In this episode, Kelsie and Brooke discuss the legacy of John Locke: democracy for patriarchs, not people. In dismantling absolute monarchy, Locke left the family intact, subjecting women, children, chattel, enslaved people, animals, and all dependents to the whim of the patriarch of the home. With little structural resources to subvert his will, dependents remained oppressed in an era where human rights were “self-evident.” Let’s get into this!
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Host: Kelsie Eckert and Brooke Sullivan
Editor: Tyler Cardwell
Producer: Haley Brook
In this episode, Kelsie interviews DB, a sex educator who uses her platform to share comprehensive sex education with people. Sex Ed with DB is your go-to podcast for smart, science-backed sex education — delivering trusted insights from top experts on sex, sexuality, and pleasure. Let’s get into it!
Find Sex Ed with DB at: https://www.sexedwithdb.com/
Check out these resources she recommends:
Planned Parenthood: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/
What’s new at RHP?
RHP is hosting a Winter Institute in Boston this January 29-31.
All RHP Teaching Resources can be found at https://www.remedialherstory.com/learn.html#/
Host: Kelsie Eckert and Brooke Sullivan
Editor: Tyler Cardwell
Producer: Haley Brook
In this episode, Kelsie interviews Emily Glankler from Anti-Social studies about being a high school teacher in this day and age and her “ah ha” moments about the teaching of women and gender in school systems. As a native of Texas, Emily shares a bit about the state of things in Texas schools.
What’s new at RHP?
RHP is hosting a Winter Institute in Boston this January 29-31.
All RHP Teaching Resources can be found at https://www.remedialherstory.com/learn.html#/
Host: Kelsie Eckert and Brooke Sullivan
Editor: Tyler Cardwell
Producer: Haley Brook
In this pedagogy focused episode, Kelsie and Brooke talk about the intention behind RHP’s choice to center all our lesson plans through inquiry. They provide a conceptual background for veteran and novice educators alike to learn how to do inquiry and more importantly to distinguish between the types of inquiry most suited for each grade level.
What’s new at RHP?
RHP is hosting a Winter Institute in Boston this January 29-31.
All RHP Teaching Resources can be found at https://www.remedialherstory.com/learn.html#/
Host: Kelsie Eckert and Brooke Sullivan
Editor: Tyler Cardwell
Producer: Haley Brook
They want to repeal the 19th Amendment. In this episode, Kelsie and Brooke examine the real life of a colonial woman in Maryland who met all the hallmarks of earning the right to vote: she was a landowner, trusted by the Colonial Governor, a talented lawyer who never lost a case, and the head of her household– still they denied her the vote. Anti-suffrage was never about efficiency or meritocracy– it was about controlling women. Let’s back the timeline up for women’s landownership, self advocacy, and efficacy in law and business with the incredible Margaret Brent.
What’s new at RHP?
RHP is hosting a Winter Institute in Boston this January 29-31.
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Host: Kelsie Eckert and Brooke Sullivan
Editor: Tyler Cardwell
Producer: Haley Brook
In this episode Kelsie interviews Andrew Och, aka the First Ladies Man, about the destruction of the East Wing of the White House– you know the First Ladies’ wing– the one with all the women’s history. What they discuss will shock you. This is an episode you don’t want to miss.
What’s new at RHP?
RHP welcomes you to join us at the annual Night of Herstory on November 15, 2025.
RHP is hosting a Winter Institute in Boston this January 29-31.
All RHP Teaching Resources can be found at https://www.remedialherstory.com/learn.html#/
In this episode, Kelsie and Brooke lay out the plan for Season 6. They share some updates from the Remedial Herstory Project and how our team is weathering the storm. They share details about the Winter Institute, the state of our textbooks, and more! This season will use herstory, pedagogies, guest voices, and humor to help us move the needle forward in this backsliding moment.
What’s new at RHP?
RHP welcomes you to join us at the annual Night of Herstory on November 15, 2025.
RHP is hosting a Winter Institute in Boston this January 29-31.
All RHP Teaching Resources can be found at https://www.remedialherstory.com/learn.html
In this episode, Rachel Perez chats with Sarah Percy, author of Forgotten Warriors: The Long History of Women in Combat. Her book examines how the history of women in combat has been forgotten, denied, and even actively suppressed. She traces the history of where and how women fought and explains why it's a crucial history for today's society - never more so than in a political climate where anti-DEI initiatives are once again deliberately erasing this history. Let’s get into it.
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Host: Kelsie Eckert and Brooke Sullivan
Editor: Tyler Cardwell
Producer: Haley Brook
In this episode, Rachel Perez chats with Allison Tyra, author of Uncredited: Women's Overlooked, Misattributed, and Stolen Work. Her book combines 600+ stories encompassing thousands of women with research, statistics and other data to answer a fundamental question: we know women are as good as men, so why haven't we heard of more women? Let’s get into it.
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Host: Kelsie Eckert and Brooke Sullivan
Editor: Tyler Cardwell
Producer: Haley Brook
In this episode we chat with Michelle Young about her new book The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland, in particular why she has been forgotten in the history annals, what Young uncovered about her relationship with her life partner Joyce Heer. Young is an award-winning journalist, author, and professor She is a graduate of Harvard College in the History of Art and Architecture and holds a master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture. Kelsie is in full World War II nerd mode— it’s a good one.
