Making Herstory

Happy Women's Equality Day! On this day, August 26, 1920, the 19th Amendment was officially added to the United States Constitution.  In this episode, we discuss the 20th century movement for women's suffrage. Special Guest: Dr. Lisa Tetrault, Associate Professor of Carnegie-Mellon University and author of The Myth of Seneca Falls, discusses the narratives of suffrage history and the legacy of the 19th Amendment. Notes: Carnegie-Mellon University, Department of History.  “Biography of Lisa Tetrault.” https://www.cmu.edu/dietrich/history/people/faculty/tetrault.html Cott, Nancy.  The Grounding of Modern Feminism. https://www.charisbooksandmore.com/book/9780300042283 Edwards, Rebecca.  New Spirits: American in the Gilded Age 1865-1905. https://www.charisbooksandmore.com/book/9780190217174 Lunardini, Christine.  Alice Paul: Equality for Women. https://www.charisbooksandmore.com/book/9780813347615 Lunardini, Christine.  From Equal Suffrage to Equal Rights. https://www.amazon.com/dp/0814750222/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_I3TrFbBRAM9Y9 McGerr, Michael.  A Fierce Discontent: The Rise and Fall of the Progressive Movement in America. https://www.charisbooksandmore.com/book/9780195183658 National Women’s History Museum.  http://www.nwhm.org/ National Woman’s Party.  https://www.nationalwomansparty.org/ PBS: American Experience.  “The Vote.”  https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/vote Petrash, Antonia.  Long Island and the Woman Suffrage Movement. https://www.charisbooksandmore.com/book/9781540232311 Sneider, Allison.  Suffragists in an Imperial Age. https://www.charisbooksandmore.com/book/9780195321173 Stansell, Christine.  The Feminist Promise: 1792 to Present. https://www.charisbooksandmore.com/book/9780812972023 Tennessee Woman Suffrage Heritage Trail.  https://tnwomansuffrageheritagetrail.com/ Walton, Mary.  A Woman’s Crusade: Alice Paul and the Battle for the Ballot. https://www.charisbooksandmore.com/book/9781250111708 Weiss, Elaine.  The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote. https://www.charisbooksandmore.com/book/9780143128991 Wheeler, Marjorie Spruill.  One Woman, One Vote. https://www.charisbooksandmore.com/book/9780939165261 Music Credits: “Stay Young” and “Future Looks Bright” by Nick Petrov (http://www.premiumbeat.com/)

This episode discuss the emergence of an organized women's rights movement in the United States from the American Revolution to the late 19th century.  Notes: Beeton, Beverley.  “How the West Was Won for Woman Suffrage” in One Woman, One Vote by Marjorie Spruill Wheeler (ed.) https://www.charisbooksandmore.com/book/9780939165261 Densmore, Christopher (ed.) et al.  Lucretia Mott Speaks. https://www.charisbooksandmore.com/book/9780252085550 Kerr, Andrea.  Lucy Stone: Speaking Out for Equality. https://www.charisbooksandmore.com/book/9780813518602 McMillen, Sally.  Lucy Stone: An Unapologetic Life. https://www.charisbooksandmore.com/book/9780199778393 McMillen, Sally.  Seneca Falls and the Origins of the Women’s Rights Movement. https://www.charisbooksandmore.com/book/9780195393330 McClymer, John.  This High and Holy Moment: The First National Women’s Rights Convention, 1850. https://www.charisbooksandmore.com/book/9780155079410 National Women’s History Museum.  http://www.nwhm.org/. Sherr, Lynn.  Failure is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony in Her Own Words. https://www.charisbooksandmore.com/book/9780812927184 Stansell, Christine.  The Feminist Promise: 1792 to Present. https://www.charisbooksandmore.com/book/9780812972023 Stanton, Elizabeth Cady.  Eighty Years and More. https://www.charisbooksandmore.com/book/9781982136246 Tetrault, Lisa.  The Myth of Seneca Falls: Memory and the Women’s Suffrage Movement. https://www.charisbooksandmore.com/book/9781469633503 Women’s Rights National Historic Park https://www.nps.gov/wori Worcester Women’s History Project.  http://www.wwhp.org/ "Men their rights and nothing more; women their rights and nothing less." - Susan B. Anthony Music Credits: “Stay Young” and “Future Looks Bright” by Nick Petrov (http://www.premiumbeat.com/)

