right vote- both past and present and we find out that Karens go ALL the way back to the 1950s!Join the conversation as we talk to Glory Edim, the founder of Well-Read Black Girl about #WRBGFest20, the theme and events; and as we talk to our special guest Evette Dionne, Author of "Lifting As We Climb: The Black Women's Battle to the Ballot Box."Some topics covered include:How Well-Read Black Girl startedWhat festival events you should check out this weekendWhen Karen first appeared in historyWhat inspired Evette to write her book on "The Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box" Why we SHOULDN'T vote shameWhat voting rights look like during COVID-19 and beyondFollow and SupportTo learn more about the podcast hostToya, visit ToyaFromHarlem.com. Connect with Toya on Instagram, Twitter,and LinkedInTo learn more about Well-Read Black Girl and the festival visit the website www.wellreadblackgirl.org. Connect with Well-Read Black Girl on Instagram,  Facebook, and Twitter.To learn more about Evette Dionne visit her website www.evettedionne.com. Connect with Evette on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.Visit our website. Follow the podcast on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook and watch episodes on Youtube 

Maura and Chloé talk about Frances Harper.

It's the start of Suffrage month and there are 5 gal-pals joined over Zoom this time to celebrate the 19th Amendment. Edan is up first talking about the African-American poet who has an Indiana connection to the Suffrage movement.    More info at: galsguide.org Patreon: patreon.com/galsguide Facebook: www.facebook.com/galsguidelibrary/ Twitter: twitter.com/GalsGuideLib    

The moral crusades of Sojourner Truth and Frances Harper, activists against racial and gender oppression.

Frances Harper was an innovator of utopian fiction, a strident campaigner for civil rights and women’s suffrage, and a near-legendary figure in the fight for black women’s rights during and after the American Civil War. ···Script written by: Kayleigh DonaldsonScript read by: Stephanie WilliamsYou can find the script of this episode and so much more at SYFYFANGRRLS.com. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at SYFYFANGRRLS.

It's Thursday, and time for theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck to join us with another of her weekly reviews of the region's thespian offerings. Today, she tells us about the musical play The Moment Was Now, a production of the Cultural Worker Ensemble that debuted in Baltimore last September and that is getting a reprise production at the Emmanual Episcopal Church through Sunday, March 8. A political fantasy set in post-Civil War Baltimore during a fateful turn in American history, The Moment Was Now imagines an 1869 meeting between civil rights champion Frederick Douglass and a high-powered group of Baltimore-based leaders of progressive social movements of the day -- all of whom actually knew one another. At this fictional meeting are women's voting rights evangelist Susan B. Anthony, black union organizer Isaac Myers, African American teacher and abolitionist Frances Harper, and white labor organizer William Sylvis. The Moment Was Now was conceived and produced by Maryland-based labor leader and playwright Gene Bruskin, in collaboration with director Darryl! LC Moch (who also plays Isaac Myers); musical director Glenn Pearson; and assistant musical director Chester Burke, Jr. The cast of The Cultural Worker Ensemble includes LeCount R. Holmes, Jr. (Frederick Douglass), Jenna Rose Stein (Susan B. Anthony), Ari Jacobson (William Sylvis), and Julia Nixon (Frances Harper). The Moment Was Now continues at Emmanuel Episcopal Church through Sunday March 8. For more information click here.

A profile of Frances Harper, a poet who published her first book of poetry when she was 20 and toured the East Coast and South where she gave lectures in support of the anti-slavery movement. Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/frances-harper.

2019-2020 marks the 100th anniversary since the passage and ratification of the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution which articulated that, "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex." The 19th amendment was the result of centuries of activism and contributions from many social movements to ensure through the highest law of the land a "right through which all other rights could be secured." But as suffragist leader Frances Harper observed in 1893, "I do not think the mere extension of the ballot a panacea for all the ills of our national life. What we need to-day is not simply more voters, but better voters." Kearstin Kimm, a senior Computer Science major at James Madison University, spent her summer as a Democracy Fellow at the James Madison Center for Civic Engagement researching the history of women's rights in what we now know as the United States and the 19th amendment. Using her knowledge and technical expertise, she created a comprehensive timeline beginning in 1619 up to present day. In this episode, Kearstin discusses the timeline, which includes entries related to progress and challenges to the status of women, with photos and links to primary source documents. Women Breaking Barriers: A Timeline See the show notes with links mentioned in this episode at https://j.mu/news/civic/2019/09-04-democracy-matters-episode-11.shtml

In addition to being one of the first African American novelists, Frances Harper was also a teacher, abolitionist, suffragist, poet and orator. We’re discussing her amazing career with academic Joanna Ortner, who has turned up some excellent Harper discoveries while working on her dissertation. Special thanks to Stacey Thomas for her reading of Harper’s Bury Me In a Free Land.