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Host: Kelsie Eckert and Brooke Sullivan
Editor: Tyler Cardwell
Producer: Haley Brook
In this episode Kelsie and the RHP Director of Research, Jacqui Nelson, discuss the echoes of Nazi fascism and misogyny in modern society. They discuss the role misogyny plays in authoritarianism and the Lebensborn program. History doesn’t repeat, it echoes. Let’s get into this.
Allen, Ann Taylor. "Feminism, Venereal Diseases, and the State in Germany, 1890–1918." Journal of the History of Sexuality 4, no. 1 (1993): 27–50. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3173945.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. "Lebensborn Program." Holocaust Encyclopedia. Accessed May 21, 2025. https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/lebensborn-program.
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Host: Kelsie Eckert and Brooke Sullivan
Editor: Tyler Cardwell
Producer: Haley Brook
In this Episode, we hear from “America’s Government Teacher” about her new book, The Small and the Mighty, which discusses unsung heroes throughout American history. McMahon published a regular newsletter called the Preamble where she tackles contemporary politics. Let’s get into this!
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Host: Kelsie Eckert and Brooke Sullivan
Editor: Tyler Cardwell
Producer: Haley Brook
In this episode Kelsie chats with Amanda Zurawski. Amanda is an American reproductive rights activist known for her role in suing the state of Texas in Zurawski v. State of Texas after she went into septic shock twice during her pregnancy after being denied an abortion. Amanda is an activist on the front lines, but a little known fact about her is that she used to be a secondary humanities teacher. Kelsie and Amanda discuss the intersection of women’s rights and secondary education. Take a listen to her story and how she is moving forward in the fight with hope!
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Host: Kelsie Eckert and Brooke Sullivan
Editor: Tyler Cardwell
Producer: Haley Brook
In this episode, Davida Siwisa James is back for another interview to discuss the amazing women, often erased from the story of the American Revolution. Buckle up– Kelsie and Brooke learned a lot here. James’ book, Hamilton Heights and Sugar Hill, published by Fordham University Press, traces 400 years of West Harlem history, including its iconic architecture and luminaries and is available at https://davidasiwisajames.com/hamilton-heights-book/.
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Host: Kelsie Eckert and Brooke Sullivan
Editor: Tyler Cardwell
Producer: Haley Brook
In this episode, Kelsie and Brooke discuss politics, tyranny, and the importance of teachers staying ahead of authoritarian efforts to control schools and promote patriotic curriculum. They reference Timothy Snyder’s book On Tyranny which is a worthy read for those who want to learn more.
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Host: Kelsie Eckert and Brooke Sullivan
Editor: Tyler Cardwell
Producer: Haley Brook
In this episode, Kelsie interviews Lisa Endo Cooper and Bremond Berry MacDougall who met on the first day of seventh grade and quickly discovered their shared love for books. Together, they read everything they could get their hands on—from Anne of Green Gables to War and Peace. Forty years, five children, other careers, and countless books read later, they founded Quite Literally Books, a publishing company devoted to bringing awareness to ought-to-be-in-print books by women authors and sparking essential conversations about the American literary canon: Who is included? And who gets to decide? Our first list consists of new editions of three forgotten but timeless books: Plum Bun by Jessie Redmond Fauset, The Home-Maker by Dorothy Canfield Fisher, and The Pink House by Nelia Gardner White. Let’s get into this!
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Host: Kelsie Eckert and Brooke Sullivan
Editor: Tyler Cardwell
Producer: Haley Brook
In this episode, Kelsie interviews Rachelle Bergstein, a lifestyle writer, author, and editor, focused on style, pop culture, and families. She is the author of three books: Women from the Ankle Down, Brilliance and Fire, and The Genius of Judy. Find out more at www.RachelleBergstein.com.
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Host: Kelsie Eckert and Brooke Sullivan
Editor: Tyler Cardwell
Producer: Haley Brook
In this episode, Kelsie and Brooke discuss the history of the Equal Rights Amendment and the work Remedial Herstory has been doing to advocate for its immediate publication. This episode takes you from 1923 when Alice Paul wrote it to the last day of Biden’s presidency. Buckle up!
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Host: Kelsie Eckert and Brooke Sullivan
Editor: Tyler Cardwell
Producer: Haley Brook
In this episode, Kelsie interviews Davida Siwisa James about the overlooked contributions of women during the Harlem Renaissance. James’ book, Hamilton Heights and Sugar Hill, published by Fordham University Press, traces 400 years of West Harlem history, including its iconic architecture and luminaries. Highlights include Regina Anderson Andrews, a Schomburg librarian; Mary Lou Williams, a jazz pioneer who shaped Bebop; Lenon Holder Hoyte, a private doll museum curator; and the women who published Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston. These fascinating stories bring Sugar Hill’s rich cultural legacy to life.
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Host: Kelsie Eckert and Brooke Sullivan
Editor: Tyler Cardwell
Producer: Haley Brook
In this episode, Kelsie interviews Kathryn Gehred, a documentarian in the real meaning, of Martha Washington’s Letters. Gehred is a women's historian and documentary editor. She was one of the team of editors who published the 2022 Papers of Martha Washington, the first scholarly edition of Martha Washington's letters. She hosts a podcast called “Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant" which showcases 18th and early 19th century women's letters. I currently work for Encyclopedia Virginia. You can find her podcast here: https://www.r2studios.org/show/your-most-obedient-humble-servant/.
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Host: Kelsie Eckert and Brooke Sullivan
Editor: Tyler Cardwell
Producer: Haley Brook