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Fifty years ago, on September 29, 1963, Pope John XXIII opened the second working section of The Second Vatican Council and asserted its agenda to ...
- Added: Jun 18, 2013
- Length: 28:58
More than 75 years ago Shenandoah National Park opened to the public for the first time. One of the most scenic routes in Virginia— Skyline Drive w...
- Added: Jun 09, 2013
- Length: 58:40
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
BackStory producer Chioke I’Anson tells the story of Eugene Bullard, the first African-American fighter pilot in World War I – only he flew for Fra...
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: Apr 22, 2013
- Length: 06:22
- Purchases: 1
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Full Episodes
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Full Episodes
In America, you can be whoever you want to be. Literally. In this episode of BackStory, we look at some of the greatest cons, swindles, and counter...
Bought by KBRP Community Radio, WFPL News, WRPI, WEZU, Royalton Community Radio and more
- Added: Mar 29, 2013
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 9
In her new book, civil liberties lawyer Majorie Heins tells the stories of teachers and professors who resisted the communist witch hunt of the 195...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Feb 19, 2013
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 1
Tituba (March 1, 1692): A 17th-century slave. She is one of the first to be accused of practicing witchcraft during the Salem Witch trials in 1692.
- Added: Feb 02, 2013
- Length: 01:59
Elizabeth Veale Macarthur (March 2, 1795): Perhaps one of the greatest figures of Australia’s history. Her husband is known as “the father of Aust...
- Added: Feb 02, 2013
- Length: 01:59
Sarah Kemple Knight (March 3, 1705): Since its publication in 1825, Knight's journal, composed as an account of her round trip journey from Boston ...
- Added: Feb 02, 2013
- Length: 01:59
Wetamo and Mary Rowlandson (March 4, 1676): Mary, a Puritan minister's wife, was captured during the war in an Indian raid on Lancaster, Massachuse...
- Added: Feb 01, 2013
- Length: 01:59
Abigail Stoneman (March 5, 1770): Newport Rhode Island's first woman Inn owner and a remarkably ambitious and versatile business person for her day...
- Added: Feb 01, 2013
- Length: 01:59
Pauline Leon (March 6, 1792): She addressed the National Assembly on behalf of Parisian women, suggesting that a female militia be formed so that ...
- Added: Feb 01, 2013
- Length: 01:59
Marie Dorion (March 7, 1814): the only female member of the Astor Expedition, also known as the Wilson Price Hunt Expedition. Dorion was a member ...
- Added: Feb 01, 2013
- Length: 01:59
Jeanne Baret (March 8, 1769): a member of Louis Antoine de Bougainville’s expedition on the ships La Boudeuse and Etoile in 1766–1769. Baret is re...
- Added: Feb 01, 2013
- Length: 01:59
Maria Ann Smith (March 9, 1870): It’s called the “Granny Smith.” Maria noticed a seedling apple growing on her property. The seedling had developed...
- Added: Feb 01, 2013
- Length: 01:59
Elizabeth Coxen Gould (March 10, 1832): An accomplished artist when she married John Gould in 1829, Elizabeth was the chief artist and lithographer...
- Added: Feb 01, 2013
- Length: 01:59
Sacagawea (March 11, 1805): From the Lemhi Shoshone tribe, Sacagawea has become an important part of the Lewis and Clark legend in the American pub...
- Added: Feb 01, 2013
- Length: 01:59
Jane Colden (March 12, 1759): An American botanist described as the "first botanist of her sex in her country.” Contemporary scholarship maintain...
- Added: Feb 01, 2013
- Length: 01:59
Martha Turnstall Smith (March 13, 1707): She used her inheritance as the widow of a wealthy landowner to establish a successful whaling business. S...
- Added: Feb 01, 2013
- Length: 01:59
Esther Abrahams Johnston (March 14, 1802): Abrahams was tried in London in 1786 for stealing lace valued at 50 shillings. Esther was found guilty o...
- Added: Feb 01, 2013
- Length: 01:59
Hannah Duston (March 15, 1697): A 40-year-old colonial Massachusetts Puritan mother of 12 who was taken captive by Native American’s with her newbo...
- Added: Feb 01, 2013
- Length: 01:59
Mercy Short (March 16, 1693): This 15-year-old, orphaned servant girl, is one of the most puzzling and intriguing figures to emerge from the witch...
- Added: Feb 01, 2013
- Length: 01:59
Sally Hemings (March 17, 1826): Born in Virginia around 1773, Sally Hemings was a slave owned by U.S. President Thomas Jefferson. After his wife's...
- Added: Feb 01, 2013
- Length: 01:59
Grace Sherwood (March 28, 1705): She was tried and convicted of witchcraft in the Princess Anne County court of the U.S. state of Virginia in 1705...
- Added: Feb 01, 2013
- Length: 01:59
Catalina de Erauso (March 18, 1600): After leaving nun’s convent, Catalina dressed as a man, and left on a long journey from San Sebastian to Vall...
- Added: Feb 01, 2013
- Length: 01:59
Anne Drysdale And Caroline Newcombe (March 19, 1840) The two women were squatters. They established a successful sheep farm at a time when women ra...
- Added: Feb 01, 2013
- Length: 01:59
