Melissa Trejo, (History, UTEP) examines the role of women as warriors in folklore, reality and historical memory.  By focusing on the U.S. – Mexico War, Trejo reveals the double standard faced by female soldiers who were both reviled and revered for the military service. 

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Episode 19: Soldaderas: Mexican Women and the U.S. – Mexico War

Courtney Cauthon, historian and period seamstress joins us today for a discussion of 19th century fashion and the dress reform movement.  Cauthon explains why this movement is important and why the study of dress and fashion helps us understand the past.  You can find out more about this topic at Cauthon’s website https://www.thebarefoothistorian.com

Episode 18: A Change of Dress: Women and 19th Century Reform

Dr. Bridget Marshall (English-University of Massachusetts-Lowell) gives us the scoop on the Lowell Mills and the female workforce that kept them running. What was daily life like for a mill girl?  How were mill workers portrayed in popular culture?  In this podcast, these issues and more are discussed. You can follow Dr. Marshall on twitter @factorygothic. 

Episode 17: Gender, Labor & the Lowell Mills

Dr. Bridget Marshall (English-University of Massachusetts-Lowell) discusses accusations of witchcraft and witchcraft trials in British North America, focusing on two cases (Mary Parsons and Mary Webster) that took place before the Salem trials in 1692-1693.  You can follow her on twitter @factorygothic. 

Episode 16: New England Witches Before Salem

Dr. Christy Clark-Pujara, (Associate Professor, Afro-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin) discusses slavery in New England in this podcast.  Although we typically think about slavery as being a story of the American South, Dr. Clark-Pujara dispels that myth and explains how northern states profited from slave labor.  She is the author of Dark Work:  The Business of Slavery in Rhode Island.

Episode 15: Slavery in New England

Janalyn Moss (History Librarian at the University of Iowa) talks to us about the man, the musical and the world of Alexander Hamilton.  By contextualizing the musical, this discussion examines how “Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story,” shapes our understanding of Hamilton and the Revolutionary era.  This episode includes short excerpts from the musical and is intended for educational purposes only. Fair Use Notice: This episode of the Pod-textualizing the Past contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner.We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of history and politics in an educational setting. We believe this constitutes a fair use of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material in this podcast episode is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.If you wish to use copyrighted material from this podcast for purposes of your own that go beyond fair use, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.Last updated: July 10, 2020

Episode 14:  Alexander Hamilton: More than a Song and a Dance

Rachel Snell (Ph.D. History, University of Maine) studies food and food writing as a way to understand the lived experience of early American women.  Focused on the 18th Century, this interview examines women’s kitchen labor, Amelia Simmons, author of the first American cookbook, and the ritual of baking Election Cake. 

Episode 13: Cooking an American Identity

Lindsay Reinpold (History-UTEP), a recent graduate of the MA program at UTEP and middle school history teacher discusses female soldiers in the American Revolution.  Her study of Elizabeth Zane, Margaret Cochran Corbin, and Deborah Sampson uncovers details of their lives and service while providing analysis of the influence of gender norms during the revolution and these women’s lives afterward.

Episode 12: Female Soldiers in the American Revolution

Dr. Kristen Hillaire Glasgow (Ph.D. History, U.C.L.A.) discusses Charlotte Forten, a young woman of color in the 1850s who is an anti-slavery activist.  Using Forten’s diary of her teenaged years as a focal point, Glasgow examines her thoughts and perspective shedding new light on the abolition movement. 

Episode 11: Charlotte Forten: Radical, Teenaged, Abolitionist

Dr. Angela Keysor (Allegheny College, History) examines illness and its treatment during the eighteenth Century in British North America, with a particular focus on smallpox epidemics.  As we experience a pandemic in the twenty-first century, how different was the colonial American experience and it what ways is it the same. 

Episode Ten: Sickness and Health in British North America

Dr. Holly Pinheiro (Augusta University, History) discusses the impact of the Civil War on African American soldiers and their families based on his forthcoming book from the University of Georgia Press.  Dr. Pinheiro examines why men enlisted, how they were treated, and the ways their service shaped families during the war and beyond. 

Episode Nine: African American Soldiers and the Families’ Civil War

Dr. Timothy Johnson (University of Minnesota, Political Science) is interviewed about the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Marbury v. Madison(1803).  Beyond the significance of Judicial Review, the legal doctrine established in this decision, Johnson describes the development of the Court during the early republic and explains the politics behind this decision.

Episode Eight: Marbury v. Madison and the U.S. Supreme Court

Robert Diaz (UTEP-History) is interviewed about how the war with Mexico was experienced in the El Paso area as well as the fluidity of borders both at the time of this war and in more recent history. The Battle of Brazito is also discussed. 

Episode Seven: The War at Home: Paso Del Norte During and After the Mexico-U.S. War

Dr. Brad Cartwright (UTEP-History) is interviewed about the political controversy over the Mexico-U.S. War, how the war was protested, and the lasting impact of this war.

Episode Six: Politics, Protest & the War with Mexico

Dr. Brian Yothers (UTEP-English) and Brad Cartwright (UTEP-History) are interviewed about Typee, Melville’s first novel.  Using the book as a springboard the influence of Herman Melville is discussed as well as the attitudes of Americans about the South Pacific and Manifest Destiny.

Episode Five: Herman Melville and Exotic Worlds

Pod-Textualizing the Past is a podcast that explores U.S. history from pre-colonization through the U.S. Civil War. Produced at the University of Texas at El Paso, Professor Susan Stanfield talks with experts about specific aspects of U.S. history and their cultural impact.

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