Beginning with a discussion about Black Lives Matter may seem like an unlikely place to start a book about nineteenth century science and culture. However, by contrasting Black lives with White feelings, Kyla Schuller sets up the central conflict of her book. The Biopolitics of Feeling: Race, Sex, and Science in the Nineteenth Century (Duke University Press, 2017) interrogates the role of sexual difference in the management of racialized populations, making this book a necessary read for understanding the history of such current social movements as Black Lives Matter and the trans* exclusionary “Pussy hat” feminism. From the very beginning of the book, our conceptions of nineteenth-century science are challenged. For much of the century, many US scientists championed Jean-Baptiste Lamarck over Charles Darwin as their most prominent influence. In their quest to refute determinist theories of heredity, the neo-Lamarckians of the American School of Evolution advocated for a self-directed version of evolution. These scientists argued that Anglo-Saxons have the most adaptable features and impressionable heredity. This impressionability was what made Whites more sentimental and civilized than other races, who were not as impressionable and seen as largely stuck in a prior stage of progressivist evolution, according to E.D. Cope and the American School of Evolution. Whites were also seen as having greater sexual dimorphism than other races, while women of color were not seen as achieving true womanhood. Kyla therefore finds the origin of binary sex enveloped in racialized difference. Beyond the subject of evolutionary science, this book introduces us to the Black uplift project of Frances Harper, the vagina politics of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell and Dr. Mary Walker, the biophilanthropy of Charles Loring Brace, and the assemblage theories of W.E.B. DuBois. The Biopolitics of Feeling is packed with interesting, and sometimes shocking, historical anecdotes, such as Walker's sex advice book to men in 1878, E.D. Cope's sometimes destructive and violent rivalry with O.C. Marsh, and the “orphan trains” that took two hundred thousand kids out West for educational and labor purposes. The breadth of this book shouldd be of interest to a number of scholars interested in the history of science, literature, and medicine. Meanwhile, Kyla's engagement and challenge to New Materialist theories is likely to be canonical for future Feminist STS scholars. Chad J. Valasek is a Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology & Science Studies at the University of California, San Diego. His research interests includes the history of the human sciences, the influence of the behavioral sciences on medical practice and health policy, and political activism around science and the arts. You can follow him on Twitter @chadjvalasek. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beginning with a discussion about Black Lives Matter may seem like an unlikely place to start a book about nineteenth century science and culture. However, by contrasting Black lives with White feelings, Kyla Schuller sets up the central conflict of her book. The Biopolitics of Feeling: Race, Sex, and Science in the Nineteenth Century (Duke University Press, 2017) interrogates the role of sexual difference in the management of racialized populations, making this book a necessary read for understanding the history of such current social movements as Black Lives Matter and the trans* exclusionary “Pussy hat” feminism. From the very beginning of the book, our conceptions of nineteenth-century science are challenged. For much of the century, many US scientists championed Jean-Baptiste Lamarck over Charles Darwin as their most prominent influence. In their quest to refute determinist theories of heredity, the neo-Lamarckians of the American School of Evolution advocated for a self-directed version of evolution. These scientists argued that Anglo-Saxons have the most adaptable features and impressionable heredity. This impressionability was what made Whites more sentimental and civilized than other races, who were not as impressionable and seen as largely stuck in a prior stage of progressivist evolution, according to E.D. Cope and the American School of Evolution. Whites were also seen as having greater sexual dimorphism than other races, while women of color were not seen as achieving true womanhood. Kyla therefore finds the origin of binary sex enveloped in racialized difference. Beyond the subject of evolutionary science, this book introduces us to the Black uplift project of Frances Harper, the vagina politics of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell and Dr. Mary Walker, the biophilanthropy of Charles Loring Brace, and the assemblage theories of W.E.B. DuBois. The Biopolitics of Feeling is packed with interesting, and sometimes shocking, historical anecdotes, such as Walker's sex advice book to men in 1878, E.D. Cope's sometimes destructive and violent rivalry with O.C. Marsh, and the “orphan trains” that took two hundred thousand kids out West for educational and labor purposes. The breadth of this book shouldd be of interest to a number of scholars interested in the history of science, literature, and medicine. Meanwhile, Kyla's engagement and challenge to New Materialist theories is likely to be canonical for future Feminist STS scholars. Chad J. Valasek is a Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology & Science Studies at the University of California, San Diego. His research interests includes the history of the human sciences, the influence of the behavioral sciences on medical practice and health policy, and political activism around science and the arts. You can follow him on Twitter @chadjvalasek. