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Ida B. Wells (19th Amendment Anniversary Special)

Tour Guide Tell All’s celebration of the Centennial of the ratification of the 19^th Amendment continues with a look at Ida B. Wells. All month long, to celebrate this important milestone for women and the country, we are focusing on the struggle for suffrage, and the women who fought to give us the right to vote.  For our third installment, we are talking about suffragist, civil rights pioneer, journalist, and anti-lynching advocate Ida B. Wells.  

 

Join us as we tell the story of this incredible woman and talk about the emergence of feminism from the perspective of women of color and how their story has diverged, often in painful ways, from the more traditional (and incomplete) narrative of white feminism.  

 

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If you are interested in more information, we found these resources to be helpful:

• The Ida B Wells Mural coming to DC for this anniversary
• Ida B Wells at the National Women’s History Museum
• Her Overlooked Obituary from the NY Times that we reference in the pod
• Ida’s great grandchildren are still in the fight! 
• Review of “Hood Feminism” by Mikki Kendall that is referenced in the pod (buy from a local seller!)  

 

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Becca Grawl

The Person Repsonsible For it Sound Good: Dan King

Technical and Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega

Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

Lucy Burns & Inez Milholland (19th Amendment Anniversary Special)

“There’s a quote from Inez that I love, ‘I am prepared to sacrifice every so-called privilege I possess, in order to have a few rights.’ And I love that, this idea that even if you are privileged by your class...by beauty, by whatever, privilege does not, at the end of the day, replace rights under the law.”  

Tour Guide Tell All continues our celebration of the Centennial Anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote.  All month long, our regular episodes highlight women who made important contributions to this struggle. This week, “The Rebeccas” take a deep dive into two women who aren’t often highlighted when we talk about the Suffrage Movement, but were greatly responsible for the eventual success of the campaign by refining tactics and overall strategies to, once and for all, demand unequivocally women’s right to vote.  

 

Lucy Burns will be one half of a formidable partnership with Alice Paul, using her intellect and keen writing ability to create a new sense of urgency and passion for a movement that many believed had stalled out in the very early 20th century.

 

Inez Milholland, whose striking classical beauty becomes the literal face of the Suffragette Movement, brings a new energy for the campaign. You may not remember the name, but you might recognize her from pictures leading the immense 1913 Suffragette March in Washington DC while perched atop a stunning white horse. She will become known as “The American Joan of Arc” and will, quite literally, die for the movement before the 19th amendment is passed.  

Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com

 

If you’re interested in in more information, we find these sources helpful:

• Lucy Burns Museum - Lorton, Virginia
• Turning Point Suffragist Memorial - Lucy Burns
• Visionaries: Lucy Burns - Library of Congress
• The 1913 Suffrage Parade - The Atlantic
• Chaos and Persistence at the 1913 Women's Suffrage March - Boundary Stones, WETA
• Recreating a Suffragist's Campaign Through the American West - Smithsonian Magazine
• "She Was the Glamorous Face of Suffrage.  Then She Became a Martyr" - The Washington Post
• Icon - Inez Milholland - Library of Congress
• Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission

 

You’re Listening To: Becca Grawl & Rebecca Fachner

The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King

Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega 

Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

Ulysses S Grant Memorial (Mini Episode)

“He’s soooo insistent on getting it right, that for the cavalry charge, for the lead horse, he did it nine times before he was happy with it. And when you see the size of something like that, and you go ‘nine times?!? No wonder it took him 20 years!’ He just became obsessed to the point that he’s working and working and working and working….and it starts to really take a toll on him, physically and mentally."

 

Join Becca and Dan as they detail one of (if not *the*) most beautifully and painstakingly crafted sculptures in all of Washington DC, the Ulysses S Grant Memorial. It has been called “one of the most important sculptures in all of Washington.” Learn about the sculptor, Henry Shrady, and how he poured, quite literally, his entire life into this monumental work, along with all sorts of other fun facts along the way.

 

Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com

 

If you’re interested in in more information, we find these sources helpful:

• Architect of the Capitol site for Grant Memorial
• Washington Post article on recent restoration 
• National Gallery of Art Bio on Henry Shrady
• Working on finding some good pictures of Shrady’s face in the calvary charge!