This episode explores the need for women and gender in the K-12 classroom with discussions of the current state of herstory in state standards, the challenges teachers face when implementing more inclusivity into the curriculum, and resources/strategies for teachers. Special Guest: Ms. Regina Wallace from Clayton County Public Schools. Resources for Teaching Herstory: Alexander Street Press: Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000.  https://search.alexanderstreet.com/wass EDSITEment!: Women’s History in the United States. https://edsitement.neh.gov/teachers-guides/womens-history-united-states “Feminist Glossary Because We Didn’t All Major in Gender Studies.” USA Today. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/03/16/feminism-glossary-lexicon-language/99120600 Library of Congress: American Women Digital Resources. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml/index.html National Archives: DocsTeach. https://www.docsteach.org/ National Women’s History Museum.  https://www.womenshistory.org/ Smithsonian: American Women’s History Initiative. https://womenshistory.si.edu/ Women’s History Month.  https://womenshistorymonth.gov/ Notes: Berkin, Carol, ed.  Clio in the Classroom: A Guide for Teaching U.S. Women’s History.  Published in 2009. https://www.charisbooksandmore.com/book/9780195320138 Brookings Institute.  Brown Center Report on American Education: Understanding the Social Studies Teacher Workforce (2018).  https://www.brookings.edu/research/2018-brown-center-report-on-american-education-understanding-the-social-studies-teacher-workforce Carroll, Bernice, ed. Liberating Women’s History: Theoretical and Critical Essays. Published in 1976. No Longer in Print. Goldstone, Nancy. “Why Women’s History Month is a Mistake.” TIME Magazine. 2018. https://time.com/5209670/historian-against-womens-history-month Lerner, Gerda.  “Teaching Women’s History.” American Historical Association Publication.  Published in 1981.    National Women’s History Alliance.  https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/ National Women’s History Museum.  “Where Are the Women?: Curriculum Study.” https://www.womenshistory.org/social-studies-standards OurData.org.  “World Bank Survey, 2017: Gender Ratio.” https://ourworldindata.org/gender-ratio Weingarten, Elizabeth.  “Is This the End of the Crusade for Gender-Equal Curricula?”.  The Atlantic.  2017. https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/06/is-this-the-end-of-the-crusade-for-gender-equal-curricula/530493 Music Credits: “Stay Young” and “Future Looks Bright” by Nick Petrov (via Premium Beat)

This episode explores the origins of women and gender history as an academic field of study.  Included are discussions of why women's history matters, how the field began, the influence of the women's liberation movement, and book recommendations for future study. Sources & Recommendations: Alberti, Johanna.  Gender and the Historian. https://www.charisbooksandmore.com/book/9780582404632. Davis, Angela.  Women, Race, and Class. https://www.charisbooksandmore.com/book/9780394713519. Hanisch, Carol. “Personal is Political.” http://www.carolhanisch.org/CHwritings/PIP.html. Humanities Indicators.  “Racial/Ethnic Distributions in Degrees in History.” https://www.amacad.org/humanities-indicators/higher-education/racialethnic-distribution-degrees-history. Lerner, Gerda. Why History Matters. https://www.charisbooksandmore.com/book/9780195122893. Miller, Allison. “History Has a Race Problem.” https://www.historians.org/publications-and-directories/perspectives-on-history/november-2019/townhouse-notes-history-has-a-race-problem-and-its-existential. National Women’s History Museum.  “Where Are the Women?: Curriculum Study.” https://www.womenshistory.org/social-studies-standards. OurData.org.  “World Bank Survey, 2017: Gender Ratio.” https://ourworldindata.org/gender-ratio . Scott, Joan.  Gender and the Politics of History. https://www.charisbooksandmore.com/book/9780231118576. Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher.  Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History. https://www.charisbooksandmore.com/book/9781400075270. Music Credits: “Stay Young” and “Future Looks Bright” by Nick Petrov (via Premium Beat)

A sneak peak of what is to come! Stay tuned for the 1st episode at the end of June 2020.