Herstory

About Herstory

Herstory is a podcast that celebrates women of Wheeling's past and present. What has changed? What still needs to change? Through looking at the history, and talking to women today, we hope to find out.

Publisher

Wheeling Heritage Media

Category

history · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

5 Feb 2024

Latest episode

25 Mar 2024

Latest episodes

5 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   25 Mar 2024

   Episode Four - Well Educated

   In the last episode of our podcast, we take some time to learn all about learning. From the history of girls learning, to an interview with Paula Sikora, a woman educating in Wheeling today, hopefully you’ll learn something new! Read more at https://weelunk.com/herstory (https://weelunk.com/herstory) Episode Sources: “Educational Opportunities | West Virginia Forward | West Virginia University.” West Virginia Forward at West Virginia University, https://wvforward.wvu.edu/wv-forward-work/women-moving-forward/educational-opportunities. Accessed 15 Mar. 2024. Hamilton, Marlene A. “Performance Levels in Science and Other Subiects for Jamaican Adolescents Attending Single-Sex and Co-Educational High Schools.” International Science Education, July 1985. Korhonen, Veera. “Percentage of the U.S. Population with a College Degree by Gender 1940-2022 | Statista.” Statista, 21 July 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/184272/educational-attainment-of-college-diploma-or-higher-by-gender/. Madigan, Jennifer C. The Education of Girls and Women in the United States: A Historical Perspective. Montgomery Center for Research in Child & Adolescent Development, 2009, http://www.mcrcad.org/Web_Madigan.pdf. “Mount de Chantal > Research | Ohio County Public Library | Ohio County Public Library | Wheeling West Virginia | Ohio County WV | Wheeling WV History |.” Ohio County Public Library | Ohio County Public Library | Wheeling West Virginia | Ohio County WV | Wheeling WV History |, https://www.ohiocountylibrary.org/wheeling-history/5294. Accessed 15 Mar. 2024. “Mount de Chantal | Friends-of-Wheeling.” Friends-of-Wheeling, https://jfinstein.wixsite.com/friends-of-wheeling/mount-de-chantal. Accessed 15 Mar. 2024. “Home - Sikora Montessori.” Sikora Montessori, https://sikoramontessori.org/our-team.html. Accessed 15 Mar. 2024. Stabiner, Karen. All Girls. Tarcher, 2003. Wereschagin, Mike. “Civil War-Era School in West Virginia Is Left to Only Memory.” TribLive, 2012, https://archive.triblive.com/news/civil-war-era-school-in-west-virginia-is-left-to-only-memory/. “W.Va. Losing 160-Year-Old Catholic Girls’ School | News | Herald-Dispatch.Com.” The Herald-Dispatch, herald-dispatch.com, 19 Jan. 2008, https://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/w-va-losing-160-year-old-catholic-girls-school/article_03fab8c7-7a79-545a-b9a2-28bc75a26e11.html.

2. 

   18 Mar 2024

   Episode Three - Words, Words, Words

   Today we get to talking about words. We take a look at women writers of the past, including one from Wheeling. We also talk with Maribeth Thompson and C.J. Farnsworth - two Wheeling women who champion the power of the written, and spoken, word. Read more at https://weelunk.com/herstory (https://weelunk.com/herstory) Episode Sources: Auxier, Brooke, et al. “The Gender Gap in Reading | Deloitte Insights.” Deloitte Insights, Deloitte, 1 Dec. 2021, https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/industry/technology/technology-media-and-telecom-predictions/2022/gender-gap-in-reading.html (https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/industry/technology/technology-media-and-telecom-predictions/2022/gender-gap-in-reading.html). “Julia Ward Howe  |  Archives of Women’s Political Communication.” Archives of Women’s Political Communication, https://awpc.cattcenter.iastate.edu/directory/julia-ward-howe/. Accessed 21 Feb. 2024. Moniz, Amanda B. “Where Are the Women? |  Perspectives on History | AHA.” Perspectives on History, 2022, https://www.historians.org/research-and-publications/perspectives-on-history/september-2022/where-are-the-women-past-choices-that-shaped-the-historical-record (https://www.historians.org/research-and-publications/perspectives-on-history/september-2022/where-are-the-women-past-choices-that-shaped-the-historical-record). “Persephone Books | Twentieth Century Women Writers.” Persephone Books, https://persephonebooks.co.uk. Accessed 21 Feb. 2024. “Rebecca Harding Davis > Research | Ohio County Public Library | Ohio County Public Library | Wheeling West Virginia | Ohio County WV | Wheeling WV History |.” Ohio County Public Library | Ohio County Public Library | Wheeling West Virginia | Ohio County WV | Wheeling WV History |, https://www.ohiocountylibrary.org/wheeling-history/4889. Accessed 21 Feb. 2024. Rosalsky, Greg. “Women Now Dominate the Book Business. Why There and Not Other Creative Industries?” NPR, 4 2023, https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2023/04/04/1164109676/women-now-dominate-the-book-business-why-there-and-not-other-creative-industries (https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2023/04/04/1164109676/women-now-dominate-the-book-business-why-there-and-not-other-creative-industries). Schama, Chloe. “Literary Landmarks: A History of American Women Writers.” Smithsonian Magazine, 6 2009, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/literary-landmarks-a-history-of-american-women-writers-56536736/ (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/literary-landmarks-a-history-of-american-women-writers-56536736/). Zibrak, Arielle. “Seeing Both Sides of the Shield: On Rebecca Harding Davis | Los Angeles Review of Books.” Los Angeles Review of Books, 21 2018, https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/seeing-both-sides-of-the-shield-on-rebecca-harding-davis/.

