Tracy shares why the story of George Washington Williams makes her so sad. Holly then offers some additional information about John Mytton that wasn't in the Wednesday episode. 

Tracy shares why the story of George Washington Williams makes her so sad. Holly then offers some additional information about John Mytton that wasn't in the Wednesday episode.

Join Holly and Tracy as they bring you the greatest and strangest Stuff You Missed In History Class in this podcast by iHeartRadio.

Stuff You Missed in History Class

Behind the Scenes Minis: George and Mad Jack

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Holly shares a theory on why Wanda Gág didn’t drink. There is also discussion of Gág’s medical issues and how they were handled by doctors.

Holly shares a theory on why Wanda G&aacute;g didn&rsquo;t drink. There is also discussion of G&aacute;g&rsquo;s medical issues and how they were handled by doctors.

Behind the Scenes Minis: Wanda’s Motivations

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After struggling to raise her siblings and start an art career, Wanda Gág’s life changed almost instantly with the publication of her first children’s book. Part two of her story looks at how her books sustained her financially so she could also make the art she wanted.

Research:
Anderson, Phil. "Gág, Wanda (1893–1946)." MNopedia, Minnesota Historical Society. http://www.mnopedia.org/person/g-g-wanda-1893-1946
Cox, Richard W. “Wanda Gág The Bite of the Picture Book.“ Minnesota History. Fall 1975. https://storage.googleapis.com/mnhs-org-support/mn_history_articles/44/v44i07p238-254.pdf?__hstc=98931905.4376bcd11fc21fde4cdd335d087cb15e.1742826273001.1742826273001.1742826273001.1&__hssc=98931905.1.1742826273001&__hsfp=979038277
Cox, Richard, and Julie L’Enfant. “Old World Symphony.” Minnesota History. Spring 1996. https://storage.googleapis.com/mnhs-org-support/mn_history_articles/55/v55i01p002-015.pdf?__hstc=98931905.4376bcd11fc21fde4cdd335d087cb15e.1742826273001.1742826273001.1742826273001.1&__hssc=98931905.1.1742826273001&__hsfp=979038277
Gág , Wanda. “Growing Pains.” Coward-McCann. 1940. https://ia801401.us.archive.org/10/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.88331/2015.88331.Growing-Pains-Diaries-And-Drawings-For-The-Years-1908-1917.pdf
Gág , Wanda. “Millions of Cats.” Coward-McCann. 1928. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Millions_of_Cats/2YjWAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
Gág , Wanda. “The Funny Thing.” Coward-McCann. 1991. https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Funny_Thing/c1nhAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
Gág , Wanda. “SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS.” Coward-McCann. 1938. Accessed online: https://gutenberg.ca/ebooks/Gág -snow/Gág -snow-00-h-dir/Gág -snow-00-h.html
Gág , Wanda. “Snippy and Snappy. Coward-McCann. 1931. Accessed online: https://gutenberg.ca/ebooks/Gág -snippy/Gág -snippy-00-h-dir/Gág -snippy-00-h.html
Gregory, Alice. “Juicy As a Pear: Wanda Gág’s Delectable Books.” The New Yorker. April 24, 2014. https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/juicy-as-a-pear-wanda-ggs-delectable-books?_sp=0d46b6ea-f03e-46b9-aa69-dd7bd3c6100b.1742826428861
Hurley, Beatrice J. “Wanda Gág - Artist, Author.” Elementary English, vol. 32, no. 6, 1955, pp. 347–54. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41384370
Keller, Sara. “Reciprocal Connections: Wanda Gág and her Hometown Community of new Ulm, Minnesota.” Kappa Omicron Nu.   https://publications.kon.org/urc//v9/Interconnected-Through-Art/keller.pdf
Popova, Maria. “Pioneering Early-Twentieth-Century Artist and Creative Entrepreneur Wanda Gág on Our Two Selves and How Love Lays Its Claim on Us.” The Marginalian. March 11, 2015. https://www.themarginalian.org/2015/03/11/wanda-Gág -growing-pains-me-myself/#:~:text=By%20Maria%20Popova,was%20already%20on%20her%20deathbed.
Scott, Alma. “Wanda Gág : The Story of an Artist.” Kessinger Publishing. 2007.
Showalter, Elaine. “These Modern Women: Autobiographical Essays from the Twenties.” Feminist Press at CUNY. 1989.
“Wanda Gág.” Wanda Gág https://wandaGág house.org/wanda-Gág /
Wigglesworth, Michael. “The Day of Doom.” Spiral Press. 1929. Accessed online: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x000889310&seq=9
Winnan, Audur H. “Wanda Gág .” University of Minnesota Press. 1993.

