From the beauty and grace of the ballet to a kinda gross romantic gesture. Cass shares the inspiring story of the first American and Native American prima ballerina, Elizabeth Marie "Maria" Tallchief...and then Nat explains why lovers gifted locks of hair and other figurative jewelry.

Maria Tallchief

Maria Tallchief on pointe

Peter Cassidy Bigheart, Maria’s paternal great-grandfather and Osage chief

Gimmel Ring

Eye Miniatures (one, two, three)

A locket with hair

SOURCES:

Maria Tallchief: Wiki, Brittanica

Figurative Jewelry: Apollo Magazine, JSTOR, claddaghring.ie & claddaghring.com

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CREDITS:

Original Theme: Garreth Spinn

Original Art: Sarah Cruz

About this podcast:

Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people.

SPONSORS: This episode was sponsored by RAYGUN, Cape Horn Illustration (nka Wonder City Studio), &  ECBG Cake Studio (all promocodes mentioned in episode are one word, no spaces)

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