Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant

29/05/2024

New Episode of Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant: "O Women of America!"

An Address by Frances E. W. Harper to the Chicago World's Fair, 20 May 1893. In which Harper champions morality, civil rights, and civic duty in Jim Crow America. Featuring Chole Porche, Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Virginia's Corcoran Department of History.

https://r2studios.org/show/your-most-obedient-humble-servant/Episode_51_oh_women_of_america/

Image Credit: Frances E. W. Harper featured in L.A. Scruggs, Women of distinction: remarkable in works and invincible in character (1893).

16/04/2024

Our 50th episode is here! 🎉

In this one, we hear a letter from Martha Washington to Eleanor Parke Custis, c. February 1797. In which Washington warns her granddaughter that her dress may not arrive from Philadelphia in time for a Virginia ball.

🎧 Listen now to: The Feathers are the only Tolerable Ones wherever you get your podcasts!

Martha Washington to Eleanor Parke Custis, c. February 1797. In which Washington warns her granddaughter that her dress may not arrive from Philadelphia in time for…

09/04/2024

Can't wait for the next episode of Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant? You listen to your favorite podcast host Kathryn Gehred on the latest episode from Thomas Jefferson's Monticello's "In The Course of Human Events" podcast series now. Check out "The Life and 'Happiness' of Martha Wayles Jefferson" wherever you listen to podcasts!

‎Show In the Course of Human Events, Ep The Life and "Happiness" of Martha Wayles Jefferson - Apr 6, 2024

19/03/2024

Now playing: "Deposition of Phillis Tatton" 🎧

In the latest episode from Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant, Katy Gehred is joined by Riley Sutherland for a look at a slightly different source: a pension file in which Phillis Hinkley Saunders Tatton appeared before the County of Probate in the state of Connecticut in an attempt to secure a pension for her late husband’s service during the American Revolutionary War. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts!

Deposition of Phillis Tatton, 3rd November 1837 In which Phillis Hinkley Saunders Tatton appeared before the County of Probate in the state of Connecticut in an att…

08/03/2024

Happy International Women's Day!

Celebrate by learning about some amazing 18th & 19th century women and their letters on the latest episodes of Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant:

Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant is a podcast that showcases 18th and early 19th-century women’s letters that don’t always make it into the history books. Join h…

22/02/2024

NEW EPISODE: "Political Subjects are too often at Variance"

Elizabeth Willing Powel to Elizabeth Parke Custis, February 28, 1816. In which Powel advises Martha Washington's pro-French granddaughter to avoid talking about politics with pro-British family members.

Featuring Samantha Snyder of The Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington George Washington's Mount Vernon and Dr. Cassie Good

https://www.r2studios.org/show/your-most-obedient-humble-servant/episode-48-Political-Subjects-are-too-often-at-Variance/

Image credits: Portraits of Elizabeth Willing Powel and Elizabeth Parke Custis courtesy of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association.

01/02/2024

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22/01/2024

Thanks, Revolution250 for sharing our latest episode!

Phillis Wheatley to Obour Tanner, October 30th, 1773 in which Wheatley discusses faith, her book, and a trip to England.

16/01/2024

We're back! 🎧 In today's episode, Kathryn Gehred is joined by Dr. Tara Bynum, Assistant Professor of English and African American Studies at the University of Iowa for a discussion about a letter from Phillis Wheatley to Obour Tanner, in which Wheatley discusses faith, her book, and a trip to England. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts!

Phillis Wheatley to Obour Tanner, October 30th, 1773 in which Wheatley discusses faith, her book, and a trip to England.

19/12/2023

New Episode! New Episode! "The Ambassadress Is Nothing But Blunt"

In which Dr. Miriam Liebman of the Massachusetts Historical Society explains Abigail Adams's encounters with wealthy South Carolinians in London, and the tribulations of her daughter Nabby in matters of the heart.

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Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 16 Febuary 1786. In which Abigail reports from London to her son on dining with wealthy South Carolinians and the tri…

30/11/2023

"The Little Hell Raiser"

Elizabeth Mason to Mary Barnes Mason, 3 March 1811. In which a young Mary Barnes Mason offers us a window into girlhood in history. Listen to Your Most Obedi...

28/11/2023

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22/11/2023

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21/11/2023

We are pleased to share our latest episode for your listening pleasure! 🎧 NEW this morning: “You Must Not Complain Of My Silence” In which Elizabeth Mason attempts to update her daughter Mary Barnes Mason on the latest news from home while her family distracts her. https://www.r2studios.org/show/your-most-obedient-humble-servant/you-must-not-complain-of-my-silence

Featuring host Katy Gehred in conversation with Dr. Kate Steir of Gunston Hall!

17/11/2023

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06/11/2023

Thanks to everyone for following our page while it's still new! If you haven't yet, you should listen to our latest episode "I Am An Idiot About Play," in which Lady Georgiana Spencer and Caroline Howe discuss Lady Spencer’s gambling problem in a series of correspondences.

Lady Georgiana Spencer and Caroline Howe, a series of correspondences. In which they discuss Lady Spencer’s gambling problem. Kathryn Gehred is joined by…

02/11/2023

Hello, Facebook! This is the official page for Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant, a that showcases 18th and early 19th-century women’s letters that don’t always make it into the history books. Hosted by Kathryn Gehred and produced by R2 Studios at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media. Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts!

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