The Remedial Herstory Podcast

In this episode, Kelsie and Brooke introduce the next theme, Women and War! We will be talking about the changing role of women in war presently, highlighting the break throughs of women like Shaye Haver Capt. Kristen Griest who were the first women to pass the strenuous physical, mental, and technical challenges of the Army Ranger program. Over the course of this theme we will be talking war from...

This holiday season, let's revisit an episode from Season 1 on important women in the Torah and New Testament. Happy listening!

In this episode, Kelsie and Brooke chat about the history and impact of Mother's Against Drunk Driving, what we are calling a modern temperance movement. Kelsie reveals she went to college on a dry campus and Brooke confirms she did not.  Support our work at www.patreon.com/remedialherstory Find lesson plans at http://www.remedialherstory.com Educators! Get professional development credit for...

In this episode, Kelsie and Brooke chat with Dr. Elinor Cleghorn, author of Unwell Women a new book about the misdiagnosis of women throughout medical history. You can find Cleghorn's book 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 website a...

This week Kelsie and Brooke do a deep dive with Dr. Dorothy Cobble a women and labor historian from Rutgers University on the often overlooked women's labor movement of the 20th century. We are asking a question this week that many listeners might say, "Uh yes?" as an answer, but Cobble will challenge you to consider a more intersectional answer to the question. Join us!  Support our work at...

In this episode, Kelsie and Brooke are chatting with Dr. DeAnna Beachley, from the College of Southern Nevada (CSN) about the interconnections across social reform movements. Beachley is a professor of History and Women’s Studies at CSN, and is a Scholar of the American women’s suffrage movement, the American women’s movement, and social history. Let's get into this! Support our work at www.patreo...

In this episode, Kelsie and Brooke meet with Dr. Martha Libster, a PhD in history as well as an APRN to talk about the history of nursing in the 19th century. She's also the Founder and Executive Director of the Self-care Institute at Golden Apple Healing Arts and Publisher for Golden Apple Publications is an innovative education designer, master teacher trainer, author, and consultant in integrat...

In this episode Kelsie and Brooke are joined by Dr. Amy Forss to talk about the importance of preserving artifacts for curating and understanding women's history. Artifacts help history come alive. Tune in! 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 ou...

In this episode Kelsie and Brooke introduce the next theme, Women in Social Reform, and they start with the most powerful women's reform movement of the 19th century: temperance. Kelsie teaches Brooke about three women every school child should know: Frances Willard, Carry Nation, and Ida B. Wells-Barnett among many many others. Things get tense. Let's get into it.  Support our work at www.pa...

Our friends Leah and Rachel from Hashtag History join us on this weeks episode to talk about their favorite topic: Anita Hill. While not a politician by trade, Hill became political and the turning point in a women's movement. Sexually harassed by her former boss, she was quiet until he was nominated for the Supreme Court. She went public and her testimony was heard around the world. In this episo...

In this episode, Kelsie and Brooke are chatting with Dr. Elizabeth Katz about the gradual steps women took to gain political office positions. This is an important theme to understanding the slow shift toward more public roles for women. Support our work at www.patreon.com/remedialherstory Find lesson plans at http://www.remedialherstory.com Educators! Get professional development credit for liste...

In this episode, Kelsie and Brooke chat with Dr. Christy Regenhardt about her research and work on perhaps the most famous US First Lady: Eleanor Roosevelt. Roosevelt is impressive in a million ways, but the ways in which she used her platform and position to influence change was altering for the role of the first lady. Most of us only scratch the surface of her work when we discuss it with our st...

The First Ladies Man, Andrew Och, is back to wow us with more history of the lesser known First Ladies of the turn of the 20th Century: Edith Roosevelt, Helen Taft, Ellen Wilson and Edith Wilson, Florence Harding, Grace Coolidge, and Lou Hoover. We are asking, were these women just wives? What roles did these women play? And why might they be lesser known? We are so grateful to Andrew Och for comi...

In this episode, Kelsie and Brooke sit down with Dr. Sydney Bland who is not only a pioneering women's historian, but also an expert on woman suffrage. In his early career, he had an opportunity to interview THE ALICE PAUL. He's a wealth of knowledge! Buckle your seat belt as you relearn history you think you know.  Support our work at www.patreon.com/remedialherstory Find lesson plans at htt...

In this episode, Kelsie and Brooke sit down with Dr. Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger to discuss her research and upcoming book on Maria Theresa, one of the most powerful women of Europe. Maria Theresa is, like many historical figures, a complicated one. She is a woman judged for her gender before her merit, she ruled while a mother of 16 children and considered the grandmother of Europe as so many of h...

In this episode, Kelsie and Brooke sit down with Deb Hunter, an independent historian with a deep passion for Tudor history, to talk about the all important, Elizabeth I. Her reign marks the beginning of modern history as well as other major global shifts in both US and world history.  Support our work at www.patreon.com/remedialherstory Find lesson plans at http://www.remedialherstory.com Ed...

In this episode, Kelsie and Brooke sit down with Chloe Gardner to discuss the lives and legacies of two women many have heard of, Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn. These women were powerful, influential, and pitted against each other. Both were wives of King Henry VIII and transformed English politics. There are so many debates about these women, and we weigh in on them.  Support our work...

This episode, Kelsie and Brooke learn from Shelley Puhak, author of a new book The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry that Forged the Medieval World , which you can preorder now. The book is about two real life women who ruled most of Western Europe during the Middle Ages and none of us have ever heard of them, because that's what their successors wanted. Puhaks promotion reads, "Brunhild was a forei...

In this episode, Kelsie shares her interview of soon-to-be Dr. Cony Marquez, with Brooke and they discuss Empress Wu and Empress Dowager Cixi.  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 website and complete the form and we will send you your...

In this episode Kelsie and Brooke are introducing the first theme of the season: Empresses, Monarchs, and Politicians. Then Kelsie teaches Brooke a little bit about just how far back you can take this theme... to the very beginning. They discuss the Sumerian King, Kubaba, and the Egyptian Pharaoh, Nefertiti.  Support our work at www.patreon.com/remedialherstory Find lesson plans at http://www...

Welcome back to Season 2... And by season we really mean year because let’s be honest we’re educators and we work in school years. Happy start of school year! Kelsie and Brooke get together to talk about RHP, the summer projects, reintroduce ourselves and our mission. We share a bit of our conversation with Prasidha at WEAR to inspire you about future generations and the year ahead! You can f...

Brooke and Kelsie sat down to reflect on the first year of the podcast and RHP as a growing organization. We discussed some of our favorite episodes, our gratitude for our patrons, and what the next year will look like.  Support our work at www.patreon.com/remedialherstory Find lesson plans at http://www.remedialherstory.com

This week Brooke sat down with Judy Batalion , author of a new book, “ The Light of Days ,” about Jewish women who fought in the resistance against the Nazis during WWII. This was a fun role reversal and an honor to learn about this incredible history! Support our work at www.patreon.com/remedialherstory Find lesson plans at http://www.remedialherstory.com

This week Kelsie and Brooke dive back into one of their favorite topics for a two-week pairing of lesser known women's stories from WWII. Kelsie interviewed author Kate Quinn. Quinn is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of historical fiction. A native of southern California, she attended Boston University where she earned a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Classical Voice. Suppor...

This week, Kelsie and Brooke tackle women's Enlightenment thinkers in the west and sources that should be used as "Founding Documents" in civics and government classes.  Support our work at www.patreon.com/remedialherstory Find lesson plans at http://www.remedialherstory.com Bibliography British Library Editors. “Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Women.” British Library. N.D...