 

You’re Listening To: Becca Grawl & Dan King

The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King

Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega 

Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

Elizabeth Cady Stanton (19th Amendment Anniversary Special)

“Susan B. Anthony is who everyone rallies around, and that's who, the memory of her, is so big in 1920...In 1923,  the 75th anniversary of the Seneca Falls convention, there's a commemorative event there and the only person who gets up to speak about Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the woman who made it happen and who wrote the Declaration of Sentiments is her own daughter.  She is the only person who would go and speak on her behalf.  That is so heartbreaking to me."

In honor of the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment this month, Tour Guide Tell All is turning its attention to women's suffrage and the almost century-long fight for women to get the vote in the United States.  We're kicking off our suffrage series by looking at a woman whose contributions to the movement are substantial - Elizabeth Cady Stanton.  We'll dive into the groundwork that she laid for the 19th century suffrage fight, her relationship with Susan B. Anthony, her complicated and controversial stances, and why perhaps she doesn't have the name recognition or fame today as some of her peers.

Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com

If you’re interested in in more information, we find these sources helpful:

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton Biography - National Women's Hall of Fame
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton - National Women's History Museum
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton Portrait - National Portrait Gallery
• "For Stanton, All Women Were Not Created Equal" - NPR
• "Old Friends Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Made History Together" - National Endowment for the Humanities
• Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions - Seneca Falls, 1848
• "The Solitude of Self" speech text - History Matters, George Mason University
• "The Destructive Male" speech text - Iowa State University
• Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument
• Creating Icons Exhibition - National Museum of American History

You’re Listening To: Becca Grawl & Rebecca Fachner

The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King

Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega 

Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

Watts Mill, Virginia (Mini Episode)

We take our Monday mini episode a little further south to Chatham, VA where Canden is restoring a 19th century grist mill. 

 

Follow the journey on Instagram or Facebook @wattsmillva or at www.wattsmill.com

 

Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com

 

You’re Listening To: Canden Arciniega 

Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

 

 

 

Drinking Habits of our Presidents

“So, we share our love of drinking with many people who have occupied the highest office in the land!"

In this episode, we're leaning into the summer heat wave by cracking open a couple of cold ones and looking back at Presidents and their drinking habits.  Discover which president bored his guests with too wine talk, which ones had cool drinking nicknames, and why Prohibition didn't apply if you were transporting alcohol from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Comments or Questions? Have an idea for future episodes? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com

If you’re interested in in more information, we find these sources helpful:

• Party Like a President: True Tales of Inebriation, Lechery, and Mischief From The Oval Office by Brian Abrams
• All 43 Presidents, Ranked by how Hard They Partied - Thrillist
• A Brief History of Presidential Drinking - History
• George Washington's Distillery
• Thomas Jefferson & Wine - Monticello
• FDR: Portrait of a Drinking President - Modern Drunkard Magazine

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner & Becca Grawl

The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King

Technical & Admin Work Done During Naptime: Canden Arciniega 

Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

 

 

 

 

Adalaide Johnson (Mini Episode)

“So here you have all these women gathered at the Capitol, at a time where very few women serve in Congress, you have this monument that isn't just to quaintly acknowledge the 19th Amendment, it's a call to action for the next generation of women...and Congress is like let's take our pictures, let's celebrate, and then a couple days later, it goes down to the Crypt, which is basically a broom closet."

 

 

In our latest mini-episode, we take a look at the tumultuous history of The Portrait Monument at the United States Capitol Building and the eccentric feminist, Adelaide Johnson, who brought it to life.