3. 

   11 Mar 2024

   Episode Two: What's Cooking?

   Feast your ears on this episode. All about good eats. Today we dive into the food of Appalachia and the women who serve it up. We talk with Melissa Rebholz, a chef who’s been wow-ing Wheeling with fabulous meals. Read more at https://weelunk.com/herstory (https://weelunk.com/herstory) Episode Sources: Abari, Tonya. “African American Foodways in Black Appalachia.” Parents, Parents, 26 Dec. 2023, https://www.parents.com/african-american-foodways-in-black-appalachia-8419264 Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown: West Virgina . 2018. Casey-Sturk, Mary. “Appalachian Foods: Defining Generations - Smoky Mountain Living.” Smoky Mountain Living, 8 May 2017, https://www.smliv.com/food/appalachian-foods-defining-generations/. Goldenthal, Emma, and Corbin Lanker. A Little of This, A Little of That; A Wheeling Community Cookbook. Grow Ohio Valley, 2023. Historic National Road Yard Sale Cookbook Vol. V: Going to Market. 2013. Abari, Tonya. “African American Foodways in Black Appalachia.” Parents, Parents, 26 Dec. 2023, https://www.parents.com/african-american-foodways-in-black-appalachia-8419264. Junior League of Wheeling, Inc., Treat Yourself to the Best. 1984. “What It Means to Eat ‘Affrilachian’ or Black and Appalachian - BSB MEDIA.” BSB MEDIA, https://www.facebook.com/blacksouthernbellebsb, 18 Dec. 2019, https://www.blacksouthernbelle.com/what-it-means-to-eat-affrilachian-or-black-and-appalachian/.

4. 

   4 Mar 2024

   Episode One: You Call That Art?

   In today’s episode, we ask the big question: What is art? Learn about the women who found beauty in so-called ‘women’s art’ and hear from a woman continuing the tradition of textile arts today. We talk with Kerryn Carney, a local embroidery artist, about how and what she makes. Read more at https://weelunk.com/herstory (https://weelunk.com/herstory) Episode Sources: Bryant, Marie Claire. “Underground Railroad Quilt Codes: What We Know, What We Believe, and What Inspires Us | Folklife Magazine.” Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, May 2019, https://folklife.si.edu/magazine/underground-railroad-quilt-codes. Coles, Dr. Kelli Racine. Schoolgirl Embroideries & Black Girlhood in Antebellum Philadelphia. Textile Society of America, 2020, https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2148&context=tsaconf. “Freedom Quilting Bee - Encyclopedia of Alabama.” Encyclopedia of Alabama, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Encyclopedia-of-Alabama/154486766135, https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/freedom-quilting-bee/. Accessed 26 Feb. 2024. “‘How Textile Arts Have Empowered Women to Express Themselves Throughout American History’ by Julia Carey - Marymount University.” Academics - Marymount University, https://marymount.edu/academics/college-of-sciences-and-humanities/school-of-humanities/student-publications/magnificat-2022/how-textile-arts-have-empowered-women/. Accessed 26 Jan. 2024. Hunter, Clare. Threads of Life. Abrams, 2019. Lin, Brenda. “Textiles: The Art of Women’s Work | Sotheby’s.” Sothebys.Com, Sotheby’s, 7 Mar. 2020, https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/textiles-the-art-of-womens-work. Manente, Sara. “Textile Art: Unravelling Women’s Legacy.” Arcadia, Arcadia, 12 Dec. 2022, https://www.byarcadia.org/post/textile-art-unravelling-women-s-legacy (https://www.byarcadia.org/post/textile-art-unravelling-women-s-legacy). “Textile Art: Unravelling Women’s Legacy.” Arcadia, Arcadia, 12 Dec. 2022, https://www.byarcadia.org/post/textile-art-unravelling-women-s-legacy (https://www.byarcadia.org/post/textile-art-unravelling-women-s-legacy). Valentine, Fawn. West Virginia Quilts and Quiltmakers. 2000.

5. 

   5 Feb 2024

   Herstory Teaser

   Welcome to Herstory, a new podcast by Wheeling Heritage Media.

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