Ladies First (Not Really)

This episode is on "medical progress" in the 19th century. We explore how nail colors were a determination of one's character and also how women sleep...

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Although we don't know her name, this brave woman's story of pioneering to the Washington frontier in the 1850's provides amazing details of life on the frontier for settlers and women specifically.

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Sources:

Douthit, Mary Osborn, editor. The Souvenir of Western Women. [Portland, Or. Presses of Anderson & Duniway company, 1905] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, .

A Civil War widow's move for survival after her husband's death changes a family's name over 5 generations later. The story was shrouded in mystery for decades until genealogy research brought the truth forward.

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Born on a ship, orphaned at port, prisoner during French and Indian War, witnessed the battles of the Revolutionary War firsthand, and lived to be 111 years old.

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Sources:

Buffalo Courier Express, Buffalo, NY, August, 14, 1849

Loyalists: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/loyalists/Pages/introduction.aspx

Seven Years War: https://www.history.com/articles/seven-years-war

Early North American Colonization: https://mlpp.pressbooks.pub/ushistory1/chapter/134/

Cordelia was the first woman to enroll in the Cleveland Homeopathic College in 1862. She was banned when women were no longer allowed to attend. Her determination led to her success in the end.

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The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, February 27, 1905

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Source:

The Spokansman- Review, Leotti L. West, March 27, 1932

The lost story of the first library operated in Fredericksburg, Virginia. From 1895-1949 a group of women operated and fought to keep it open, but ultimately closed due to expansion of another library system.

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The Daily Star, May 19, 1909

The Daily Star, June 18, 1909

The Free Lance Star, Rev. David B. Chamberlain, August 15, 1946

The Free Lance Star, June 10, 1937

The Free Lance Star, April 3, 1902

This podcasts digs into the 19th and 20th centuries where women’s lives were shaped by corsets, societal norms, anddoctors who thought hysteria was a diagnosis. With sharp humor and unapologetic sarcasm we research the lives of courageous women that you’ve never heard of and drag their stories out of the margins. Because women’s history isn’t justrebellion and fainting couches. It’s every day women – their accomplishments, struggles, courage, and a whole lot of side-eye. For more information on these and other stories, visit my blog at Rebelliouscorsets.com