Historia - Delta College Public Radio

What do Women’s History Month and angry women workers in the Russian Revolution have in common? A single date—March 8. Support this podcast: https://www.deltapublicmedia.org/donate/

The early 19th century pirate Zheng Yi Sao is an example of the grit, violence, and creativity of a woman born in difficult circumstances. Support this podcast: https://www.deltapublicmedia.org/donate/

Paul Revere's midnight ride has become part of our national mythos, but there were other riders in the American Revolution, including 16-year-old Sybil Ludington. Support this podcast: https://www.deltapublicmedia.org/donate/

Should some voices be purposefully marginalized? What do we do with authors, artists, and leaders whose early promise ended in actions and displays of values that deeply violate those of the current time? Support this podcast: https://www.deltapublicmedia.org/donate/

For much of American history, there were no federal laws limiting immigration at all. That openness began to change in the 1870s and 1880s, when the first restrictive immigration laws were aimed at one specific group: the Chinese. Support this podcast: https://www.deltapublicmedia.org/donate/

When speaking of the American Revolution, names such as George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Paul Revere come to mind. But lesser-known patriots were just as important to the cause. Today’s Historia involves the Culper Spy Ring and a noted spy identified as 355 who may have been Anna Smith Strong. Support this podcast: https://www.deltapublicmedia.org/donate/

Enheduanna was the first high priestess of the Akkadian Empire and the first named author in western civilization. Support this podcast: https://www.deltapublicmedia.org/donate/

No single person created the modern environmental movement, but if we had to name one, many of us would choose “Silent Spring” author Rachel Carson. Support this podcast: https://www.deltapublicmedia.org/donate/

In the 18th century, Bologna, Italy, granted a doctorate to Laura Bassi and hired her as a lecturer, establishing her as a pioneer for women in science. Support this podcast: https://www.deltapublicmedia.org/donate/

Our story takes us back to the summer of 1776 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where the Second Continental Congress met in a stifling hot room to draft a formal declaration to separate from Great Britain. Support this podcast: https://www.deltapublicmedia.org/donate/

Ida Wells was a journalist and crusader for civil rights and women's suffrage who investigated lynching cases in the decades following the Civil War. Support this podcast: https://www.deltapublicmedia.org/donate/

Victor Klemperer was a writer whose diaries paint a vivid picture of the rise of Nazi Germany and Jewish life under that regime. Support this podcast: https://www.deltapublicmedia.org/donate/

Dean Mahomet was an entrepreneur who brought cuisine and wellness practices from his native India to Britain. Support this podcast: https://www.deltapublicmedia.org/donate/

More than two decades before the feast in colonial New England, Spanish explorer Don Juan de Oñate ordered a day of thanksgiving in what is now Texas. Support this podcast: https://www.deltapublicmedia.org/donate/

In September of 1968, about 200 equal rights activists gathered in Atlantic City to protest the Miss America Pageant. The protest made global headlines, but today it is often remembered for the birth of the term, “bra-burning feminist.” But were they? Support this podcast: https://www.deltapublicmedia.org/donate/

Dora Richter was a transwoman and member of Berlin’s LGBT community who escaped the Nazis multiple times during World War II. Support this podcast: https://www.deltapublicmedia.org/donate/

On October 31, 1517 a young Martin Luther, just five years into his career as a doctor of theology, sent the 95 Theses, to his superiors in a move that sparked the Protestant Reformation. Support this podcast: https://www.deltapublicmedia.org/donate/

Picture a farmer in Iowa in 1930. He’s been through years of falling prices. Along comes a promise from Washington: a new law that will protect him from cheap foreign competition, raise the price of imports, and, supposedly, give American agriculture a boost. Support this podcast: https://www.deltabroadcasting.org/donate/

Warning: This episode discusses sex and the sex trade. Eleanor Rykener’s court records suggest she may have been living as a transwoman in Medieval London. Support this podcast and others like it: https://www.deltabroadcasting.org/donate/

At the beginning of the sixteenth century, in what is often called the early modern era, King Henry VIII of England was desperate to show his dominance and his legitimacy as ruler by invading France. Support this podcast and others like it: https://www.deltabroadcasting.org/donate/

October 29, 1929. The stock market collapsed, sending shockwaves across the country. Underlying problems that had been building for years were exposed and the United States’ economic decline was swift, devastating, and all-encompassing.

