Episode 40: How Dare You Not Answer My Letter
Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant: A Women's History
Release Date: 06/27/2023
Episode 51: "O Women of America!"
Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant: A Women's History
Woman's Political Future - An Address by Frances E. W. Harper to the Chicago World's Fair, 20 May 1893. In which Harper champions morality, civil rights, and civic duty in Jim Crow America. Featuring Chole Porche, Ph.D. candidate in the Corcoran Department of History at the University of Virginia. Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant is a production of , part of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University. Find the official transcript .
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Episode 50: The Feathers are the only Tolerable Ones
Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant: A Women's History
Martha Washington to Eleanor Parke Custis, c. February 1797. In which Washington warns her granddaughter that her dress may not arrive from Philadelphia in time for a Virginia ball. Featuring , Assistant Professor of History, St. Michael's College. Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant is a production of , part of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University. Find the official transcript .
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Episode 49: Deposition of Phillis Tatton
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Deposition of Phillis Tatton, 3rd November 1837 In which Phillis Hinkley Saunders Tatton appeared before the County of Probate in the state of Connecticut in an attempt to secure a pension for her late husband’s service during the American Revolutionary War.
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Episode 48: Political Subjects are too often at Variance
Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant: A Women's History
Elizabeth Willing Powel to Elizabeth Parke Custis, February 28, 1816. In which Powel advises Martha Washington's pro-French granddaughter to avoid talking about politics with pro-British family members. Featuring , Research Librarian & Manager of Library Fellowships at the George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon, and , associate professor of History at Marymount University and author of 2023). Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant is a production of at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University.
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Episode 47: To Persevere In Grace & Faith
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Phillis Wheatley to Obour Tanner, October 30, 1773 in which Wheatley discusses faith, her book, and a trip to England.
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Episode 46: The Ambassadress Is Nothing But Blunt
Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant: A Women's History
Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 16 Febuary 1786. In which Abigail reports from London to her son on dining with wealthy South Carolinians and the tribulations of her daughter Nabby in matters of the heart. Featuring Dr. Miriam Liebman of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Note: The quoted letters referenced in this episode are available as follows: Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 16 February 1786. Adams Papers, Digital Edition. Massachusetts Historical Society. Abigail Adams to John Adams, 22 September 1774. Adams Papers, Digital Edition. Massachusetts Historical...
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Episode 45: You Must Not Complain Of My Silence
Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant: A Women's History
Elizabeth Mason to Mary Barnes Mason, 3 March 1811. In which Elizabeth attempts to update her daughter Mary on the latest news from home while her family distracts her.
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Episode 44: I Am An Idiot About Play
Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant: A Women's History
Lady Georgiana Spencer and Caroline Howe, a series of correspondences. In which they discuss Lady Spencer’s gambling problem. Kathryn Gehred is joined by early American historian and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society of Scotland Dr. Julie Flavell.
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Episode 43: That B**** Maria Goodwin
Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant: A Women's History
Sarah E. Nicholas to Jane H. Nicholas Randolph, March 30, 1821 In which Sarah E. Nicholas writes to her sister Jane H. Nicholas Randolph about an incident in the streets of Baltimore. Kathryn Gehred is joined by Amelia Golcheski, the CEO and Executive Director of the Cashiers Historical Society.
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Season 3: A Season of Wit
Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant: A Women's History
We are excited to announce that on September 19 Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant will be back with a new season. We found some great letters to share with you this season that highlight the extraordinary wit of women in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Subscribe wherever you get your favorite podcasts. For more information or to catch up on past episodes, visit .
info_outlineEliza Monroe Hay to King Louis Philippe of France, 1839
In which Eliza Monroe Hay, James Monroe's daughter, requests assistance from the King Louis Philippe of France because of the aid her parents provided his mother during the French Revolution. Kathryn Gehred is joined by Nancy Stetz, Education Programs Manager at James Monroe's Highland.