Author: victorehistory

S4, E 6 Epidemic Disease and Medical Relief during the Irish Potato Famine with Dr. Robert Lane

“The Famine Memorial Dublin Ireland May 2018” by Ron Cogswell is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

In this episode, Dr. Rob Lane, ENT Physician and current FHSU M.A. in History student, joins Hollie to discuss epidemic disease and medical relief during the Irish Potato Famine.

You can find this episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or any of the major podcast platforms. Make sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode.

Selected Bibliography:

Film- Black ’47

Corrigan, Dominic. On famine and fever as cause and effect in Ireland: with observations on hospital location, and the dispensation in outdoor relief of food and medicine. Dublin: Goodwin, Son, and Nethercott, Printers, 1846. https://wellcomecollection.org/works/y5ydbae6/items?canvas=35.

Crowley, John, William Smyth, and Mike Murphy, eds. Atlas of the Great Irish Famine. New York: New York University Press, 2012.

Geary, Laurence. Medicine and charity in Ireland, 1718-1851. Dublin: University College Dublin Press, 2004.

O’Connor, John. The Workhouses of Ireland: The Fate of Ireland’s Poor. Dublin: Anvil Books, 1995.

Ó Murchadha, Ciarán. The Great Famine: Ireland’s Agony, 1845-1852. London: Bloomsbury, 2013.

“Famine Memorial” by Daniel Dudek is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Are you interested in a history degree? We have online and on campus B.A. programs and we also have online and on campus M.A. programs in history or public history. Learn more at https://www.fhsu.edu/history/academic-programs/         

S4, Episode 5- “Child-free Women in the early 20th century” with Chelsea Kiefer

Chelsea Kiefer, senior history major at FHSU, joins Hollie Marquess to discuss child-free women in the first half of the 20th century. She unpacks rates of child-free women, methods to prevent pregnancy (including horrifying ones like a condom that looks like a chef hat and ones that are reusable), and Eugenic postcards.

You can find this episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or any of the major podcast platforms. Make sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode.

-example of Eugenics postcard

In the episode, Chelsea and Hollie mention a condom that looks like a chef hat. We are not using an image of the reusable condoms here, but you can use your imagination for that.

Are you interested in a history degree? We have online and on campus B.A. programs and we also have online and on campus M.A. programs in history or public history. Learn more at https://www.fhsu.edu/history/academic-programs/

S4, E4- Study Abroad to Florence and Prague

Hollie Marquess is joined by Dr. Kim Perez of the FHSU history program and several of her students that went on a Study Abroad to Prague and Florence over the summer. Savanna Baumgart, Rachel Waddell, Becca Balzan, and Erin Adams discuss all things Prague and Florence in this episode. 

You can find this episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or any of the major podcast platforms. Make sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode.

Are you interested in a history degree? We have online and on campus B.A. programs and we also have online and on campus M.A. programs in history or public history. Learn more at https://www.fhsu.edu/history/academic-programs/         

S 4, E3 “Jacqueline Cochran and the creation of the Women’s Flying Training Detachment” with Kayla Nelson

Kayla Nelson, graduate Public History major at FHSU, joins Hollie to discuss female aviation pioneer Jacqueline Cochran, who advocated that women had women pilots had the skills and abilities to fly for the war effort during WWII. She formed the Women Flying Training Detachment and eventually headed the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs).

You can find this episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or any of the major podcast platforms. Make sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode.

Selected Bibliography:

Cochran, Jacqueline. “American Women Pilots” 3 September 1943, Box 14, Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) Series, Eisenhower Presidential Library. https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/sites/default/files/file/cochran_BinderJJ.pdf.

Landdeck, Katherine Sharp. The Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II. New York: Crown, 2021.

Smith, Hannah. “The Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII: A Tactical Necessity with Strategic Implications.” Air & Space Power History 69, no. 1 (2022). https://www.afhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Spring2022Issue_All-1.pdf.

Olds, Robert. “To all women holders of licenses,” 29 July 1941, Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) Series, Box 2, Subseries I: Pre-WASP Files, Eisenhower Presidential Library. https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/sites/default/files/file/cochran_BinderA.pdf.

