Little Sleights Podcast Por Alanna Greer arte de portada

Little Sleights

Little Sleights

De: Alanna Greer
Escúchala gratis

Let me tell you about the person beside the throne.


Here we talk about the women (and sometimes the men) who have been lost to the shadows of history, and try to cast a little light on their lives. They may not have mattered in the grand scheme, but everybody's got their Little Sleights.

All rights reserved. Ciencias Sociales Mundial
Episodios
  • The Canadian Titanic - RMS Empress of Ireland

    The Canadian Titanic - RMS Empress of Ireland
    Apr 9 2022

    In 1914 a Canadian ocean liner sunk to the bed of the St Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada, taking over 1000 souls with her. It became the worst maritime disaster during peacetime in Canadian history. But before the tragedy, that ship was the RMS Empress of Ireland, the ship that helped realize the dreams of a growing Canadian company and thousands of immigrants.
    Más Menos
    34 m
  • The Nation's Darling - Lotta Crabtree

    The Nation's Darling - Lotta Crabtree
    Feb 2 2022

    One of the original child stars and, eventually, the highest paid actress of her day, she took the Wild West by storm in the late 1800s and forever left her mark on San Francisco and the American stages.

    But before all that, she was Lotta Crabtree.
    Más Menos
    18 m
  • A Virginian Double Agent - James Armistead Lafayette

    A Virginian Double Agent - James Armistead Lafayette
    Dec 4 2021

    Slave turned spy, Virginian James Armistead help change the tide of the summer of 1781 and the Battle of Yorktown as he snuck secrets out of Charles Cornwallis' camp and into the hands of the Marquis de Lafayette. But once he'd help win the war, could he also win his freedom?
    Más Menos
    23 m
Todavía no hay opiniones