Comments or Questions? Have an idea for future episodes? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com

If you’re interested in in more information, we find these sources helpful:

• The Portrait Monument - Architect of the Capitol
• The Suffragist Statue Trapped in a Broom Closet for 75 Years - Smithsonian Magazine
• Suffrage Self-Guided Walking Tour - Congressional Cemetery
• Creating Icons: How We Remember Woman Suffrage - National Museum of American History
• Susan B. Anthony Bronze Bust - National Portrait Gallery
• Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument
• The Woman's Building at the Columbian Exposition of 1893 - Molly Brown House Museum

You’re Listening To: Becca Grawl

The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King

Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega 

Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

William Jennings Bryan

"He's also an interesting illustration, I think of this idea that...it's hard to get a good man elected President. It's hard to get a good person, somebody with this much integrity, because they stick to what they believe , and they aren't cynical, and they aren't going to change positions or acquiesce. And so you look at his background and his incredible popularity, and you go, 'How? How could someone so popular and so gifted, not be elected?'"

 

It is week 2 of our Political Convention coverage at Tour Guide Tell All! For the second half of our series exploring the history of political party conventions and past presidential elections, we are covering William Jennings Bryan. Along with last week's subject, Bryan is the only other man to run unsuccessfully for President 3 times, and remains the youngest person ever to receive an electoral vote.

Join us as we discuss prohibition, evolution and the Progressive Era, and find out what both
bimetallism and Grape Juice Diplomacy were and how they changed American history.

Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes? Email
us tourguidetellall@gmail.com

If you’re interested in in more information, we find these sources helpful:

State department Bio of Bryan 
Clip from the Cross of Gold Speech
NPR Story about the Scopes Monkey Trial 
The statue of Byran from the US Capitol has been removed

Bryans Nebraska home Fairview 

Full book length treatment of Prohibition that mentions Bryan frequently (and is a great read
just generally) is Last Call by Daniel Okrent

 

 

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner and Becca Grawl
The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King
Technical & Admin Work Done During Toddler Naptime: Canden Arciniega 
Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

Carter Woodson Memorial (Mini Episode)

"He's listed as one of 100 greatest African Americans...But his greatest legacy...is that Black History Week has turned into a month, and is celebrated and recognized across the country."

 

If you have ever wondered why Black History Month is in February, this pod has the answers!

Join us as we discuss the Father of Black History, Carter Woodson and his DC memorial.

 

Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes? Email
us tourguidetellall@gmail.com

If you’re interested in in more information, we find these sources helpful:

Carter Woodson from the NAACP
Short biography of Woodson 
NPS site for his house
The Association for the Study of African American Life and History
Journal of African American History 

You’re Listening To: Rebecca Fachner
The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King
Technical & Admin Work Done During Naptime: Canden Arciniega 
Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero

Henry Clay

“In 1810, Clay gets elected to the United States House of Representatives.  So, he's been in the Senate for two months, he's been in his state legislature but in 1810 he goes to the US House of Representatives and it's his first day and he is 34 years old and they're like, you are going to be Speaker of the House...Henry Clay shows up, he doesn't know anybody, he's brand new to Washington, he's relatively young and he makes such a magnetic good impression on the people he's now serving with that they just say this guy is pretty cool, let's make him in charge!"

 

In honor of the election cycle of 2020, Tour Guide Tell All explores the history of political party conventions, past presidential elections, and two key figures who never made it to the highest office in the land.  Part one of this two-part series highlights Henry Clay, the Great Compromiser who is still the second youngest person to hold the post of Speaker of the House and who played a pivotal role in the political maneuverings of the first half of the 19th century.

 

Join us as we discuss politics, the Corrupt Bargain, slavery, westward expansion  - plus Becca might slip in another Broadway reference just for fun!

 

Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com

 

If you’re interested in in more information, we find these sources helpful:

• Henry Clay Biography - The Department of State
• Reconsidering Henry Clay - NPR
• Decatur House & Charlotte Dupuy - White House Historical Association
• Henry Clay Statue - Architect of the Capitol
• Henry Clay's Mint Julep Recipe from the Willard Hotel - Washingtonian
• Henry Clay & Humphrey Marshall Duel - Floyd Library
• The Duel That Wasn't - Today I Found Out
• "The Corrupt Bargain" from Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Original Cast Recording)

You’re Listening To: Becca Grawl, Rebecca Fachner

The Person Responsible for it Sounding Good: Dan King

Technical & Admin Work Done During Naptime: Canden Arciniega 

Intro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio Hero