War Department. “Jacqueline Cochran Named Director of Women’s Flying Training in Army,” 14 September 1942, Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) Series, Box 2, Subseries I: Pre-WASP Files, Eisenhower Presidential Library. https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/sites/default/files/file/cochran_BinderCC.pdf.

Are you interested in a history degree? We have online and on campus B.A. programs and we also have online and on campus M.A. programs in history or public history. Learn more at https://www.fhsu.edu/history/academic-programs/         

S4, E2- “Obscenity law and the Supreme Court” with Ashlynn Kelly

Anthony Comstock

Ashlynn Kelly, senior history major at FHSU, joins Hollie Marquess to talk about Anthony Comstock, how the Supreme Court tried to define obscenity, and Kansas’s relationship with obscenity law.

You can find this episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or any of the major podcast platforms. Make sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode.

Selected Bibliography:

Memoirs v. Massachusetts, 383 U.S. 413 (1966), https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/383/413/.

Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15 (1973), https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?public=true&handle=hein.usreports/usrep413&div=10&start_page=15&collection=usreports&set_as_cursor=2&men_tab=srchresults.

Quantity of Books et al. v. Kansas, 378 U.S. 205 (1964), https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?public=true&handle=hein.usreports/usrep378&div=25&start_page=205&collection=usreports&set_as_cursor=0&men_tab=srchresults.

Roth v. United States, 354 US 476 (1957), https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?collection=usreports&handle=hein.usreports/usrep354&id=517&men_tab=srchresults.

State v. A Motion Picture Entitled “The Bet,” 219 Kan. 64, 547 P.2d 760 (Kan. 1976) https://heinonline.org/HOL/CaseLawAuth?cid=1904294&native_id=1904294&rest=1&collection=fastcasefull.

Swearingen v. United States, 161 U.S. 446, 16 S.Ct. 562 (1896), https://heinonline.org/HOL/CaseLawAuth?cid=348734&native_id=348734&rest=1&collection=fastcasefull.

United States v. One Book Called “Ulysses,” 5 F. Supp. 182 (S. D. New York 1933), https://heinonline.org/HOL/CaseLawAuth?cid=7165726&native_id=7165726&rest=1&collection=fastcasefull.

Are you interested in a history degree? We have online and on campus B.A. programs and we also have online and on campus M.A. programs in history or public history. Learn more at https://www.fhsu.edu/history/academic-programs/

Season 4 Episode 1- Alumnus Chris Dinkel- history and law school

In our first episode of season 4, host Hollie Marquess is joined by Chris Dinkel, alumnus of FHSU, and Dr. Kim Perez, history faculty. Chris completed his M.A. in history at FHSU and has since graduated from Columbia Law School in NYC. Chris discusses his time in our master’s program, his study process for the LSAT, living in a miniscule NYC apartment with a family of three, and his recent case that went to the Supreme court.

Chris was honored with FHSU’s Young Alumni Award in 2023. The Young Alumni Award was designed to recognize outstanding achievements and recent accomplishments early in their careers.

You can find this episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or any of the major podcast platforms. Make sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode

Are you interested in a history degree? We have online and on campus B.A. programs and we also have online and on campus M.A. programs in history or public history. Learn more at https://www.fhsu.edu/history/academic-programs/

Season 4 is coming soon!

Season four premiers August 28! Mark your calendars for episodes out every other Monday. Season four features an alumnus who has recently taken a case to the Supreme Court and another who creates historical statues. Featured student research includes topics such as obscenity and the courts, WWII aviation, early 20th century child-free women, and more! We’ll also hear from students who traveled to Florence and Prague over the summer. In the meantime, catch up on any episodes you’ve missed, or listen to your favorites again. Be sure to share widely and help us spread the word about these amazing students and their hard work!

S3 Episode 7- Poland 2023- Students discuss study abroad

Students and Ms. Marquess in downtown Warsaw

In our final episode of this semester, Dr. Guha is joined by Dr. Nickell and Hollie Marquess, along with three students who went on their study abroad to Poland trip in March 2023. History majors Alex White, Sarah Keiss, and Ashlyn Carlson discuss their experience of learning about Jewish life before, during, and after the Holocaust in Poland. Of course, we also discuss pierogis!