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beginning with a discussion about Black Lives Matter may seem like an unlikely place to start a book about nineteenth century science and culture. However, by contrasting Black lives with White feelings, Kyla Schuller sets up the central conflict of her book. The Biopolitics of Feeling: Race, Sex, and Science in the Nineteenth Century (Duke University Press, 2017) interrogates the role of sexual difference in the management of racialized populations, making this book a necessary read for understanding the history of such current social movements as Black Lives Matter and the trans* exclusionary “Pussy hat” feminism. From the very beginning of the book, our conceptions of nineteenth-century science are challenged. For much of the century, many US scientists championed Jean-Baptiste Lamarck over Charles Darwin as their most prominent influence. In their quest to refute determinist theories of heredity, the neo-Lamarckians of the American School of Evolution advocated for a self-directed version of evolution. These scientists argued that Anglo-Saxons have the most adaptable features and impressionable heredity. This impressionability was what made Whites more sentimental and civilized than other races, who were not as impressionable and seen as largely stuck in a prior stage of progressivist evolution, according to E.D. Cope and the American School of Evolution. Whites were also seen as having greater sexual dimorphism than other races, while women of color were not seen as achieving true womanhood. Kyla therefore finds the origin of binary sex enveloped in racialized difference. Beyond the subject of evolutionary science, this book introduces us to the Black uplift project of Frances Harper, the vagina politics of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell and Dr. Mary Walker, the biophilanthropy of Charles Loring Brace, and the assemblage theories of W.E.B. DuBois. The Biopolitics of Feeling is packed with interesting, and sometimes shocking, historical anecdotes, such as Walker's sex advice book to men in 1878, E.D. Cope's sometimes destructive and violent rivalry with O.C. Marsh, and the “orphan trains” that took two hundred thousand kids out West for educational and labor purposes. The breadth of this book shouldd be of interest to a number of scholars interested in the history of science, literature, and medicine. Meanwhile, Kyla's engagement and challenge to New Materialist theories is likely to be canonical for future Feminist STS scholars. Chad J. Valasek is a Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology & Science Studies at the University of California, San Diego. His research interests includes the history of the human sciences, the influence of the behavioral sciences on medical practice and health policy, and political activism around science and the arts. You can follow him on Twitter @chadjvalasek. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beginning with a discussion about Black Lives Matter may seem like an unlikely place to start a book about nineteenth century science and culture. However, by contrasting Black lives with White feelings, Kyla Schuller sets up the central conflict of her book. The Biopolitics of Feeling: Race, Sex, and Science in the Nineteenth Century (Duke University Press, 2017) interrogates the role of sexual difference in the management of racialized populations, making this book a necessary read for understanding the history of such current social movements as Black Lives Matter and the trans* exclusionary “Pussy hat” feminism. From the very beginning of the book, our conceptions of nineteenth-century science are challenged. For much of the century,  many US scientists championed Jean-Baptiste Lamarck over Charles Darwin as their most prominent influence. In their quest to refute determinist theories of heredity, the neo-Lamarckians of the American School of Evolution advocated for a self-directed version of evolution. These scientists argued that Anglo-Saxons  have the most adaptable features and impressionable heredity. This impressionability was what made Whites more sentimental and civilized than other races, who were not as impressionable and seen as largely stuck in a prior stage of progressivist evolution, according to E.D. Cope and the American School of Evolution. Whites were also seen as having greater sexual dimorphism than other races, while women of color were not seen as achieving true womanhood. Kyla therefore finds the origin of binary sex enveloped in racialized difference. Beyond the subject of evolutionary science, this book introduces us to the Black uplift project of Frances Harper, the vagina politics of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell and Dr. Mary Walker, the biophilanthropy of Charles Loring Brace, and the assemblage theories of W.E.B. DuBois. The Biopolitics of Feeling is packed with interesting, and sometimes shocking, historical anecdotes, such as Walker’s sex advice book to men in 1878, E.D. Cope’s sometimes destructive and violent rivalry with O.C. Marsh, and the “orphan trains” that took two hundred thousand kids out West for educational and labor purposes. The breadth of this book shouldd be of interest to a number of scholars interested in the history of science, literature, and medicine. Meanwhile, Kyla’s engagement and challenge to New Materialist theories is likely to be canonical for future Feminist STS scholars. Chad J. Valasek is a Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology & Science Studies at the University of California, San Diego. His research interests includes the history of the human sciences, the influence of the behavioral sciences on medical practice and health policy, and political activism around science and the arts. You can follow him on Twitter @chadjvalasek. