This week, Kelsie and Brooke discuss the Mexican-American War-- one often glossed over in US History courses, but one central to understanding US imperialism and the manor of US expansion. Women's role is even less frequently discussed-- and less documented. Our guest, Dr. Cony Marquez informs us about the barriers to teaching this history-- and how it often has to do with what you look like-- and gives us a Mexican scholar's perspective on the war. Kelsie also referenced a few texts, cited below.

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Belohlavek, John M. Patriots, Prostitutes, and Spies: Women and the Mexican-American War. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2017.

Zinn, Howard. A People’s History of the United States. Harper Collins Publishing: New York, NY, 1999.

In this episode, Kelsie and Brooke chat with Dr. Camilla Townsend of Rutgers University about indigenous women's history and how teaching with themes may exclude them.

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Trigger warning: this episode refers to murder and suicide. Women represented 50% of the Black Panther Party, but women, schools, and food programs are not typically what comes to mind when one thinks of this party. Women sometimes get used to soften a groups image, and hidden to harden the image in our collective memory. But women were there the whole time. In this episode we talk about the role women played in the party and some important women who's lives and work continue today. 

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Brown, Deneen L. “The first and only woman to lead the Black Panther Party: ‘I have all the guns and money’.” The Lily News. Last modified January 12, 2018. https://www.thelily.com/the-first-and-only-woman-to-lead-the-black-panther-party/.

Dixon, Janelle Harris. “The Rank and File Women of the Black Panther Party and Their Powerful Influence.” Smithsonian Magazine. Last modified MARCH 4, 2019.

Dolak, Kevin. “What Happened To Deborah Johnson After The Killing of Black Panther Party Leader Fred Hampton?” True Crime Buzz. Last modified February 11, 2021. https://www.oxygen.com/true-crime-buzz/akua-njeri-nee-deborah-johnson-carried-on-fred-hamptons-legacy

National Archives Editors. “Women in Black Power.” National Archives. N.D. https://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/black-power/women.

People’s History Podcast. “Women in the Black Panther Party.” https://anchor.fm/zinn-ed-project/episodes/Women-in-the-Black-Panther-Party-egek69/a-a2l7p92.

Spencer, Robyn Ceanne. “Engendering the Black Freedom Struggle: Revolutionary Black Womanhood and the Black Panther Party in the Bay Area, California.” Journal of Women's History 20, no. 1 (2008): 90–113. doi:10.1353/JOWH.2008.0006.

Zinn, Howard. A People’s History of the United States. Harper Collins Publishing: New York, NY, 1999.

This week Brooke and Kelsie talk about the importance of getting to present day in history class to cover some of the amazing firsts for women in politics and other fields. If teachers don't "get there" in the curriculum, it systematically leaves women out of the mainstream public sphere. Then Kelsie sat down with Senator Maggie Hassan from New Hampshire to talk about what it's like being a woman making history. 

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Associated Press. "GOP members react to voter suppresion case." Fosters. August 12, 2005. https://www.fosters.com/article/20050812/NEWS0201/108120138.

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Caldwell-Hopper, Kathi. "Notable NH Women in Politics." Yesteryear. Last modified October 14, 2020. https://thelaker.com/2020/notable-nh-women-in-politics.

Coles, Barbara. "Remarkable Women 2018: Persistence." New Hampshire Magazine. Last modified April 19, 2018. https://www.nhmagazine.com/remarkable-women-2018-persistence/.

Conners, Molly. "As lobbyist, Kuster walked a fine line." Concord Monitor. Last modified October 25, 2012. https://www.concordmonitor.com/Archive/2012/10/DRUGLOBBYING-CM-102512.

DiStaso, John. "Federal officials alerted by police to alleged GOP phone jamming." Union Leader. Last modified February 7, 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20030220031958/http://www.unionleader.com/articles_show.html?article=18024.

Harris, Michelle. "The Woman Who Became Governor 11 Years Before Suffrage." History. Last modified August 18, 2020. https://www.history.com/news/first-woman-governor-carrie-shelton-oregon.

Ramer, Holly. "All-female, all-Democrat delegation in New Hampshire." Boston News. Last modified November 9, 2016. https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2016/11/09/all-female-all-democrat-delegation-likely-in-new-hampshire.

Rogers, Josh. "What An All-Female Delegation Says About N.H." New Hampshire Public Radio. Last modified November 10, 2012. https://www.npr.org/2012/11/10/164842066/what-an-all-female-delegation-says-about-n-h.

Rutgers Editors. "History of Women Governors." Rutgers University. Last modified 2021. https://cawp.rutgers.edu/history-women-governors.

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Steinhauser, Paul. "Shaheen to run for third term in U.S. Senate in 2020." Concord Monitor. Last modified January 27, 2019. https://www.concordmonitor.com/Shaheen-announces-she-is-running-for-re-election-23060418.

