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Mary Anning, Princess of Paleontology
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Charles Dickens Takes America
Charles Dickens is best known for chronicling life in London, ...
Charles Dickens is best known for chronicling life in London, but he also wrote about the United States – and not in a flattering light. When touring the U.S. and Canada with his wife, Dickens found many American customs repugnant. Tune in to learn more.
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Belle Starr: A Bad Rap for the Bandit Queen
Belle Starr is often remembered as a notorious outlaw who ...
Belle Starr is often remembered as a notorious outlaw who spent her free time carousing in saloons. But new accounts suggest that, while she wasn't a saint, she also wasn’t the “female Jesse James” some biographers made her out to be. So what’s the truth?
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From Diplomacy to Black Diaries: Roger Casement
Roger Casement was an Irish-born British diplomat. He eventually became ...
Roger Casement was an Irish-born British diplomat. He eventually became an Irish nationalist. After his arrest, he was sentenced to die. To stifle support for Casement, the government also released the "Black Diaries" which outed Casement as gay.
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Frida Kahlo: An Introspective Life, Part 2
Frida Kahlo took pride in caring for her husband Diego. ...
Frida Kahlo took pride in caring for her husband Diego. In 1930, the couple went to the United States. When they returned to Mexico, their rocky relationship affected Frida’s health. As her marriage worsened, Frida's star in the art world gradually rose.
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From Brontë to Bell and Back Again
The Brontë sisters quickly rose from obscurity to notoriety after ...
The Brontë sisters quickly rose from obscurity to notoriety after their three novels were published under the Bell pseudonym. Join Sarah and Deblina as they discuss the sisters' rise to fame and the scandalous suggestions about their lives and morals.
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Frida Kahlo: An Introspective Life, Part 1
Frida Kahlo contracted polio at the age of 6. Undeterred, ...
Frida Kahlo contracted polio at the age of 6. Undeterred, she went on to have an active childhood and adolescence. After a tragic accident left her bedridden for more than three months, she began to pursue painting and politics.
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Growing Up Brontë
The Brontë sisters are considered some of the best writers ...
The Brontë sisters are considered some of the best writers of the 19th century but their past may surprise you. Join Sarah and Deblina as they discuss the sisters' childhood tragedies, unconventional educations and their imaginary worlds.
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Mary Anning, Princess of Paleontology
Mary Anning started hunting for fossils in Lyme Regis in ...
Mary Anning started hunting for fossils in Lyme Regis in the early 1800s. Around 1811, she uncovered the complete skeleton of an ichthyosaurus. She made several significant contributions to paleontology, so why didn’t she always get credit for her work?
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Evliya Çelebi: World Traveler and Companion to Mankind
Evliya Çelebi grew up in 17th century Istanbul as the ...
Evliya Çelebi grew up in 17th century Istanbul as the "boon companion" of Sultan Murad IV. In his 20s, Evliya had a prophetic dream and spent decades traveling. During his travels he wrote the Seyahatname, one of history's important travel narratives.
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The Fairy Tale Life of Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen is often considered the father of the ...
Hans Christian Andersen is often considered the father of the modern fairy tale, but his life was not the quiet existence depicted in his photos. His personal life is fairly bizarre, and he is sometimes compared to his own outcast fairy tale figures.