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beginning with a discussion about Black Lives Matter may seem like an unlikely place to start a book about nineteenth century science and culture. However, by contrasting Black lives with White feelings, Kyla Schuller sets up the central conflict of her book. The Biopolitics of Feeling: Race, Sex, and Science in the Nineteenth Century (Duke University Press, 2017) interrogates the role of sexual difference in the management of racialized populations, making this book a necessary read for understanding the history of such current social movements as Black Lives Matter and the trans* exclusionary “Pussy hat” feminism. From the very beginning of the book, our conceptions of nineteenth-century science are challenged. For much of the century,  many US scientists championed Jean-Baptiste Lamarck over Charles Darwin as their most prominent influence. In their quest to refute determinist theories of heredity, the neo-Lamarckians of the American School of Evolution advocated for a self-directed version of evolution. These scientists argued that Anglo-Saxons  have the most adaptable features and impressionable heredity. This impressionability was what made Whites more sentimental and civilized than other races, who were not as impressionable and seen as largely stuck in a prior stage of progressivist evolution, according to E.D. Cope and the American School of Evolution. Whites were also seen as having greater sexual dimorphism than other races, while women of color were not seen as achieving true womanhood. Kyla therefore finds the origin of binary sex enveloped in racialized difference. Beyond the subject of evolutionary science, this book introduces us to the Black uplift project of Frances Harper, the vagina politics of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell and Dr. Mary Walker, the biophilanthropy of Charles Loring Brace, and the assemblage theories of W.E.B. DuBois. The Biopolitics of Feeling is packed with interesting, and sometimes shocking, historical anecdotes, such as Walker’s sex advice book to men in 1878, E.D. Cope’s sometimes destructive and violent rivalry with O.C. Marsh, and the “orphan trains” that took two hundred thousand kids out West for educational and labor purposes. The breadth of this book shouldd be of interest to a number of scholars interested in the history of science, literature, and medicine. Meanwhile, Kyla’s engagement and challenge to New Materialist theories is likely to be canonical for future Feminist STS scholars. Chad J. Valasek is a Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology & Science Studies at the University of California, San Diego. His research interests includes the history of the human sciences, the influence of the behavioral sciences on medical practice and health policy, and political activism around science and the arts. You can follow him on Twitter @chadjvalasek. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beginning with a discussion about Black Lives Matter may seem like an unlikely place to start a book about nineteenth century science and culture. However, by contrasting Black lives with White feelings, Kyla Schuller sets up the central conflict of her book. The Biopolitics of Feeling: Race, Sex, and Science in the Nineteenth Century (Duke University Press, 2017) interrogates the role of sexual difference in the management of racialized populations, making this book a necessary read for understanding the history of such current social movements as Black Lives Matter and the trans* exclusionary “Pussy hat” feminism. From the very beginning of the book, our conceptions of nineteenth-century science are challenged. For much of the century,  many US scientists championed Jean-Baptiste Lamarck over Charles Darwin as their most prominent influence. In their quest to refute determinist theories of heredity, the neo-Lamarckians of the American School of Evolution advocated for a self-directed version of evolution. These scientists argued that Anglo-Saxons  have the most adaptable features and impressionable heredity. This impressionability was what made Whites more sentimental and civilized than other races, who were not as impressionable and seen as largely stuck in a prior stage of progressivist evolution, according to E.D. Cope and the American School of Evolution. Whites were also seen as having greater sexual dimorphism than other races, while women of color were not seen as achieving true womanhood. Kyla therefore finds the origin of binary sex enveloped in racialized difference. Beyond the subject of evolutionary science, this book introduces us to the Black uplift project of Frances Harper, the vagina politics of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell and Dr. Mary Walker, the biophilanthropy of Charles Loring Brace, and the assemblage theories of W.E.B. DuBois. The Biopolitics of