This week, Kelsie and Brooke sit down to discuss D-Day and Virginia Hall, one of the badass women who helped coordinate the French Resistance and send intelligence to the Allies prior to the landing. We chatted with author Erika Robuck, whose book The Invisible Woman comes out February 9, 2021. We are so excited to share this incredible story!

You can find her book here.

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Did you know some schools prohibited social studies teachers from discussing the inauguration? Kelsie and Brooke start this episode by talking about how important it is to model civil discourse over issues that are controversial and how current events is where the women are-- if you block it, you block women's history. Then, of course, they talk about the woman of the hour-- Kamala Harris.

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Bibiography

Nash, Gary B., Charlotte Crabtree, and Russ E. Dunn. History on Trial: Culture wars and the teaching of the past. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.

Heilman, Elizabeth E, Ed. Social Studies and Diversity Education: What We Do and Why We Do It. New York, NY: Routledge, 2010.

Hansen, Michael and Diana Quintero. “The state of the nation’s social studies educators.” July 3, 2017. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/2017/07/03/the-state-of-the-nations-social-studies-educators/.

Kalaidis, Jen. “Bring Back Social Studies: The amount of time public-school kids spend learning about government and civics is shrinking.” The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2013/09/bring-back-social-studies/279891/.

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This week Tina Cassidy is back to talk about Alice Paul, one of the better known women in history-- however, this was not the intent, there was an effort by some in the aftermath of the 19th Amendment to write her and her accomplishments out of history. Americans owe a great debt to Paul-- but her legacy is not without controversy, as she caved to southern white women who wanted segregated marches and more. Tune in to find out. Lesson plans on our website. 

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This week, Kelsie and Brooke chat about research into the wellness of Muslim-American immigrant children, and Kelsie shares some of her conversation with Dr. Suzan Al Abidi, an old friend. Abidi's 2018 study showed that Muslim mothers play an important role in helping children navigate difficult "cultural friction" and that girls have a unique experience which can keep them from getting the full educational experience, especially in PE. Abidi made one request: that people learn a bit more about Islam, so for the second half-- Kelsie and Brooke talked about important women in the founding of Islam. As always-- there's a lesson plan available. 

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Bibliography

Ballandalus. "15 Important Muslim Women in History." Ballandalus. Last modified March 8, 2014. https://ballandalus.wordpress.com/2014/03/08/15-important-muslim-women-in-history/.

Kamguian, Azam. “Islam And Women’s Rights: Overcoming Inequality.” Center for Inquiry. Last modified June 20, 2018. https://centerforinquiry.org/blog/islam-and-womens-rights/.

Miles, Rosalind. The Women’s History of the World. London, UK: Harper Collins Publishers, 1988. 

PBS. "Muhammad and Women." PBS: Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet. Last modified 2002. https://www.pbs.org/muhammad/ma_women.shtml. 

This week, Kelsie and Brooke discuss how women who were well behaved rarely made history-- and then discussed how women joined the early Christian church in big numbers, and examined two women who defied the odds during early Christianity. Perpetua was a Christian martyr who gave her life for the faith before Rome adopted Christianity. Hypatia by contrast, lost her life to a Christian mob that expelled the Jews and Pagans in Alexandria. Their stories are unbelievable and show the centrality of women in history.

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Alic, Margaret. “Women and technology in ancient Alexandria: Maria and Hypatia.” Women's Studies International Quarterly. Vol. 4, Iss. 3, 1981, 305-312. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0148-0685(81)96493-9.

Deakin, Michael A. B. Hypatia of Alexandria: Mathematician and Martyr. New York: Prometheus, 2007.

Fiorio, Soraya Field. “The Killing of Hypatia: A fight over all things visible and invisible, featuring practical magic, empire, and terrible men.” Lapham’s Quarterly. Last modified January 16, 2019. https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/killing-hypatia.

The Gnostic Society Library. “Gnostic Scriptures and Fragments: The Gospel According to Mary Magdalene.” The Gnostic Society Library, n.d. http://gnosis.org/library/marygosp.htm. 

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This week, Kelsie sat down with Tina Cassidy to talk about how the stories of even iconic women like Jackie Kennedy Onassis go untold in history class. Brooke of course thought this was ridiculous. Of course, you can find lessons about it on our website.

Tina Cassidy writes about women and culture. In addition to Mr. President, How Long Must We Wait? Alice Paul, Woodrow Wilson and the Fight for the Right to Vote, she is the author of Birth: The Surprising History of How We Are Born; and Jackie After O: One Remarkable Year When Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Defied Expectations and Rediscovered Her Dreams. A former journalist who spent most of her career at the Boston Globe covering business, fashion and politics, she is the Chief Marketing Officer of WGBH. Cassidy serves on the board of The Conversation US. She lives in the Boston area with her husband, the author Anthony Flint, their three sons, and a Norfolk Terrier named Dusty.  You can read her work at www.tinacassidy.info. 

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