Episodes
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History of Halloween
How Samhain evolved into present day Halloween. cchistsoc.org
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Stranger Than Fiction, the story of Cropsey
https://astonishinglegends.com/astonishing-legends/2023/10/1the-legend-of-cropseyhttps://web.archive.org/web/20140125103151/https://cropseylegend.com https://classicnewyourkhistory.com https://www.historicmysteries.com To support the work of Cumberland County Historical Society please visit our...
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Urban Legends- The Jersey Devil
Carol Johnson and David Munn. "Jersey Devil, Fact or Fiction?"Atlantic County Library, https://www.atlanticcountynj.gov/government/government-information/history-of-atlantic-county/jersey-devil-fact-or-fiction To support the work of CCHS please visit our website-cchistsoc.org
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The Ghost Boy of Atco
This month The Not Well-Behaved Women discuss popular Urban Legends. First up a local Atco New Jersey Urban Legend. "The Atco Ghost," Weird New Jersey History (2020) https;//weirdnj.com/stories/atco-ghost/ To support the work of CCHS please visit our website; cchistsoc.org
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Conspicuous Consumption and Fast Fashion- Part 1
The Not Well-Behaved Women discuss, how fast fashion contributes to consumerism. Does fashion serve us, or do we serve fashion? With special Guest Cait Amer. Estelle Ansley Worell, American Costume:1840-1920 (1979) To support the work of Cumberland County Historical Society, please visit our...
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Summer Wrap Up
Tori and Rose Emily wrap up the adventures of The Not Well-Behaved Women and give a peek at what's coming up.
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Digitalization of History and the use of AI
Tori and Tia discuss the pros and cons of using AI and digitalization to document, analysis and preserve history. cchistsoc.org
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Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Britt, Tori, and Tia give an in-depth analysis of the 2020 movie Portrait of a Lady on Fire.
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What's a Public Historian Anyway?
Britt, Tori, and Tia, discuss what a Public Historian is, what they do, and why it matters. Michael E. Ruane: The exhumed skull of a would-be assassin, and its long journey home. 07042015/washingtonpost.com 250th Anniversary of the Greenwich Tea Burning Oct 5, 2024 10am-5pm cchistsoc.org
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Allow Us to Introduce Ourselves...again
After a brief hiatus our intrepid historians are back and even less well behaved than usual. Join Britt, Tori, and Tia as they explore the more unusual aspects of being historians. As always if you'd like to support the work of Cumberland County Historical Society, follow us on all social media...
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The History of Labor Day
Ella Reeve Bloor, We Are Many (1940) Rachel Donaldson, "Placing and Preserving Labor History," The Public Historian (Feb. 2017) Jacobs,James B., and Ellen Peters. "Labor Racketeering: The Mafia and the Unions." Crime and Justice 30 (2003) 229-82 http://www.jstor.org/stable/1147700 Sinclair…
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The Salem Witch Trials and its connection to Cumberland County NJ
Brittney Ingersoll, An Ancestor of the Salem Witch Trails in Fairfield, NJ: Rev Noyes Parris and the Fairfield Presbyterian Church.1692-1748 (CCHS Blog) cchistsoc.org carol F. Karlsen, The Devil in the Shape of a Woman: Witchcraft in Colonial New England:1987 Elizabeth Reis, Damned Women: Sinners...
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"Jaws" and the history of shark attacks in New Jersey
https://www.britannica.com/story/the-1916-shark-attacks-that-gave-sharks-a-bad-rap Michael Capuzzo, Close to Shore: A True Story of Terror in An Age of Innocence, May 8,2001 Adventure Aquarium, Camden NJ-adventureaquarium.com
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Historian Pat Martinelli discusses the opening of her new museum
Britt, and Tia talk to their special guest Pat Martinelli about the new Italian- American History Museum of South Jersey. Facebook- Italian-American History Museum of South Jersey. as always if you would like to support the work of the Cumberland County Historical Society you can donate at...
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The 4th of July with Britt, Tia and Pat
Britt and Tia discuss the history of July 4th with our guest host Pat Martinelli.
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Junteenth
Junteenth https://www.nps.gov/subjects/ npscelebrates/junteenth.htm https://nmaahc.si.edu/ecplore/stories/historical-legacy-juneteenth
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Potter's Tavern announcement
Information on the upcoming opening of the beautiful, historic Potter's Tavern,
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Lt Col Maragret McMahon
Listen as Lt Col McMahon recounts her life as a Vietnam era military nurse as well as what it was like to work in a MASH unit.
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Six The Musical
Harbert,Elissa. "Hamilton and History Musicals." American Music 36, no4 (2018):412-28 https://doi.org/10.5406/americanmusic.36.4.0412.
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History of the Met Gala and the Preservation of Iconic Fashion
Ripley's Denies any Damage to Marily Monroe Dress, The New York times" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/16/style/marilyn-monroe-dress-kim-kardashian-ripleys.html CHIOMA NNADI, "Kim Kardashian Takes Marilyn Monroe's "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" Dress Out for a Spin."...
