A History of Debates
Civics & Coffee: A History Podcast
10/10/20
•13m
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This week I am going to give you a run down of the history of political debates in American History. Did you know the first televised presidential debate was between two women and was 4 years before the infamous 1960 Kennedy / Nixon debates? Listen for this and much more on this week's listener requested episode of the history of debates.
Sources Used This Episode:
- The Commission on Presidential Debates: Debate History
- LINK: https://www.debates.org/debate-history/1960-debates
- Seven Things You May Not Know about Presidential Debates by Christopher Klein, History.com
- LINK: https://www.history.com/news/7-things-you-may-not-know-about-u-s-presidential-debates
- How Presidential Debates Work by Josh Clark & Melanie Radzicki McManus
- LINK: https://people.howstuffworks.com/debate1.htm
- PBS News Hour Extra
- LINK: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/app/uploads/2015/12/HANDOUT-4-HISTORY-OF-DEBATES.pdf
- The First Televised Presidential Debate, United States Sentate
- LINK: https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/The_First_Televised_Presidential_Debate.htm#:~:text=The%20typical%20answer%20to%20that,not%20appear%20in%20the%20debate.
- Campaign of 1960, The John F Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum
- LINK: https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/campaign-of-1960
- The Kennedy-Nixon Debates by History.com Editors, History.com
- https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/kennedy-nixon-debates
- The League of Women Voters and Candidate Debates: A Changing Relationship
- LINK: https://www.lwv.org/league-women-voters-and-candidate-debates-changing-relationship
- These Truths by Jill Lepore
- Celebrating Women on Face the Nation, CBS Face the Nation
- LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhQRJNV_Rqc
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She Boss - The Elizabeth Murray Story
October 3, 2020
•13m
This week I am telling the story of a female shopkeeper - Elizabeth Murray Campbell Smith Inman. A Scot by birth, Murray would cross the Atlantic and set herself on a path of economic security not typical for the women of her time. Elizabeth's story is fascinating - from her multiple voyages across the ocean, to her multiple prenuptial agreements and her mentorship of other women - Murray's story is one of independence, fortitude and service.
Sources Used This Episode:
- Elizabeth Murray: A Woman's Pursuit of Independence in Eighteenth-Century America by Patricia Cleary
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Mother of African American Literature - Phillis Wheatley
October 17, 2020
•14m
This week I am going to talk about a woman who literally wrote her way to freedom, Phillis Wheatley. Kidnapped from Africa as a small child, Wheatley would gain fame and notoriety as a result of creative writing capabilities. Wheatley was able to meet some of the most infamous men of her time including George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and John Hancock. So why is it we know so little about her? Listen to this weeks episode and find out.
Sources Used This Episode:
- Phillis Wheatley Historical Society
- LINK: phillis-wheatley.org/facts/
- Poetry Foundation - Phillis Wheatley
- LINK: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/phillis-wheatley#:~:text=(1770)%20was%20Wheatley's%20first%20published,Newport%2C%20Rhode%20Island%2C%20Mercury.
- Phillis Wheatley: Biography of a Genius in Bondage by Vincent Carretta
- The Trials of Phillis Wheatley: America's First Black Poet and Her Encounters with the Founding Fathers by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
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