In the last episode of our podcast, we take some time to learn all about learning. From the history of girls learning, to an interview with Paula Sikora, a woman educating in Wheeling today, hopefully you’ll learn something new!

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Episode Sources:

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Korhonen, Veera. “Percentage of the U.S. Population with a College Degree by Gender 1940-2022 | Statista.” Statista, 21 July 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/184272/educational-attainment-of-college-diploma-or-higher-by-gender/.

Madigan, Jennifer C. The Education of Girls and Women in the United States: A Historical Perspective. Montgomery Center for Research in Child & Adolescent Development, 2009, http://www.mcrcad.org/Web_Madigan.pdf.

“Mount de Chantal > Research | Ohio County Public Library | Ohio County Public Library | Wheeling West Virginia | Ohio County WV | Wheeling WV History |.” Ohio County Public Library | Ohio County Public Library | Wheeling West Virginia | Ohio County WV | Wheeling WV History |, https://www.ohiocountylibrary.org/wheeling-history/5294. Accessed 15 Mar. 2024.

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Stabiner, Karen. All Girls. Tarcher, 2003.

Wereschagin, Mike. “Civil War-Era School in West Virginia Is Left to Only Memory.” TribLive, 2012, https://archive.triblive.com/news/civil-war-era-school-in-west-virginia-is-left-to-only-memory/.

“W.Va. Losing 160-Year-Old Catholic Girls’ School | News | Herald-Dispatch.Com.” The Herald-Dispatch, herald-dispatch.com, 19 Jan. 2008, https://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/w-va-losing-160-year-old-catholic-girls-school/article_03fab8c7-7a79-545a-b9a2-28bc75a26e11.html.

Today we get to talking about words. We take a look at women writers of the past, including one from Wheeling. We also talk with Maribeth Thompson and C.J. Farnsworth - two Wheeling women who champion the power of the written, and spoken, word.

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Episode Sources:

Auxier, Brooke, et al. “The Gender Gap in Reading | Deloitte Insights.” Deloitte Insights, Deloitte, 1 Dec. 2021, https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/industry/technology/technology-media-and-telecom-predictions/2022/gender-gap-in-reading.html.

“Julia Ward Howe  |  Archives of Women’s Political Communication.” Archives of Women’s Political Communication, https://awpc.cattcenter.iastate.edu/directory/julia-ward-howe/. Accessed 21 Feb. 2024.

Moniz, Amanda B. “Where Are the Women? |  Perspectives on History | AHA.” Perspectives on History, 2022, https://www.historians.org/research-and-publications/perspectives-on-history/september-2022/where-are-the-women-past-choices-that-shaped-the-historical-record.

“Persephone Books | Twentieth Century Women Writers.” Persephone Books, https://persephonebooks.co.uk. Accessed 21 Feb. 2024.

“Rebecca Harding Davis > Research | Ohio County Public Library | Ohio County Public Library | Wheeling West Virginia | Ohio County WV | Wheeling WV History |.” Ohio County Public Library | Ohio County Public Library | Wheeling West Virginia | Ohio County WV | Wheeling WV History |, https://www.ohiocountylibrary.org/wheeling-history/4889. Accessed 21 Feb. 2024.

Rosalsky, Greg. “Women Now Dominate the Book Business. Why There and Not Other Creative Industries?” NPR, 4 2023, https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2023/04/04/1164109676/women-now-dominate-the-book-business-why-there-and-not-other-creative-industries.

Schama, Chloe. “Literary Landmarks: A History of American Women Writers.” Smithsonian Magazine, 6 2009, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/literary-landmarks-a-history-of-american-women-writers-56536736/.

Zibrak, Arielle. “Seeing Both Sides of the Shield: On Rebecca Harding Davis | Los Angeles Review of Books.” Los Angeles Review of Books, 21 2018, https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/seeing-both-sides-of-the-shield-on-rebecca-harding-davis/.

Feast your ears on this episode. All about good eats.

Today we dive into the food of Appalachia and the women who serve it up. We talk with Melissa Rebholz, a chef who’s been wow-ing Wheeling with fabulous meals.

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Episode Sources:
Abari, Tonya. “African American Foodways in Black Appalachia.” Parents, Parents, 26 Dec. 2023, https://www.parents.com/african-american-foodways-in-black-appalachia-8419264

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Casey-Sturk, Mary. “Appalachian Foods: Defining Generations - Smoky Mountain Living.” Smoky Mountain Living, 8 May 2017, https://www.smliv.com/food/appalachian-foods-defining-generations/.

Goldenthal, Emma, and Corbin Lanker. A Little of This, A Little of That; A Wheeling Community Cookbook. Grow Ohio Valley, 2023.

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Abari, Tonya. “African American Foodways in Black Appalachia.” Parents, Parents, 26 Dec. 2023, https://www.parents.com/african-american-foodways-in-black-appalachia-8419264.

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“What It Means to Eat ‘Affrilachian’ or Black and Appalachian - BSB MEDIA.” BSB MEDIA, https://www.facebook.com/blacksouthernbellebsb, 18 Dec. 2019, https://www.blacksouthernbelle.com/what-it-means-to-eat-affrilachian-or-black-and-appalachian/.

In today’s episode, we ask the big question: What is art? 

Learn about the women who found beauty in so-called ‘women’s art’ and hear from a woman continuing the tradition of textile arts today. We talk with Kerryn Carney, a local embroidery artist, about how and what she makes.

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Episode Sources:
Bryant, Marie Claire. “Underground Railroad Quilt Codes: What We Know, What We Believe, and What Inspires Us | Folklife Magazine.” Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, May 2019, https://folklife.si.edu/magazine/underground-railroad-quilt-codes.

Coles, Dr. Kelli Racine. Schoolgirl Embroideries & Black Girlhood in Antebellum Philadelphia. Textile Society of America, 2020, https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2148&context=tsaconf.

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“‘How Textile Arts Have Empowered Women to Express Themselves Throughout American History’ by Julia Carey - Marymount University.” Academics - Marymount University, https://marymount.edu/academics/college-of-sciences-and-humanities/school-of-humanities/student-publications/magnificat-2022/how-textile-arts-have-empowered-women/. Accessed 26 Jan. 2024.

Hunter, Clare. Threads of Life. Abrams, 2019.

Lin, Brenda. “Textiles: The Art of Women’s Work | Sotheby’s.” Sothebys.Com, Sotheby’s, 7 Mar. 2020, https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/textiles-the-art-of-womens-work.

Manente, Sara. “Textile Art: Unravelling Women’s Legacy.” Arcadia, Arcadia, 12 Dec. 2022, https://www.byarcadia.org/post/textile-art-unravelling-women-s-legacy.

“Textile Art: Unravelling Women’s Legacy.” Arcadia, Arcadia, 12 Dec. 2022, https://www.byarcadia.org/post/textile-art-unravelling-women-s-legacy.

Valentine, Fawn. West Virginia Quilts and Quiltmakers. 2000.

Welcome to Herstory, a new podcast by Wheeling Heritage Media.