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One Hundred Centuries
By Stephen B. Dowell and Connie B. DowellHistory
One Hundred Centuries episodes
- Episode Seven: African-American Women’s Activism in the Progressive Era
Remember our episode a few weeks ago on women’s clubs? We’d promised to get a little more detailed on African-American women’s activism specifically, and today we’ve got it.
Mary Church Terrell, first president of the National Association of Colored Women’s ClubsToday, it’s also just me, Connie, on the podcast. Stephen wasn’t able to record this time. He’ll be back for the next episode for sure.
If you’d like to learn more about these amazing ladies and what they did, check out the sources and links below.
Sources:
Busch, A. M. (2004). Lifting as we climb: The National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs. Gateway Heritage Magazine. 24(4), 1-6. Retrieved from http://collections.mohistory.org/media/CDM/gateway/72.pdf
Holland, E. (2010, February 1). Lifting as we climb: The women’s club movement [Blog post]. Retrieved from http://www.edwardianpromenade.com/african-american/lifting-as-we-climb/
Schneider, D. & Schneider C. J. (1993). American women in the progressive era. New York, NY: Facts on File.
Wormer, R. (2002). National Association of Colored Women. Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_org_nacw.html
P.S.: That last source has a link to read an address to the NACW by Mary Church Terrell.
Further Reading:
Comic about Ida B. Wells by Kate Beaton
NACWC website
Image Credit: Washington Area Spark, Flickr Creative Commons
21 min - Episode Six: Take a Western Bath!No, we’re not talking cowboys. Today we’re talking Western cultures’ bathing traditions (or lack thereof for certain historical periods). What was ancient bathing like? (Our resident classicist, Stephen, draws from his wealth of knowledge on this one.) When did bathing fall out of favor and why did it come back? …30 min
- Episode Five: The Conquest of Wales and The Wicked and the JustThis week, we do our first historical fiction spotlight and talk about the history behind it. The show begins with the basics of the Edwardian conquest of Wales and leads to a spoiler free discussion of THE WICKED AND THE JUST by J. Anderson Coats, a young adult book about …24 min
- Episode Four: Women’s Clubs Taking ActionFor our first March podcast, we’re honoring Women’s History Month by focusing on the the Women’s Club Movement, a phenomenon associated with the later 19th and early 20th centuries. Women’s clubs were a way for women to enact change in their communities and lobby for causes while many women across …26 min
- Episode Three: What Is the Holy Grail?At last we have the relaunch episode of One Hundred Centuries! From now on, except for announced breaks, we should be releasing an episode every two weeks. Today we look at two early sources for the grail legend: the earliest source, “Perceval or the The Story of the Grail” by …40 min
- Episode Two: The Hamilton-Burr DuelThis time we discuss the lives of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, as well as their famous duel that took place in 1804. It’s kind of nutty to think that a vice president shot and killed a founding father. Was it murder? Was it legal (at the time) dueling? You …45 min
- Episode One: Franz FerdinandFor our very first episode, we discuss the life of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. His assassination on June 28th, 1914 sparked the First World War. When you hear about his plans for the Austro-Hungarian Empire, you’ll wonder how different 20th century history might have been had he not been …1 hr 14 min
About One Hundred Centuries
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Why One Hundred Centuries? Because it covers all of recorded history, plus a bit more. In this biweekly podcast, we discuss the famous, the infamous, and the little-known history all around us.