After struggling to raise her siblings and start an art career, Wanda G&aacute;g&rsquo;s life changed almost instantly with the publication of her first children&rsquo;s book. Part two of her story looks at how her books sustained her financially so she could also make the art she wanted.
Research:
<ul>
<li>Anderson, Phil. "G&aacute;g, Wanda (1893&ndash;1946)." MNopedia, Minnesota Historical Society. http://www.mnopedia.org/person/g-g-wanda-1893-1946</li>
<li>Cox, Richard W. &ldquo;Wanda G&aacute;g The Bite of the Picture Book.&ldquo; Minnesota History. Fall 1975. https://storage.googleapis.com/mnhs-org-support/mn_history_articles/44/v44i07p238-254.pdf?__hstc=98931905.4376bcd11fc21fde4cdd335d087cb15e.1742826273001.1742826273001.1742826273001.1&amp;__hssc=98931905.1.1742826273001&amp;__hsfp=979038277</li>
<li>Cox, Richard, and Julie L&rsquo;Enfant. &ldquo;Old World Symphony.&rdquo; Minnesota History. Spring 1996. https://storage.googleapis.com/mnhs-org-support/mn_history_articles/55/v55i01p002-015.pdf?__hstc=98931905.4376bcd11fc21fde4cdd335d087cb15e.1742826273001.1742826273001.1742826273001.1&amp;__hssc=98931905.1.1742826273001&amp;__hsfp=979038277</li>
<li>G&aacute;g , Wanda. &ldquo;Growing Pains.&rdquo; Coward-McCann. 1940. https://ia801401.us.archive.org/10/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.88331/2015.88331.Growing-Pains-Diaries-And-Drawings-For-The-Years-1908-1917.pdf</li>
<li>G&aacute;g , Wanda. &ldquo;Millions of Cats.&rdquo; Coward-McCann. 1928. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Millions_of_Cats/2YjWAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&amp;gbpv=0</li>
<li>G&aacute;g , Wanda. &ldquo;The Funny Thing.&rdquo; Coward-McCann. 1991. https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Funny_Thing/c1nhAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&amp;gbpv=0</li>
<li>G&aacute;g , Wanda. &ldquo;SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS.&rdquo; Coward-McCann. 1938. Accessed online: https://gutenberg.ca/ebooks/G&aacute;g -snow/G&aacute;g -snow-00-h-dir/G&aacute;g -snow-00-h.html</li>
<li>G&aacute;g , Wanda. &ldquo;Snippy and Snappy. Coward-McCann. 1931. Accessed online: https://gutenberg.ca/ebooks/G&aacute;g -snippy/G&aacute;g -snippy-00-h-dir/G&aacute;g -snippy-00-h.html</li>
<li>Gregory, Alice. &ldquo;Juicy As a Pear: Wanda G&aacute;g&rsquo;s Delectable Books.&rdquo; The New Yorker. April 24, 2014. https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/juicy-as-a-pear-wanda-ggs-delectable-books?_sp=0d46b6ea-f03e-46b9-aa69-dd7bd3c6100b.1742826428861</li>
<li>Hurley, Beatrice J. &ldquo;Wanda G&aacute;g - Artist, Author.&rdquo;&nbsp;Elementary English, vol. 32, no. 6, 1955, pp. 347&ndash;54.&nbsp;JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41384370</li>
<li>Keller, Sara. &ldquo;Reciprocal Connections: Wanda G&aacute;g and her Hometown Community of new Ulm, Minnesota.&rdquo; Kappa Omicron Nu.&nbsp;&nbsp; https://publications.kon.org/urc//v9/Interconnected-Through-Art/keller.pdf</li>
<li>Popova, Maria. &ldquo;Pioneering Early-Twentieth-Century Artist and Creative Entrepreneur Wanda G&aacute;g on Our Two Selves and How Love Lays Its Claim on Us.&rdquo; The Marginalian. March 11, 2015. https://www.themarginalian.org/2015/03/11/wanda-G&aacute;g -growing-pains-me-myself/#:~:text=By%20Maria%20Popova,was%20already%20on%20her%20deathbed.</li>
<li>Scott, Alma. &ldquo;Wanda G&aacute;g : The Story of an Artist.&rdquo; Kessinger Publishing. 2007.</li>
<li>Showalter, Elaine. &ldquo;These Modern Women:&nbsp;Autobiographical Essays from the Twenties.&rdquo; Feminist Press at CUNY. 1989.</li>
<li>&ldquo;Wanda G&aacute;g.&rdquo; Wanda G&aacute;g https://wandaG&aacute;g house.org/wanda-G&aacute;g /</li>
<li>Wigglesworth, Michael. &ldquo;The Day of Doom.&rdquo; Spiral Press. 1929. Accessed online: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x000889310&amp;seq=9</li>
<li>Winnan, Audur H. &ldquo;Wanda G&aacute;g .&rdquo; University of Minnesota Press. 1993.</li>
</ul>

After struggling to raise her siblings and start an art career, Wanda Gág’s life changed almost instantly with the publication of her first children’s book. Part two of her story looks at how her books sustained her financially so she could also make the art she wanted.