We know more about Joan of Arc than perhaps any other person from medieval Europe. Yet in some ways we do not know her, as her story seems so out of the ordinary, and so hard for modern people to comprehend. Support Delta College Public Radio: https://www.deltabroadcasting.org/donate/

The story of the French Revolution is often told as that of hapless King Louis, his spoiled queen Marie Antoinette, and the guillotine. But women played a significant role in this revolution from the start. Support Delta College Public Radio: https://www.deltabroadcasting.org/donate/

How Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments Act opened doors for women to compete in sports and fully participate in education. Delta College Public Radio is funded by our community. Donate today: https://www.deltabroadcasting.org/donate/radio/

A hundred years after the fact, most people would agree that World War I was a colossal waste of human life. But at the time, voices for peace were few in number, isolated, and faced political persecution. One such voice was Alice Wheeldon.

Today's story is about a Roman aristocrat and his failed attempt to overthrow the republic.

Although Italian food was at first seen as foreign and odd, by the mid-20th century Italian food became an integral part of America’s culinary landscape. One person influential in this change was Ettore Boiardi, aka Chef Boyardee.

In 1916, as World War I raged, a small group of Irish rebels struck a blow for freedom against the might of the British Empire. The Easter Rising in Dublin was a tragic failure, but it marks the start of Ireland’s successful struggle for independence.

Audre Lorde was a Black lesbian feminist poet and activist who used the written word to share her experiences living between the American dream and its reality.

In 1919, the golden image of baseball was tarnished when eight members of the Chicago White Sox were implicated in a scandal that rocked the nation—fixing the World Series.

You may be familiar with the WWII-era women's pro baseball league, famously featured in "A League of Their Own." But women were playing professionally long before then, including a 17-year-old pitcher who struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.

One of our great American poets shared his struggles with the dreams of America and the realities of living amongst the historical shades that created and sometimes betrayed them.

As Black and Asian subjects of the British Empire took to the game, they - like Jackie Robinson in American baseball – had to fight against racism and segregation.

Growing up in Saginaw, for decades I heard the name Audra Francis. She is memorialized in the Saginaw Hall of Fame. Several buildings have been named after her. And at least once Saginaw celebrated an Audra Francis Memorial Day. Yet, I didn’t find much published about her.

Born in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1921, Henry Marsh was an attorney, community leader, civil rights activist, and Saginaw, Michigan’s first Black mayor.

In Origins of Totalitarianism, Arendt traced the history of anti-Semitism in the west and repeatedly pointed out that the horrors of totalitarianism were possible because ordinary people did nothing to stop them.

In 18th century America, a Quaker preacher known as the Public Universal Friend declared themselves to be neither a man nor a woman and challenged contemporary views on race and gender.

Free Black communities living on the margins of colonized America were not unusual. Indeed, they were common enough that their members were given a name: Maroons.

Within the convent, some Renaissance women could find a degree of independence and power, and even pursue the male-dominated field of art.

A 1990 law allows Native tribes to reclaim remains and other items taken from indigenous graves and put in museums. But more than 110,000 remains and funerary remains have yet to make their way home.

When medieval mystic Marguerite Porete came under attack from the church for her book, The Mirror of Simple Souls, she did what would infuriate church leaders the most. She refused to acknowledge their authority.

As historians try to fill in the gaps and magnify stories from marginalized groups, how do we reconcile victories that came from stepping on other marginalized groups?