Sylvia of Hollywood – Beauty Consultant to the Stars
In the 1920s and 1930s, Sylvia was famous for shaping up starlets, cementing the idea that Hollywood’s beauties were aspirational figures for the average woman. [Read more]
In the 1920s and 1930s, Sylvia was famous for shaping up starlets, cementing the idea that Hollywood’s beauties were aspirational figures for the average woman. [Read more]
This episode reached back to 2015 for some LGBTQ history. In 1966, a restaurant in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district was the site of a violent [Read more]
Laurencin is a difficult painter to study. In addition to her work not quite falling in line with the artists who were her contemporaries, her [Read more]
The 1919 strike is the largest in Canada’s history, and shut Winnipeg down. While the strike started out as a simple labor dispute, there were [Read more]
Today we revisit a fun episode from 2015. There was a time when Popsicle and Good Humor couldn’t stop suing one another about frozen treats [Read more]
After being forcibly admitted to a mental hospital by her husband, Elizabeth Packard began advocating for herself as well as the improvement of treatment in [Read more]
Elizabeth Packard’s marriage started out well, but soon, her questioning nature exploration of new ideas about religion led her husband to decide she was mentally [Read more]
We’re traveling back to 2011 for this one! Empress Elisabeth of Austria, better known as Sisi, is often considered the public’s “favorite” member of the [Read more]
The P.S. General Slocum burned in the East River in New York on June 15, 1904. It had been chartered for a group outing that [Read more]
Humans have recognized thyroid disease for thousands of years. But in the 1930s. Saul Hertz had an insight after hearing a physicist’s lecture that changed [Read more]
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