Exploration: Dreamland

Drift off to Dreamland with us as we read "Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women, Autobiographical Sketches" by Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell. The book will be read in order so if you would like to begin at the beginning, please start with Season 2, Episode 26. In this episode, you will hear of Dr. Blackwell's continued efforts to help women in England gain access to study medicine. Sh...

Drift off to Dreamland with us as we read "Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women, Autobiographical Sketches" by Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell. The book will be read in order so if you would like to begin at the beginning, please start with Season 2, Episode 26. This episode includes Dr. Blackwell's early years of practice in New York with both her triumphs and her struggle. She later r...

Drift off to Dreamland with us as we read "Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women, Autobiographical Sketches" by Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell. The book will be read in order so if you would like to begin at the beginning, please start with Season 2, Episode 26. This episode includes anecdotes from her time in England, studying and gaining practical experience in the hospitals there, as...

Drift off to Dreamland with us as we read "Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women, Autobiographical Sketches" by Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell. The book will be read in order so if you would like to begin at the beginning, please start with Season 2, Episode 26. In this episode, you will hear of the grave accident which befell Dr. Blackwell, her visit to Gräfenberg to regain her strengt...

Drift off to Dreamland with us as we read "Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women, Autobiographical Sketches" by Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell. The book will be read in order so if you would like to begin at the beginning, please start with Season 2, Episode 26. This episode includes the wide variety of experiences that Dr. Blackwell had during her studies at La Maternité in Paris.

Drift off to Dreamland with us as we read "Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women, Autobiographical Sketches" by Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell. The book will be read in order so if you would like to begin at the beginning, please start with Season 2, Episode 26. This episode includes the remainder of Dr. Blackwell's visit to England, her arrival in Paris, and her experiences with the po...

Drift off to Dreamland with us as we read "Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women, Autobiographical Sketches" by Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell. The book will be read in order so if you would like to begin at the beginning, please start with Season 2, Episode 26. This episode includes a full description of Elizabeth Blackwell's graduation ceremony as written to the family by one of her b...

Drift off to Dreamland with us as we read "Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women, Autobiographical Sketches" by Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell. The book will be read in order so if you would like to begin at the beginning, please start with Season 2, Episode 26. This episode includes Elizabeth Blackwell's time in college and her description of her graduation ceremony.

Drift off to Dreamland with us as we read "Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women, Autobiographical Sketches" by Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell. The book will be read in order so if you would like to begin at the beginning, please start with Season 2, Episode 26. This episode includes Elizabeth Blackwell's search for a college that will allow a woman to pursue a medical degree and the up...

Drift off to Dreamland with us as we read "Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women, Autobiographical Sketches" by Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell. The book will be read in order so if you would like to begin at the beginning, please start with Season 2, Episode 26. This episode includes Elizabeth Blackwell's decision to seek a medical education and the beginning of her effort to earn the m...

Drift off to Dreamland with us as we read "Pioneer Work in Opening the Medical Profession to Women, Autobiographical Sketches" by Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell. The book will be read in order so if you would like to begin at the beginning, please start with Season 2, Episode 26. This episode includes details of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell's early years, prior to her decision to become a physician. A quick c...

Welcome to Bunny Tales, a special holiday mini-series of Exploration: Dreamland. Hop off to Dreamland with us as we read the short story LITTLE BUN RABBIT From "Mother Goose in Prose" by L. Frank Baum. This story was inspired by a nursery rhyme and features a rather famous little farm girl as well as Santa Claus himself.   Bunny image on logo by Lukasz from Pixabay   Snowflake images on logo by Se...

Welcome to Bunny Tales, a special holiday mini-series of Exploration: Dreamland. Hop off to Dreamland with us as we read the short story THE RABBIT'S EYES From "Korean Fairy Tales" by William Elliot Griffis. The rabbit is a clever character in old Korean stories. This story features a turtle and a rabbit, which may seem familiar, but is quite different from Aesop's "The Hare and the Tortoise."   B...

