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It Takes A Delicate Constitution: Victorian Feminists and The Occult - Bonus Episode
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A late October check in bonus episode with a spooky theme. Well, that is if you thinking chit chatting with the dead is spooky. Lots of Victorian people thought it wasn't spooky but important. Serious. There was a huge surge of interest in spiritualism in the 19th century. We thought maybe we should see if any of our Victorian feminists that we've been reading were also into the occult. It has opened up a can of worms.
Won't you join us?
Discussed in this episode:
Ms Magazine - excerpt of WAKING THE WITCH: Reflections on Women, Magic and Power by Pam Grossman
https://msmagazine.com/2019/10/29/waking-the-witch-the-feminist-history-of-spiritualism/
The Burned Over District
https://nyheritage.org/exhibits/two-hundred-years-erie-canal/burned-over-district
Religion and Reform in the "Burned Over District"
https://youtu.be/fKxEOmAZCd8?si=2KMMGF_Y8p6baMHV
The rise and fall of Harmonia, a Spiritualist utopia and home to Sojourner Truth https://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/life/2019/01/16/rise-and-fall-harmonia-battle-creeks-spiritualist-utopia/2214809002/
Victoria Woodhull, the Original ‘Nasty Woman’
https://www.villagepreservation.org/2018/04/02/victoria-woodhull-the-original-nasty-woman/
Lilydale Spiritualist Community
https://www.lilydaleassembly.org/community
Anne Braude https://www.hds.harvard.edu/people/ann-d-braude
The First Woman to Run For President Was a Spiritualist, Wall Street Broker, and Free-Love Advocate https://www.mentalfloss.com/history/first-woman-run-president-was-clairvoyant-free-love-advocate
This episode recorded remotely at Bob's Basement Studio
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Credits
Recorded at Troubadour Studios in Lansing, MI
Audio Engineer Corey DeRushia
Edited by Rie Daisies at Nighttime Girlfriend Studio
Music: ‘Shifting pt. 2 (instrumental)’ by Rie Daisies
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Chapters
1. Cold Open And Solo Setup (00:00:00)
2. Show Update And Future Plans (00:00:47)
3. Season Ideas And Listener Input (00:03:41)
4. Halloween Mood And Thin Veil (00:04:31)
5. Why Victorian Spiritualism Mattered (00:04:47)
6. Excerpt: Fox Sisters And The Boom (00:07:27)
7. Women As Mediums And Leaders (00:09:22)
8. Reform Crossroads: Abolition And Suffrage (00:12:08)
9. Stanton, Anthony, Truth, And Lily Dale (00:14:05)
10. Victoria Woodhull’s Wild Firsts (00:16:56)
11. Spiritualism As Confidence Engine (00:19:33)
12. Modern Parallels And Organizing (00:21:04)
13. Book And Podcast Recs (00:22:23)
14. Appendix Tease And CTA (00:23:16)
15. Farewell And Samhain Blessing (00:23:46)
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