The Progressive Era shaped the way we think about women's reproductive rights, and Prof. Barbara Schneider's book Corporal Rhetoric investigates all the ways. It tells how motherhood went from a natural experience to a pathogenic one, how the eugenics movement gathered steam, and how the medical profession changed.

Essential Reading:

Barbara Schneider, Corporal Rhetoric: Regulating Reproduction in the Progressive Era (2021).

Additional Reading:

Dorothy Roberts, Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction and the Meaning of Liberty (1998).

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In this episode I talk cocktails with Cecelia Tichi the author of so many wonderful books, but most recently Gilded Age Cocktails: History, Lore, and Recipes from America's Golden Age (Washington Mews Books)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gilded Age Cocktails. Tichi shares stories of the bars, mixologists, and imbibers that gloried in the Golden Age of drinking, not long before Prohibition.

Essential Reading:

Cecelia Tichi, Golden Age Cocktails: History, Lore, and Recipes from America's Golden Age (2021).

Recommended Reading:

• David Wondrich, Imbibe: From Absinthe Cocktail to Whiskey Smash, a Salute in Stories and Drinks to "Professor" Jerry Thomas, Pioneer of the American Bar (2015).
• Philip Greene, To Have and Have Another Revised Edition: A Hemingway Cocktail Companion (2015).
• Wayne Curtis, And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails (2007).

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Just over 100 years ago, the world faced a deadly pandemic not dissimilar to COVID-19. The "great flu" of 1918-1919 was largely forgotten until we needed to historic lessons on how to combat the waves of infection. With Christopher McKnight Nichols, this week's show investigates the pathogenic parallels.

Essential Reading:

• Christopher McKnight Nichols and Brandon Jett, “Americans used to sacrifice for the public good. What happened?” Washington Post, December 7, 2020 
• Nancy Bristow, American Pandemic: The Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic (2017).

Recommended Reading:

• John Barry, The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History (2005).
• Laura Spinney, Pale Riders: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World (2018).

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Welcome to The Gilded Age and Progressive Era! In the pilot episode, I introduce myself, describe the show, and outline the first three episodes. The Gilded Age and Progressive Era is a podcast for those of us interested in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Each episode features research from leading scholars.

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