Dr. Nickell and a peirogi

You can find this episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or any of the major podcast platforms. Make sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode.

FHSU students at Cafe Bergson in Oswiecim

Are you interested in a history degree? We have online and on campus B.A. programs and we also have online and on campus M.A. programs in history or public history. Learn more at https://www.fhsu.edu/history/academic-programs/         

S3 Episode 6- “Edythe Eyde: A Queer Media Pioneer” with Lucy Martin

Junior Lucy Martin joins Hollie Marquess to discuss Edythe Eyde and her contributions to Queer Media that helped to shape a lesbian identity and inspire the LGBTQ Civil Rights movements at mid-century. Eyde wrote the first lesbian newsletter in the U.S., “Vice Versa” and also sang about queer life.

You can find this episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or any of the major podcast platforms. Make sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode.

After you listen to Lucy’s episode, check out https://makinggayhistory.com/podcast/bonus-episode-edythe-eydes-gay-gals-mixtape/ so you can hear her songs.

While working at RKO Pictures, Edythe’s boss told her to “look busy” and so she typed her lesbian newsletter with carbon copies to distribute.

Selected Bibliography:

Ben, Lisa. “Vice Versa,” Queer Music Heritage. https://queermusicheritage.com/viceversa0.html (Copies of Vice Versa)

Eyde, Edythe. Interview by Eric Marcus, n.d. in “Edyth Eyde aka Lisa Ben.” October 26, 2016, Making Gay History: LGBTQ Oral Histories from the Archives, produced by Pineapple Street Media, podcast, 15:33, https://makinggayhistory.com/podcast/episode-1-3/.

Edye, Edythe. Interview by Eric Marcus, n.d. in “Bonus Episode- Edyth Eyde’s Gay Gal’s Mixtape.” October 11, 2017, Making Gay History: LGBTQ Oral Histories from the Archives, produced by Pineapple Street Media, podcast, 13:23, https://makinggayhistory.com/podcast/bonus-episode-edythe-eydes-gay-gals-mixtape/.

Hansen, Rob. “Tigrina (Edythe Edye).”  http://www.fiawol.org.uk/fanstuff/THEN%20Archive/LASFS/Tigrina.htm.

Legare, Lydia. “Lisa Ben’s Songbook.” https://lydialegare.wixsite.com/lisabenssongbook.

Marcus, Eric. Making History: The Struggle for Gay and Lesbian Equal Rights, 1945-1990; An Oral History. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1992.                                                           

Are you interested in a history degree? We have online and on campus B.A. programs and we also have online and on campus M.A. programs in history or public history. Learn more at https://www.fhsu.edu/history/academic-programs/         

S3 Episode 5 “Entrapment, the Mattachine Society, and Gay Rights” with Megan Householter

Sophomore Megan Householter joins Hollie Marquess to discuss how the tactics of Vice Squads, like entrapment, led to the forming of the Mattachine Society at mid-century and, ultimately, to a modern gay rights movement. 

You can find this episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or any of the major podcast platforms. Make sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode.

Selected Bibliography:

Call, Hal. Interview by Eric Marcus, n.d., in “Hal Call.” March 16, 2017, Making Gay History: LGBTQ Oral Histories from the Archives, produced by Pineapple Street Media, podcast, 22:35, https://makinggayhistory.com/podcast/episode-13-hal-call/

Charles, Douglas M. Hoover’s War on Gays: Exposing the FBI’s “Sex Deviates” Program. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, September 2015.

D’Emilio, John. Making Trouble: Essays on Gay History, Politics, and the University. New York: Routledge Publishing, 1992.

Hay, Harry. Radically Gay: Gay Liberation in the Words of its Founder. Edited by Will Roscoe. Boston: Beacon Press, 1996.

Lvovsky, Anna. Vice Patrol: Cops, Courts, and the Struggle over Urban Gay Life Before Stonewall. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, May 2021. ProQuest. 

Are you interested in a history degree? We have online and on campus B.A. programs and we also have online and on campus M.A. programs in history or public history. Learn more at https://www.fhsu.edu/history/academic-programs/