Feeling is packed with interesting, and sometimes shocking, historical anecdotes, such as Walker’s sex advice book to men in 1878, E.D. Cope’s sometimes destructive and violent rivalry with O.C. Marsh, and the “orphan trains” that took two hundred thousand kids out West for educational and labor purposes. The breadth of this book shouldd be of interest to a number of scholars interested in the history of science, literature, and medicine. Meanwhile, Kyla’s engagement and challenge to New Materialist theories is likely to be canonical for future Feminist STS scholars. Chad J. Valasek is a Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology & Science Studies at the University of California, San Diego. His research interests includes the history of the human sciences, the influence of the behavioral sciences on medical practice and health policy, and political activism around science and the arts. You can follow him on Twitter @chadjvalasek. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beginning with a discussion about Black Lives Matter may seem like an unlikely place to start a book about nineteenth century science and culture. However, by contrasting Black lives with White feelings, Kyla Schuller sets up the central conflict of her book. The Biopolitics of Feeling: Race, Sex, and Science in the Nineteenth Century (Duke University Press, 2017) interrogates the role of sexual difference in the management of racialized populations, making this book a necessary read for understanding the history of such current social movements as Black Lives Matter and the trans* exclusionary “Pussy hat” feminism. From the very beginning of the book, our conceptions of nineteenth-century science are challenged. For much of the century,  many US scientists championed Jean-Baptiste Lamarck over Charles Darwin as their most prominent influence. In their quest to refute determinist theories of heredity, the neo-Lamarckians of the American School of Evolution advocated for a self-directed version of evolution. These scientists argued that Anglo-Saxons  have the most adaptable features and impressionable heredity. This impressionability was what made Whites more sentimental and civilized than other races, who were not as impressionable and seen as largely stuck in a prior stage of progressivist evolution, according to E.D. Cope and the American School of Evolution. Whites were also seen as having greater sexual dimorphism than other races, while women of color were not seen as achieving true womanhood. Kyla therefore finds the origin of binary sex enveloped in racialized difference. Beyond the subject of evolutionary science, this book introduces us to the Black uplift project of Frances Harper, the vagina politics of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell and Dr. Mary Walker, the biophilanthropy of Charles Loring Brace, and the assemblage theories of W.E.B. DuBois. The Biopolitics of Feeling is packed with interesting, and sometimes shocking, historical anecdotes, such as Walker’s sex advice book to men in 1878, E.D. Cope’s sometimes destructive and violent rivalry with O.C. Marsh, and the “orphan trains” that took two hundred thousand kids out West for educational and labor purposes. The breadth of this book shouldd be of interest to a number of scholars interested in the history of science, literature, and medicine. Meanwhile, Kyla’s engagement and challenge to New Materialist theories is likely to be canonical for future Feminist STS scholars. Chad J. Valasek is a Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology & Science Studies at the University of California, San Diego. His research interests includes the history of the human sciences, the influence of the behavioral sciences on medical practice and health policy, and political activism around science and the arts. You can follow him on Twitter @chadjvalasek. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beginning with a discussion about Black Lives Matter may seem like an unlikely place to start a book about nineteenth century science and culture. However, by contrasting Black lives with White feelings, Kyla Schuller sets up the central conflict of her book. The Biopolitics of Feeling: Race, Sex, and Science in the Nineteenth Century (Duke University Press, 2017) interrogates the role of sexual difference in the management of racialized populations, making this book a necessary read for understanding the history of such current social movements as Black Lives Matter and the trans* exclusionary “Pussy hat” feminism. From the very beginning of the book, our conceptions of nineteenth-century science are challenged. For much of the century,  many US scientists championed Jean-Baptiste Lamarck over Charles Darwin as their most prominent influence. In their quest to refute determinist theories of heredity, the neo-Lamarckians of the American School of Evolution advocated for a self-directed version of evolution. These scientists argued that Anglo-Saxons  have the most adaptable features and impressionable heredity. This impressionability was what made Whites more sentimental and civilized than other races, who were not as impressionable and seen as largely stuck in a prior stage of progressivist evolution, according to E.D. Cope and the American School of Evolution. Whites were also seen as having greater sexual dimorphism than other races, while women of color were not seen as achieving true womanhood. Kyla therefore finds the origin of binary sex enveloped in racialized