The Remedial Herstory Podcast

In this Episode, Kelsie and Brooke chat with Ally Orr, a recent college graduate with a marketing degree, about her reaction to a male political science professor on campus stating that girls should not be encouraged to receive degrees in stem, The medical field, Law, Or business. Ally put her self on the line and turned her anger into sweet justice. In this episode were asking how much further do...

In this Episode, Kelsie and Brooke chat with Dr. Marie Cartier about gay life before Stonewall and how gay bars often served as a religious experience for queer people seeking sanctuary. Such an amazing collection of interviews and personal accounts. We are so excited to share! Join us! Support our work at www.patreon.com/remedialherstory Find lesson plans at http://www.remedialherstory.com E...

In this Episode, Kelsie and Brooke chat with Dr. Alison Efford about two women who's intimate relationship in the Civil War era has helped historians to understand female sexuality in the period. He research explores the correspondence between Mathilde Franziska Anneke, a German American abolitionist and suffragist, and her intense, cohabiting romantic friendship with Mary Booth. Join us! Support...

In this Episode, Kelsie and Brooke chat with the legal historian, Dr. Shannon Duffy about her work researching women in colonial America. We discuss infanticide, witchcraft, murder, and homosexuality. We learned a lot and you will too! Join us! Support our work at www.patreon.com/remedialherstory Find lesson plans at http://www.remedialherstory.com Educators! Get professional development credit fo...

In this episode, Kelsie and Brooke chat with Lauren Cole a PhD candidate at Northwestern University about the amazing theologian and nun Hildegard de Bingen and the more personal aspects of her life, examining one close relationship she had with another nun at her convent. Cole is insistent: Hildegard was gay. Let's get into this. Support our work at www.patreon.com/remedialherstory Find lesson pl...

In this episode Kelsie and Brooke celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Title IX and reflect on it's significance in protecting gender and sex discrimination in places that receive federal funds. They learn about the origins of Title IX and what life before it was like for women on college campuses, especially the University of Michigan. Join us! You can find her books here . Support our work at www.p...

In this episode Kelsie and Brooke launch our theme on Queer Women in History and discuss Windsor v. US, the Supreme Court case that effectively lay the groundwork to legalize gay marriage around the country-- and who was behind it? You betcha! Women. They say GAY (cough, cough Florida)... a lot. They discuss the amazing Edith Windsor, the gay-rights activist who bravely put herself on the lin...

In this episode, Kelsie and Brooke chat with RHP Board member Caroline Taylor about her research into women in the Protestant Reformation... not how the reformation impacted them, but how they impacted it. This type of conversation and flipping the narrative is so important. Let's get into it! Support our work at www.patreon.com/remedialherstory Find lesson plans at http://www.remedialherstory.com...

In this episode, Kelsie and Brooke learn from Dr. Shahla Haeri, author of The Unforgettable Queens of Islam. This is the third in a series of three episodes with Dr. Haeri about her book. In this episode, we learn about two women who rise to top political leadership in the Islamic World: Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan and Megawati Sukarnoputri​ of Indonesia. ​   Support our work at www.patreon.co...

In this episode, Kelsie and Brooke learn from Dr. Shahla Haeri, author of The Unforgettable Queens of Islam. This is the second in a series of three episodes with Dr. Haeri about her book. In this episode, we learn about medieval era queens from the Islamic world Queen Arwa from the Fatimid Empire and Razia Sultan in India. You can find her book on Amazon .  Support our work at www.patreon.co...

In this episode, Kelsie and Brooke learn from Dr. Shahla Haeri, author of The Unforgettable Queens of Islam. This is the first in a series of three episodes with Dr. Haeri about her book. In this episode, we learn about early precedent for women's leadership in Islam. We discuss the Queen of Sheba, referenced in all the Abrahamic traditions and Aisha, the favorite wife of Muhammad. You can find he...

In this episode, Kelsie and Brooke introduce the next theme of the season, "Women and World Religions." To do this, they discuss Confucianism and it's complex history with women. Listeners will learn a bit about Confucius the man and the impact of the widespread adoption of his philosophy throughout China on women. Join us!   Support our work at www.patreon.com/remedialherstory   Find le...

In this episode, Kelsie and Brooke learn from Dr. Farina King about the Cherokee National Female Seminary Alumnae and Native American women trailblazers. King is an Associate Professor  of  History at Northeastern State University , Tahlequah, in the homelands of the Cherokee Nation and United Keetoowah Band of Cherokees. She is an affiliate of the Cherokee and Indigenous Studies Departm...