Wanda Gág, Part 2

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As an artist and writer Wanda Gág is well known for her children’s books. But this first of two parts about her life covers her own unusual childhood, which went from quirky fun to intense hardship when her father died.

Research:
Anderson, Phil. "Gág, Wanda (1893–1946)." MNopedia, Minnesota Historical Society. http://www.mnopedia.org/person/g-g-wanda-1893-1946
Cox, Richard W. “Wanda Gág The Bite of the Picture Book.“ Minnesota History. Fall 1975. https://storage.googleapis.com/mnhs-org-support/mn_history_articles/44/v44i07p238-254.pdf?__hstc=98931905.4376bcd11fc21fde4cdd335d087cb15e.1742826273001.1742826273001.1742826273001.1&__hssc=98931905.1.1742826273001&__hsfp=979038277
Cox, Richard, and Julie L’Enfant. “Old World Symphony.” Minnesota History. Spring 1996. https://storage.googleapis.com/mnhs-org-support/mn_history_articles/55/v55i01p002-015.pdf?__hstc=98931905.4376bcd11fc21fde4cdd335d087cb15e.1742826273001.1742826273001.1742826273001.1&__hssc=98931905.1.1742826273001&__hsfp=979038277
Gág , Wanda. “Growing Pains.” Coward-McCann. 1940. https://ia801401.us.archive.org/10/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.88331/2015.88331.Growing-Pains-Diaries-And-Drawings-For-The-Years-1908-1917.pdf
Gág , Wanda. “Millions of Cats.” Coward-McCann. 1928. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Millions_of_Cats/2YjWAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
Gág , Wanda. “The Funny Thing.” Coward-McCann. 1991. https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Funny_Thing/c1nhAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
Gág , Wanda. “SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS.” Coward-McCann. 1938. Accessed online: https://gutenberg.ca/ebooks/Gág -snow/Gág -snow-00-h-dir/Gág -snow-00-h.html
Gág , Wanda. “Snippy and Snappy. Coward-McCann. 1931. Accessed online: https://gutenberg.ca/ebooks/Gág -snippy/Gág -snippy-00-h-dir/Gág -snippy-00-h.html
Gregory, Alice. “Juicy As a Pear: Wanda Gág’s Delectable Books.” The New Yorker. April 24, 2014. https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/juicy-as-a-pear-wanda-ggs-delectable-books?_sp=0d46b6ea-f03e-46b9-aa69-dd7bd3c6100b.1742826428861
Hurley, Beatrice J. “Wanda Gág - Artist, Author.” Elementary English, vol. 32, no. 6, 1955, pp. 347–54. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41384370
Keller, Sara. “Reciprocal Connections: Wanda Gág and her Hometown Community of new Ulm, Minnesota.” Kappa Omicron Nu.   https://publications.kon.org/urc//v9/Interconnected-Through-Art/keller.pdf
Popova, Maria. “Pioneering Early-Twentieth-Century Artist and Creative Entrepreneur Wanda Gág on Our Two Selves and How Love Lays Its Claim on Us.” The Marginalian. March 11, 2015. https://www.themarginalian.org/2015/03/11/wanda-Gág -growing-pains-me-myself/#:~:text=By%20Maria%20Popova,was%20already%20on%20her%20deathbed.
Scott, Alma. “Wanda Gág : The Story of an Artist.” Kessinger Publishing. 2007.
Showalter, Elaine. “These Modern Women: Autobiographical Essays from the Twenties.” Feminist Press at CUNY. 1989.
“Wanda Gág.” Wanda Gág https://wandaGág house.org/wanda-Gág /
Wigglesworth, Michael. “The Day of Doom.” Spiral Press. 1929. Accessed online: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x000889310&seq=9
Winnan, Audur H. “Wanda Gág .” University of Minnesota Press. 1993.