difference. Beyond the subject of evolutionary science, this book introduces us to the Black uplift project of Frances Harper, the vagina politics of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell and Dr. Mary Walker, the biophilanthropy of Charles Loring Brace, and the assemblage theories of W.E.B. DuBois. The Biopolitics of Feeling is packed with interesting, and sometimes shocking, historical anecdotes, such as Walker’s sex advice book to men in 1878, E.D. Cope’s sometimes destructive and violent rivalry with O.C. Marsh, and the “orphan trains” that took two hundred thousand kids out West for educational and labor purposes. The breadth of this book shouldd be of interest to a number of scholars interested in the history of science, literature, and medicine. Meanwhile, Kyla’s engagement and challenge to New Materialist theories is likely to be canonical for future Feminist STS scholars. Chad J. Valasek is a Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology & Science Studies at the University of California, San Diego. His research interests includes the history of the human sciences, the influence of the behavioral sciences on medical practice and health policy, and political activism around science and the arts. You can follow him on Twitter @chadjvalasek. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beginning with a discussion about Black Lives Matter may seem like an unlikely place to start a book about nineteenth century science and culture. However, by contrasting Black lives with White feelings, Kyla Schuller sets up the central conflict of her book. The Biopolitics of Feeling: Race, Sex, and Science in the Nineteenth Century (Duke University Press, 2017) interrogates the role of sexual difference in the management of racialized populations, making this book a necessary read for understanding the history of such current social movements as Black Lives Matter and the trans* exclusionary “Pussy hat” feminism. From the very beginning of the book, our conceptions of nineteenth-century science are challenged. For much of the century,  many US scientists championed Jean-Baptiste Lamarck over Charles Darwin as their most prominent influence. In their quest to refute determinist theories of heredity, the neo-Lamarckians of the American School of Evolution advocated for a self-directed version of evolution. These scientists argued that Anglo-Saxons  have the most adaptable features and impressionable heredity. This impressionability was what made Whites more sentimental and civilized than other races, who were not as impressionable and seen as largely stuck in a prior stage of progressivist evolution, according to E.D. Cope and the American School of Evolution. Whites were also seen as having greater sexual dimorphism than other races, while women of color were not seen as achieving true womanhood. Kyla therefore finds the origin of binary sex enveloped in racialized difference. Beyond the subject of evolutionary science, this book introduces us to the Black uplift project of Frances Harper, the vagina politics of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell and Dr. Mary Walker, the biophilanthropy of Charles Loring Brace, and the assemblage theories of W.E.B. DuBois. The Biopolitics of Feeling is packed with interesting, and sometimes shocking, historical anecdotes, such as Walker’s sex advice book to men in 1878, E.D. Cope’s sometimes destructive and violent rivalry with O.C. Marsh, and the “orphan trains” that took two hundred thousand kids out West for educational and labor purposes. The breadth of this book shouldd be of interest to a number of scholars interested in the history of science, literature, and medicine. Meanwhile, Kyla’s engagement and challenge to New Materialist theories is likely to be canonical for future Feminist STS scholars. Chad J. Valasek is a Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology & Science Studies at the University of California, San Diego. His research interests includes the history of the human sciences, the influence of the behavioral sciences on medical practice and health policy, and political activism around science and the arts. You can follow him on Twitter @chadjvalasek. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Larry is baffled by the Iowa caucuses and the news coverage around them. Then, he owns up to having spent $100 on a bottle of wine. Was it worth it? Tune in to find out! And find out what the Rabbi said in Hawaii, what makes a mad day at black rock and hear the poem "Bury Me In A Free Land" by Frances Harper. http://LarryMillerShow.com Quote of the Week: "They get a hurricane about every 40 minutes and it kills everyone." Producer: Colonel Jeff Fox

Larry is baffled by the Iowa caucuses and the news coverage around them. Then, he owns up to having spent $100 on a bottle of wine. Was it worth it? Tune in to find out! And find out what the Rabbi said in Hawaii, what makes a mad day at black rock and hear the poem "Bury Me In A Free Land" by Frances Harper. http://LarryMillerShow.com Quote of the Week: "They get a hurricane about every 40 minutes and it kills everyone."Producer: Colonel Jeff Fox

