Missing History

This week we learn about one of the first actresses on the English stage and a prominent figure of the Mexican War of Independence.

(Eleanor Gwyn)

NELL

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nell-Gwyn-English-actress

https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp01957/eleanor-nell-gwyn

https://www.headstuff.org/culture/history/terrible-people-from-history/nell-gwyn-peoples-harlot/

(María de la Soledad Leona Camila Vicario Fernández de San Salvador)

VICARIO

https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/vicario-leona-1789-1842

https://www.girlboss.com/identity/2018-3-20-leona-vicario-history

https://www.revolutionspodcast.com/2018/08/902-the-cry-of-dolores.html

Michael and Katie discuss an Omaha Native American doctor and an African-American teacher and civil rights figure.

SUSAN

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_La_Flesche_Picotte

https://cfmedicine.nlm.nih.gov/physicians/biography_253.html

https://www.history.com/news/remembering-the-first-native-american-woman-doctor

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/incredible-legacy-susan-la-flesche-first-native-american-earn-medical-degree-180962332/

http://cojmc.unl.edu/nativedaughters/healers/susan-la-flesches-legacy-lives-on

https://www.pbs.org/video/medicine-woman-full-episode/

ELIZABETH

https://daily.jstor.org/the-woman-who-refused-to-leave-a-whites-only-streetcar/

http://kentakepage.com/elizabeth-jennings-graham-a-19th-century-rosa-parks/

https://www.biography.com/people/elizabeth-jennings-graham-091415

https://www.missedinhistory.com/podcasts/elizabeth-jennings-graham.htm

https://daily.jstor.org/the-woman-who-refused-to-leave-a-whites-only-streetcar/

In honor of our 25th episode, Katie and Michael team up to talk about a group of women working to process astronomical data.

https://www.ladyscience.com/science-with-capital-s/90dk473131kodvmc02nsftmcfhepgg?rq=pickering

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-women-who-mapped-the-universe-and-still-couldnt-get-any-respect-9287444/?no-ist

http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/cwsem/PGA_049131

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/12/the-women-computers-who-measured-the-stars/509231/

https://www.nature.com/articles/nchem.2067

An American film, television and stage actress/dancer and a teacher, activist and long-time chair of the Manzanar Committee.

MYRNA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7Unti0LJ8g

http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/117023%7C115512/Myrna-Loy/

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001485/bio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIOXD2epvyY&t=1568s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrna_Loy

SUE

https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/manzanar/

https://encyclopedia.densho.org/Sue_Kunitomi_Embrey/

http://articles.latimes.com/2006/may/16/local/me-embrey16

https://encyclopedia.densho.org/Manzanar_Committee/

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/08/09/210138278/japanese-internment-redress

With St. Patrick's Day around the corner we had Ireland on our minds. We span 14 centuries this week as we discuss two influential women in Irelands history.

Veronica Guerin

http://womensmuseumofireland.ie/articles/veronica-guerin

https://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/23/world/how-a-killing-roused-irish-conscience.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FGuerin%2C%20Veronica&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=6&pgtype=collection

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsgcKRX8mk4

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/in-her-final-article-for-the-sunday-independent-published-this-week-veronica-guerin-interviewed-the-1339093.html

BRIGID of Kildare

https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=453

https://www.blarney.com/st-brigid_s-cross/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Brigit-of-Ireland

https://www.govisitireland.com/biddys-day-celebrating-st-brigid-across-country/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBqp2MXyuYk

Katie and Michael discuss an American high-fashion designer and an American psychiatrist/author this week.

Anne:

https://nypost.com/2016/10/16/jackies-wedding-dress-designer-is-finally-recognized/

http://hiddenfashionhistory.com/category/ann-lowe/

https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2013/03/28/the-remarkable-story-of-ann-lowe-from-alabama-to-madison-avenue/

https://theglowup.theroot.com/societys-stylish-secret-designer-ann-lowe-was-a-fashio-1823499194

https://www.racked.com/2016/9/30/13064294/fashion-designer-ann-lowe

Jeanne

https://cfmedicine.nlm.nih.gov/physicians/biography_306.html

https://feministforester.com/2018/02/06/dr-jeanne-spurlock-1921-1999/

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/04/j-marion-sims/558248/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/05/16/youve-got-bad-blood-the-horror-of-the-tuskegee-syphilis-experiment/?utm_term=.8033a7c1d2a4

This week we have a Kenyan environmental political activist and an American blues singer, pianist, and entertainer.

Wangari Maathai

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wangari-Maathai

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/sep/26/wangari-maathai

http://www.greenbeltmovement.org/who-we-are/our-history

Gladys Bentley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDUX-QmT1sM

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/obituaries/gladys-bentley-overlooked.html

https://www.theroot.com/blues-singer-gladys-bentley-broke-ground-with-marriage-1790858771

https://www.themarysue.com/gladys-bentley-the-cross-dressing-lesbian-who-rocked-the-harlem-renaissance/

In honor of Valentines Day we bring you an artist/business woman who made Valentine's Day cards popular and a poet.

Esther:

http://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/esther-howland-valentine-innovator/

http://www.worcesterhistory.org/bio-howland.html

http://time.com/4663003/esther-howland-valentines/

https://www.bustle.com/p/6-valentines-day-2019-ideas-for-introverts-15867568

Jessie

http://www.forharriet.com/2014/04/15-black-women-poets-everyone-should.html

http://bulletin.brynmawr.edu/features/hp-primary-feature/in-black-and-white-4/

http://www.beltwaypoetry.com/fauset-jessie-redmon/

https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/history/historians-miscellaneous-biographies/jessie-redmon-fauset

https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-forgotten-work-of-jessie-redmon-fauset

https://timeline.com/jessie-redmon-fauset-harlem-renaissance-leader-cd871c84691

The ladies who did it first - this week we look at the first black woman to enlist in the Coast Guard and the first published African American female poet.

Olivia Hooker

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46332474?ocid=socialflow_twitter https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/23/obituaries/olivia-hooker-dead.html https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2018/05/31/615546965/meet-the-last-surviving-witness-to-the-tulsa-race-riot-of-1921 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/10/olivia-hooker-a-spars-story/

Phillis Wheatley

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/phillis-wheatley https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/his-excellency-general-washington http://blackartblog.blackartdepot.com/features/african-american-monuments-statues/phillis-wheatley-monument.html

The silver screen takes centerstage this week as we look at two women who had a huge influence on the early American film industry.

Lois Weber

http://www.loisweber.net/lois-weber.html https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lois-Weber http://www.ocec.eu/cinemacomparativecinema/index.php/en/33-n-8-english/400-lois-weber-the-female-thinking-in-movement

Hattie McDaniel

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/oscars-first-black-winner-accepted-774335 https://ew.com/oscars/2018/02/22/hattie-mcdaniel-first-black-oscar-winner-legacy/ https://blackpast.org/aaw/mcdaniel-hattie-1895-1952 https://www.vibe.com/2018/03/hattie-mcdaniel-oscar-history