In this episode, Kelsie and Brooke, who live in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, learn from Dr. Marcia Schmidt Blaine about the amazing women who pioneered, explored, and lived in these mountains. Blaine is a wealth of knowledge and brings to life these incredible women who challenged gender norms and pushed boundaries. Join us! Support our work at www.patreon.com/remedialherstory Find lesson...

In this episode, Kelsie and Brooke learn about the Statue of Freedom, the beautiful and bold statue of a woman atop the Capitol building in DC from Katya Miller. Katya’s encountered the Statue of Freedom in 1993, which led to 25 years of research as she sought to understand who the statue is. The statue, like many statues of women is a symbol of America in the Civil War period. You can learn...

In this episode, Kelsie and Brooke learn about the heroines journey in western women's literature from Meredith Eliassen, the archives reference specialist in the J. Paul Leonard Library at SFSU. In this episode, we learn about a whole bunch of badass women and the stories they recorded! Support our work at www.patreon.com/remedialherstory Find lesson plans at http://www.remedialherstory.com...

In this episode, Kelsie and Brooke introduce the next theme for the season: Women's Explorers and Pioneers. We kick this episode off with women aviators. We highlight women like Katherine Wright, Bessie Coleman  (whom Unladylike2020 made a great film about), and expand on two "Lady Lindys": Amelia Earhart and Anne Morrow Lindberg. Get ready!  Support our work at www.patreon.com/remedialh...

In this episode, Kelsie and Brooke learn from Dr. Jessica Frazier of the University of Rhode Island about women who were deeply intrenched in the anti-Vietnam movement and perhaps overshadowed by their male contemporaries. Dr. Frazier wrote her first book on this subject. You can find her book here . Support our work at www.patreon.com/remedialherstory Find lesson plans at http://www.remedialherst...

In this episode, Kelsie and Brooke learn more about women's integral and early role in the Vietnam war, both Vietnamese and American. You can find Tischler's book  Sights on the Sixties ​, here. Support our work at www.patreon.com/remedialherstory Find lesson plans at http://www.remedialherstory.com Educators! Get professional development credit for listening to our podcast! Head to our websi...

In this episode Kelsie and Brooke are joined by a very special K-12 educator, Dr. Tanya Roth to learn about women in the armed service during the Cold War. Her book, HER COLRD WAR: WOMEN IN THE US MILITARY, explores how the military offered women equal pay and benefits two decades before the rise of second wave feminism. Let's get into it! Support our work at www.patreon.com/remedialherstory Find...

In this episode Kelsie and Brooke sit down with Jacqui Nelson again to talk about women on the eastern front in WWII. This part of history is less frequently discussed in US-centric history classes and yet so many amazing women were there! Let's get into this! Support our work at www.patreon.com/remedialherstory Find lesson plans at http://www.remedialherstory.com Educators! Get professional devel...

In this episode, Kelsie and Brooke are joined by Annabelle Blevins Pifer to talk about upper class white women of South Carolina and how their roles changed during the American Civil War. Pifer is a wealth of knowledge sharing how these shifts led to them becoming active int he Lost Cause Narrative and implicit in its mythology. Pifer is a Writing Fellow at Norwich University. Let's get into it! S...

In this episode, Kelsie and Brooke, learn all the details we lost in history class about the well known figure, Joan of Arc. Jacqui Nelson is one of the rare female military historians and of course she has a passion for women's history! Let's get into this! Support our work at www.patreon.com/remedialherstory Find lesson plans at http://www.remedialherstory.com Educators! Get professional develop...

In this episode Kelsie and Brooke learn from Dr. Jack Gronau about women in French Imperialism looking at their complex role and standing. The era of new imperialism in the 19th and 20th centuries is often discussed as a male-centric endeavor for resources, markets, and global prestige. However, as he explains, women are central to this topic, particularly feminists and women in civil society orga...

A provocative title perhaps, but this week Kelsie and Brooke are joined on the podcast by Dr. Barry Strauss. We are talking Ancient Rome, Cleopatra, Octavia, the Julias and other women whose stories have been overshadowed by their male peers. Strauss is a classicist and a military and naval historian and a professor of history at Cornell University. He is the Series Editor of Princeton’s Turning P...