Welcome to Bunny Tales, a special holiday mini-series of Exploration: Dreamland. Hop off to Dreamland with us as we read the short story RABBIT AND THE MOON-MAN From "Canadian Fairy Tales" by Cyrus MacMillan. This story comes from a book inspired by tales from the indigenous peoples of Canada. As you may already know, the animal people from these stories can change form and behavior between animal...

Drift off to Dreamland with us as we read an abridged version of a feminist "journey to the center of the earth" story - MIZORA: A PROPHECY, by Mary E. Bradley published in book form in 1889. The story will be read in order, a few chapters at a time. This is the final episode of this book. If you would like to begin at the beginning, please start with Season 2, Episode 16. In our previous episode,...

Drift off to Dreamland with us as we read an abridged version of a feminist "journey to the center of the earth" story - MIZORA: A PROPHECY, by Mary E. Bradley published in book form in 1889. The story will be read in order, a few chapters at a time. If you would like to begin at the beginning, please start with Season 2, Episode 16. In our previous episode, our narrator learns more detail of how...

Drift off to Dreamland with us as we read an abridged version of a feminist "journey to the center of the earth" story - MIZORA: A PROPHECY, by Mary E. Bradley published in book form in 1889. The story will be read in order, a few chapters at a time. If you would like to begin at the beginning, please start with Season 2, Episode 16. In our previous episode, our narrator discovers much more about...

Drift off to Dreamland with us as we read an abridged version of a feminist "journey to the center of the earth" story - MIZORA: A PROPHECY, by Mary E. Bradley published in book form in 1889. The story will be read in order, a few chapters at a time. If you would like to begin at the beginning, please start with Season 2, Episode 16. In our previous episode, our narrator describes the intense phen...

Drift off to Dreamland with us as we read an abridged version of a feminist "journey to the center of the earth" story - MIZORA: A PROPHECY, by Mary E. Bradley published in book form in 1889. The story will be read in order, a few chapters at a time. If you would like to begin at the beginning, please start with Season 2, Episode 16. In our previous episode, our narrator learns more about how the...

Drift off to Dreamland with us as we read an abridged version of a feminist "journey to the center of the earth" story - MIZORA: A PROPHECY, by Mary E. Bradley published in book form in 1889. The story will be read in order, a few chapters at a time. If you would like to begin at the beginning, please start with Season 2, Episode 16. In our previous episode, our narrator first visits a market in M...

Drift off to Dreamland with us as we read an abridged version of a feminist "journey to the center of the earth" story - MIZORA: A PROPHECY, by Mary E. Bradley published in book form in 1889. The story will be read in order, a few chapters at a time. If you would like to begin at the beginning, please start with Season 2, Episode 16. In our previous episode, our narrator learns more detail concern...

Drift off to Dreamland with us as we read an abridged version of a feminist "journey to the center of the earth" story - MIZORA: A PROPHECY, by Mary E. Bradley published in book form in 1889. The story will be read in order, a few chapters at a time. If you would like to begin at the beginning, please start with Season 2, Episode 16. In our previous episode, our narrator began to explore Mizora, d...

Drift off to Dreamland with us as we read an abridged version of a feminist "journey to the center of the earth" story - MIZORA: A PROPHECY, by Mary E. Bradley published in book form in 1889. The story will be read in order, a few chapters at a time. If you would like to begin at the beginning, please start with Season 2, Episode 16. In our previous episode, our narrator gives a brief history of h...

Drift off to Dreamland with us as we read an abridged version of a feminist "journey to the center of the earth" story - MIZORA: A PROPHECY, by Mary E. Bradley published in book form in 1889. The story will be read in order, a few chapters at a time. If you would like to begin at the beginning, please start with Season 2, Episode 16. This episode includes the preface to the book and the first two...

Drift off to Dreamland with us as we read an abridged version of a Victorian natural history - WILD NATURE WON BY KINDNESS by Elizabeth Brightwen, published in 1898. Please be aware that this episode includes descriptions of bees, wasps, and snakes, and a brief discussion of reasons to avoid hunting for sport. If you prefer to avoid any of those, please rejoin us at the next episode.