- 230
- Episodes
- 11
- Transcribed
- 134
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About Unsung History
A podcast about people and events in American history you may not know much about. Yet.
- Publisher
- Kelly Therese Pollock
- Category
- education · history · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 3 Jun 2021
- Latest episode
- 10 Aug 2026
Latest episodes
11 of 230 episodes have a transcript.
10 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Jane Addams, Hull House, and Chicago's Nineteenth Ward
27 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
Buddy Bradley
13 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
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Jane Addams, Hull House, and Chicago's Nineteenth Ward
Published 10 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Hall House Maps and Papers was well-reviewed, although it wasn't exactly a bestseller. While the reformers at Hall House were often lauded for their good work in the community, they also made enemies, chief among them Alderman Johnny Powers. Powers was born in Ireland in the early 1850s, immigrating to the United States in 1872. By the time he ran for city council in 1888, Powers owned a grocery store and a saloon. As an Irish Catholic immigrant, Powers fit into and understood the 19th Ward in a way that the Hall House residents could not. The alarm over the number of girls working in sweatshops had led the Illinois legislature in 1889 to pass what was called the Edwards Act, a law requiring children aged 7 to 14 to attend school for at least 16 weeks a year. […]
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- Terrence J McDonald
- Maureen Footer
- Leslie Heaphy
- Emily Sneff
- Vaneesa Cook
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 99 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.5 / 5
- 35 ratings
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