Andrei Williams‘ provocative new book on African American class divisions in Post-Reconstruction and Jim Crow America is sure to spark spirited debate among those interested in how the interplay of economic status and racial identity influence what has been called “the black experience.” Her insightful book is called Dividing Lines: Social Class Anxiety and Postbellum Black Fiction (University of Michigan, 2013). Specifically, the book examines how late-nineteenth-century black authors represent intra-racial stratification and class mobility. Analyzing works by such authors as Frances Harper, Sutton Griggs, Paul L. Dunbar, and Charles Chesnutt, Williams casts doubt on the now two-easy distinction between sell out and black nationalist when it comes to class ascension as she historicizes the moment when blacks were seeking to compete in the mainstream. Her look at representations of class at the turn of the 20th Century is fresh and illuminating. Please, listen in to the discussion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrei Williams‘ provocative new book on African American class divisions in Post-Reconstruction and Jim Crow America is sure to spark spirited debate among those interested in how the interplay of economic status and racial identity influence what has been called “the black experience.” Her insightful book is called Dividing Lines: Social Class Anxiety and Postbellum Black Fiction (University of Michigan, 2013). Specifically, the book examines how late-nineteenth-century black authors represent intra-racial stratification and class mobility. Analyzing works by such authors as Frances Harper, Sutton Griggs, Paul L. Dunbar, and Charles Chesnutt, Williams casts doubt on the now two-easy distinction between sell out and black nationalist when it comes to class ascension as she historicizes the moment when blacks were seeking to compete in the mainstream. Her look at representations of class at the turn of the 20th Century is fresh and illuminating. Please, listen in to the discussion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrei Williams‘ provocative new book on African American class divisions in Post-Reconstruction and Jim Crow America is sure to spark spirited debate among those interested in how the interplay of economic status and racial identity influence what has been called “the black experience.” Her insightful book is called Dividing Lines: Social Class Anxiety and Postbellum Black Fiction (University of Michigan, 2013). Specifically, the book examines how late-nineteenth-century black authors represent intra-racial stratification and class mobility. Analyzing works by such authors as Frances Harper, Sutton Griggs, Paul L. Dunbar, and Charles Chesnutt, Williams casts doubt on the now two-easy distinction between sell out and black nationalist when it comes to class ascension as she historicizes the moment when blacks were seeking to compete in the mainstream. Her look at representations of class at the turn of the 20th Century is fresh and illuminating. Please, listen in to the discussion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-american-studies

Andrei Williams‘ provocative new book on African American class divisions in Post-Reconstruction and Jim Crow America is sure to spark spirited debate among those interested in how the interplay of economic status and racial identity influence what has been called “the black experience.” Her insightful book is called Dividing Lines: Social Class Anxiety and Postbellum Black Fiction (University of Michigan, 2013). Specifically, the book examines how late-nineteenth-century black authors represent intra-racial stratification and class mobility. Analyzing works by such authors as Frances Harper, Sutton Griggs, Paul L. Dunbar, and Charles Chesnutt, Williams casts doubt on the now two-easy distinction between sell out and black nationalist when it comes to class ascension as she historicizes the moment when blacks were seeking to compete in the mainstream. Her look at representations of class at the turn of the 20th Century is fresh and illuminating. Please, listen in to the discussion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1846 – She began her amazing career as a writer by publishing her first book of poetry, Forest Leaves, at the age of 21. 1858 – She refused to give up her seat or ride in the “colored” section of a segregated trolley car in Philadelphia (100 years before Rosa Parks) and wrote one her most famous poems, “Bury Me In A Free Land,” when she got very sick while on a lecturing tour. Her short story “The Two Offers” became the first short story to be published by an African American. 1859 – A dedicated abolitionist, Harper was one of the few public figures who did not abandon John Brown after his failed effort at Harpers Ferry, instead writing to him and staying with his wife, Mary, at the home of Lucretia Mott (Philadelphia’s leading Quaker Abolitionist) for the two weeks preceding his hanging. 1865 – In the immediate post-Civil War years, Harper returned to the lecture circuit, focusing her attentions on education for the formerly enslaved, on the Equal Rights Movement and on the Temperance Movement. 1858 – She refused to give up her seat or ride in the “colored” section of a segregated trolley car in Philadelphia (100 years before Rosa Parks) and wrote one her most famous poems, “Bury Me In A Free Land,” when she got very sick while on a lecturing tour. Her short story “The Two Offers” became the first short story to be published by an African American. 1859 – A dedicated abolitionist, Harper was one of the few public figures who did not abandon John Brown after his failed effort at Harpers Ferry, instead writing to him and staying with his wife, Mary, at the home of Lucretia Mott (Philadelphia’s leading Quaker Abolitionist) for the two weeks preceding his hanging