As an artist and writer Wanda G&aacute;g is well known for her children&rsquo;s books. But this first of two parts about her life covers her own unusual childhood, which went from quirky fun to intense hardship when her father died.
Research:
<ul>
<li>Anderson, Phil. "G&aacute;g, Wanda (1893&ndash;1946)." MNopedia, Minnesota Historical Society. http://www.mnopedia.org/person/g-g-wanda-1893-1946</li>
<li>Cox, Richard W. &ldquo;Wanda G&aacute;g The Bite of the Picture Book.&ldquo; Minnesota History. Fall 1975. https://storage.googleapis.com/mnhs-org-support/mn_history_articles/44/v44i07p238-254.pdf?__hstc=98931905.4376bcd11fc21fde4cdd335d087cb15e.1742826273001.1742826273001.1742826273001.1&amp;__hssc=98931905.1.1742826273001&amp;__hsfp=979038277</li>
<li>Cox, Richard, and Julie L&rsquo;Enfant. &ldquo;Old World Symphony.&rdquo; Minnesota History. Spring 1996. https://storage.googleapis.com/mnhs-org-support/mn_history_articles/55/v55i01p002-015.pdf?__hstc=98931905.4376bcd11fc21fde4cdd335d087cb15e.1742826273001.1742826273001.1742826273001.1&amp;__hssc=98931905.1.1742826273001&amp;__hsfp=979038277</li>
<li>G&aacute;g , Wanda. &ldquo;Growing Pains.&rdquo; Coward-McCann. 1940. https://ia801401.us.archive.org/10/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.88331/2015.88331.Growing-Pains-Diaries-And-Drawings-For-The-Years-1908-1917.pdf</li>
<li>G&aacute;g , Wanda. &ldquo;Millions of Cats.&rdquo; Coward-McCann. 1928. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Millions_of_Cats/2YjWAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&amp;gbpv=0</li>
<li>G&aacute;g , Wanda. &ldquo;The Funny Thing.&rdquo; Coward-McCann. 1991. https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Funny_Thing/c1nhAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&amp;gbpv=0</li>
<li>G&aacute;g , Wanda. &ldquo;SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS.&rdquo; Coward-McCann. 1938. Accessed online: https://gutenberg.ca/ebooks/G&aacute;g -snow/G&aacute;g -snow-00-h-dir/G&aacute;g -snow-00-h.html</li>
<li>G&aacute;g , Wanda. &ldquo;Snippy and Snappy. Coward-McCann. 1931. Accessed online: https://gutenberg.ca/ebooks/G&aacute;g -snippy/G&aacute;g -snippy-00-h-dir/G&aacute;g -snippy-00-h.html</li>
<li>Gregory, Alice. &ldquo;Juicy As a Pear: Wanda G&aacute;g&rsquo;s Delectable Books.&rdquo; The New Yorker. April 24, 2014. https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/juicy-as-a-pear-wanda-ggs-delectable-books?_sp=0d46b6ea-f03e-46b9-aa69-dd7bd3c6100b.1742826428861</li>
<li>Hurley, Beatrice J. &ldquo;Wanda G&aacute;g - Artist, Author.&rdquo;&nbsp;Elementary English, vol. 32, no. 6, 1955, pp. 347&ndash;54.&nbsp;JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41384370</li>
<li>Keller, Sara. &ldquo;Reciprocal Connections: Wanda G&aacute;g and her Hometown Community of new Ulm, Minnesota.&rdquo; Kappa Omicron Nu.&nbsp;&nbsp; https://publications.kon.org/urc//v9/Interconnected-Through-Art/keller.pdf</li>
<li>Popova, Maria. &ldquo;Pioneering Early-Twentieth-Century Artist and Creative Entrepreneur Wanda G&aacute;g on Our Two Selves and How Love Lays Its Claim on Us.&rdquo; The Marginalian. March 11, 2015. https://www.themarginalian.org/2015/03/11/wanda-G&aacute;g -growing-pains-me-myself/#:~:text=By%20Maria%20Popova,was%20already%20on%20her%20deathbed.</li>
<li>Scott, Alma. &ldquo;Wanda G&aacute;g : The Story of an Artist.&rdquo; Kessinger Publishing. 2007.</li>
<li>Showalter, Elaine. &ldquo;These Modern Women:&nbsp;Autobiographical Essays from the Twenties.&rdquo; Feminist Press at CUNY. 1989.</li>
<li>&ldquo;Wanda G&aacute;g.&rdquo; Wanda G&aacute;g https://wandaG&aacute;g house.org/wanda-G&aacute;g /</li>
<li>Wigglesworth, Michael. &ldquo;The Day of Doom.&rdquo; Spiral Press. 1929. Accessed online: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x000889310&amp;seq=9</li>
<li>Winnan, Audur H. &ldquo;Wanda G&aacute;g .&rdquo; University of Minnesota Press. 1993.</li>
</ul>

As an artist and writer Wanda Gág is well known for her children’s books. But this first of two parts about her life covers her own unusual childhood, which went from quirky fun to intense hardship when her father died. 

Wanda Gág, Part 1

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/d0b5a53d-5bce-4012-b404-b2c30044b3ac/transcript

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