Join Holly and Tracy as they bring you the greatest and strangest Stuff You Missed In History Class in this podcast by iHeartRadio.
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/stuff-you-missed-in-history-cl-21124503/
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 65 days 14 hours 11 minutes
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Holly and Tracy discuss the unfortunate and gruesome event that allegedly happened at Anne-Marie-Louse's funeral. Harrison Dyar's compulsion and cruelty are also examined.
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Harrison G. Dyar, Jr., Entomologist and Tunneler
Harrison G. Dyar, Jr. is known today largely as a hobby tunneler. But he was also an influential entomologist, and his personal life was much more convoluted than any tunnel he ever dug.
Anne-Marie-Louise d’Orléans
Anne-Marie-Louise d’Orleans has been described by historians as having been one of the richest heiresses in history, as an insurgent, as unaccomplished, as an Amazon, as a writer, and as a fool. And she was sort of all of those things.
Research:
- Barine, Arvede, and Helen Meyer. “La Grande Mademoiselle 1627-1652.” Putnam. 1902. Accessed online: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/50717/50717-h/50717-h.htm
- Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia...
SYMHC Classics: Dr. Vera Peters
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Behind the Scenes Minis: Anthony's Secrets and Mammograms
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A History of Mammography
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Anthony van Dyck
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SYMHC Classics: Orphan Tsunami
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Behind the Scenes Minis: Succession and the Roeblings
Holly talks her infatuation with the show "Succession," and why Tracy might not like it. Tracy talks about a unique bridge designed by John Roebling.
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Emily Warren Roebling and the Brooklyn Bridge
Emily Warren Roebling played a crucial role in the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge after her husband became disabled. It’s a story of an engineering marvel and what mainstream U.S. society expected of women and disabled people in the 19th century.