Stuff You Missed in History Class
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Stuff You Missed in History Class
SYMHC Classics: Vanport Flood
The Vanport Flood of May 30, 1948, was not just a natural disaster—it was a collision of racial injustice, flawed infrastructure, and systemic neglect. Vanport, Oregon’s largest wartime housing project built to house shipyard workers during WWII, became home t
Stuff You Missed in History Class
The Literary Life of Viola Roseboro'
Viola Roseborough, a literary gatekeeper of the early 20th century, wasn't just a powerful editor at McClure's magazine—she was a cultural architect who discovered or nurtured some of America's most iconic writers, including O. Henry, Booth Tarkington, Jack Lo
Stuff You Missed in History Class
Robert Boyle
Robert Boyle, often hailed as the father of modern chemistry, was a 17th-century polymath whose life was shaped by a dramatic religious conversion during a storm in Geneva at age 13. This moment led him to dedicate his scientific work to revealing the divine o
Stuff You Missed in History Class
Behind the Scenes Minis: The Apostrophe and the Rich Guy
The hosts of Stuff You Missed in History Class dive into the enigmatic life of Viola Roseborough, a 20th-century literary editor whose name—spelled with an apostrophe—sparked a deep dive into her legacy. What began as a curiosity about a quirky spelling evolve
Stuff You Missed in History Class
SYMHC Classics: Mancini Sisters
The Mancini sisters, Hortense and Marie, were not just 17th-century socialites but pioneers of female autonomy in an era when women had no legal right to divorce. Their lives were defined by a relentless pursuit of freedom from abusive, controlling husbands—Ho
Stuff You Missed in History Class
E. Virgil Neal: Hypnotist, Fraudster, Tycoon, Part 2
E. Virgil Neal, a man once infamous for running the fraudulent Force of Life company that sold radium-free 'life ray' capsules and other pseudoscientific treatments, managed to reinvent himself as a respected cosmetics tycoon through sheer audacity and strateg
Stuff You Missed in History Class
SYMHC Classics: Redpath Murders
On June 13, 1901, Ada Maria Redpath, 59, and her son Jocelyn Clifford Redpath, 26, were found dead in their Montreal home—the Redpath Mansion—shot in what was officially ruled a murder-suicide. Despite the official verdict that Clifford killed his mother in a
Stuff You Missed in History Class
The Life and Afterlife of Casimir Pulaski
Casimir Pulaski, a Polish nobleman and military leader, is celebrated in the U.S. as a revolutionary hero who died fighting for American independence—but his legacy is far more complex and contested than the mythic narrative suggests. Born in 1745 in the Polis
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