Stuff You Missed in History Class

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Altina and Saving Babies

Behind the Scenes Minis: Altina and Saving Babies

May 09, 2025

Holly talks about the dynamics of Altina Schinasi's family. Tracy shares a dispute over nursing uniform procedures on the Boston Floating Hospital that played out in a trade journal.  See omnystudio.c...

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Boston Floating Hospital

Boston Floating Hospital

May 07, 2025

The Boston Floating Hospital was a children’s hospital that operated on a boat in Boston Harbor in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.  Research: Berkeley Temple. “Threescore years and ten, 182...

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Altina Schinasi

Altina Schinasi

May 05, 2025

Altina Schinasi is known as the inventor of cat-eye glasses, but she was also an artist, a documentarian, and an activist. And she was very frank about her own faults and bad decisions. Research: “...

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SYMHC Classics: Franz Nopsca

SYMHC Classics: Franz Nopsca

May 03, 2025

This 2019 episode covers Baron Franz Nopcsa, who lived an adventurous, scholarly life, funded entirely by his family money. He identified dinosaurs, inserted himself into Albanian politics, and wrote ...

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Small Fruit Division and Dorseys

Behind the Scenes Minis: Small Fruit Division and Dorseys

May 02, 2025

Holly waxes rhapsodic about fruit. Tracy talks about planning an episode about William Henry Dorsey but then finding she needed to include his father. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informati...

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Two Dorseys: Thomas J. and William Henry

Two Dorseys: Thomas J. and William Henry

Apr 30, 2025

Thomas J. Dorsey liberated himself from enslavement and became one of the most sought-after caterers in Philadelphia. His son William Henry Dorsey was born a free Black man before the Civil War, and b...

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Eponymous Foods: Fruits

Eponymous Foods: Fruits

Apr 28, 2025

This installment of eponymous food stories is entirely about fruits. We’ve got a berry, a pome, and a citrus, all with varying degrees of documentation. Research: “A Guide to the United States’ His...

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SYMHC Classics: Hatshepsut

SYMHC Classics: Hatshepsut

Apr 26, 2025

This 2019 episode covers Hatshepsut, who sent a huge expedition to Punt in the 15th century B.C.E. The expedition to Punt is also an important and illustrative part of Hatshepsut’s reign. See omnystud...

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Behind the Scenes Minis: Wanda’s Motivations

Behind the Scenes Minis: Wanda’s Motivations

Apr 25, 2025

Holly shares a theory on why Wanda Gág didn’t drink. There is also discussion of Gág’s medical issues and how they were handled by doctors. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Wanda Gág, Part 2

Wanda Gág, Part 2

Apr 23, 2025

After struggling to raise her siblings and start an art career, Wanda Gág’s life changed almost instantly with the publication of her first children’s book. Part two of her story looks at how her book...

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