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Passion for Fashion and Questions from our Listeners
Tia Antonelli, the Gibbon House docent, discusses an upcoming exhibit. Britt, Tori, and Tia answer questions from our listeners. Programming note: This episode was recorded during The Eclipse, expect, hilarity, and chaos. website-www.cchistsoc.org contact [email protected]...
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A visit with Dr James Johnson
Dr James Johson, "Maggie Elias, A Forgotten Pillar of Black Education in Wilmington Delaware". Delaware History, forthcoming 2025. Dr [email protected] cchistsoc.org PayPay- @CumbCHS
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Lincoln Assassination Discussion
Victoria Scannella, "No Clemency for the Wicked: Mary Surratt" March 22,2024 Questions/[email protected]
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History of Burlesque Part 2
website-cchistsoc.org contact [email protected] PayPal @CumbCHS
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The Origin of April Fools' Day- Maybe
Our intrepid historians discuss the possible origins of April Fools' Day If you have questions that you would like the Not Well-Behaved Women answer on air, please email us at [email protected]
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Ella Reeve Bloor, Socialist and Female Icon
Sources for the Podcast: https;//findingsaids.lib.umich.edu/catalog/umich-scl-bloor Brown, Kathleen A. "The savagely Fathered and Un-Mothered World' of the Communist Party, U.S.A.: Feminism, Maternalism, and 'Mother Bloor.'" Feminist studies 25, no 3 (1999): 537-70.…
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Sex Sells, The History of Burlesque
Podcast sources: Schlissel,Lillian. Review of Impertinent Women and Powerfull Men: Along View of Burlesque by Robert Allen. American Quarterly 46, no 1 (1994) :100-106. https;//doi.org/10.2307/2713359 Saxon, Theresa. "A Pair of Handsome Legs': Women on Stage, bodies on show, in...
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Discussion of the 2015 movie Suffragette
Sources for the Podcast "Suffragette: Tough Questions Disenfranchised Despite Earnest Attempt." The Guardian, https;//www.theguardian.com/film2015/oct22suffragette-film-carey-mulligan-maud-watts-working-class-womens-suffrage-movement-violence Bearman, C.J. "An Examination of Suffragette…
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A visit with special guest Patricia Martinelli.
Join us for our chat with a true original, Patti Martinelli. Newspaper writer, author, historian, traveler, storyteller, Patti has done if not all at least most of it. For more from Patti please visit her store: https:www.amazon.com/stores/author/B001JSD2DE/about...
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A Visit with archaeologist Richard Adamczyk, curator of the Alan E Carman Museum of Prehistory
A fascinating conversation with Cumberland County's own Richard Adamczyk, archaeologist, and museum curator To support Richard's work at the Museum of Prehistory please visit our website at www.cchistsoc.org Paypal- @CumbCHS
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A Visit with archaeologist Richard Adamczyk, curator of the Alan E Carman Museum of Prehistory
Trailer for upcoming episode.
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Frederick Douglass-The Sage of Cedar Hill
An Indepth discussion of the impact of Frederick Douglass, from enslavement to oration. www.cchistsoc.org "Aboard the Underground Railroad: Bethel AME Church," National Park Service Cumberland County Played Large Role in Underground Railroad Route," Press of Atlantic City,...
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She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not... a brief history of Valentine's Day
How did the idea of Valentine's Day start? Join us for an in-depth discussion of the sweetest of holidays. www.cchistsoc.org Rebecca J. Fraser, Courtship and Love Among the Enslaved in North Carolina (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2007) Karen Lystra, Searching the Heart: Women, Men…
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The movie Glory: Fact or Fiction
www.cchistsoc.org Sources: Is Glory a True Story? by Diksha Sundriyal https;//thecinemaholic.com/glory-true-story/ Joseph T Glatthar, ""Glory,' the 54th Massachusetts Infantry, and Black Soldiers in the Civil War." The History Teacher 24, no.4 (1991);475-85. https;//doi.org/10.2307/494706…
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Quirky Cumberland County NJ History
Cumberland County NJ has a long history, some of it is pretty unusual to say the least. Join Britt, Tori, and Tia as they discuss the "Spanking Machine", and the "Rabies Man." www.cchistsoc.org Sources: The Bridgeton Evening News, March 13, 1915 Greenwich Township Ticket March 12, 1895 Pounds and...
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Hamilton, the Musical, Fact and Fiction
Hamilton was a hugely popular musical but how accurately does it portray gender, race and class in a historic setting? Join our three intrepid and not well-behaved women as they sort fact from fiction. Further reading: Review Essays Race-Conscious Casting and the Erasure of the Black Past in...
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The Not Well-Behaved Women, Introductions
Meet the fun, quirky women of Cumberland County NJ Historical Society, Britt, Tory, and Tia. Each week they will discuss the unusual, unsettling, and fascinating history of Cumberland County, and how it reflects the larger history of our country. Join Britt, Tory and Tia every Tuesday to be...