Tracy notes the wild array of incorrect information that circulates about Lillian Exum Clement. Then she and Holly talk about childhood reading habits. 

Tracy notes the wild array of incorrect information that circulates about Lillian Exum Clement. Then she and Holly talk about childhood reading habits.&nbsp;

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: Incorrect Lillian and Reading Kids

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Sidi Mubarak Bombay was sort of a combined guide, translator and nurse, and often the supervisor of the African laborers on expeditions through eastern and equatorial Africa in the 19th century.

Research:
"Sidi Mubarak Bombay Unsung African adventurer." BBC History Magazine, Aug. 2023, p. 56. Gale In Context: U.S. History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A756775082/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=0b775bc3. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
"Sidi Mubarak Bombay." Explorers & Discoverers of the World, Gale, 1993. Gale In Context: U.S. History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1614000037/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=ab21ce2c. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
Burton, Richard F. “Zanzibar: City, Island and Coast in Two Volumes.” Vol. 2. London, Tinsley Brothers. 1872.
Cameron, Verney Lovett. “Across Africa.” New York: Harper & Bros. 1877.
Cavendish, Richard. “The Nile’s Source Discovered.” History Today. 8/8/2008. https://www.historytoday.com/archive/nile%E2%80%99s-source-discovered
Driver, Felix. “Hidden histories made visible? Reflections on a geographical exhibition.” Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers , 2013, Vol. 38, No. 3. Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24582457
Fresh Air. “'River of the Gods' captures the epic quest to find the source of the Nile.” 6/15/2022. https://www.npr.org/2022/06/15/1105189330/river-of-the-gods-captures-the-epic-quest-to-find-the-source-of-the-nile
Grant, James Augustus. “A Walk Across Africa; Or, Domestic Scenes from My Nile Journal.” Edinburgh, London, W. Blackwood and Sons. 1864.
Hitchman, Francis. “Richard F. Burton, K.C.M.G. : his early, private and public life with an account of his travels and explorations.” London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington. 1887. https://archive.org/details/richardfburtonkc02hitc
Howgego, Raymond John. “John Hanning Speke – Soldier and Explorer (1827-1864). Ligue Internationale de la Librairie Ancienne. https://ilab.org/fr/article/john-hanning-speke-english-soldier-and-explorer-1827-1864
Lepere, Imogen. “Mbarak Mombée: An African Explorer Robbed of His Name.” JSTOR Daily. 3/11/2024. https://daily.jstor.org/mbarak-mombee-an-african-explorer-robbed-of-his-name/
Longair, Sarah. “The Materiality of Indian Ocean Slavery and Emancipation: The Challengesof Presence and Absence.” From Being a Slave: Histories and Legacies of European Slavery in the Indian Ocean. Leiden University Press. (2020). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.1011743.16
Millard Candace. “River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile.” Doubleday. 2022.
Royal Geograophical Society. “Sidi Mubarak Bombay.” https://cdn-rgs-media-prod.azureedge.net/xs0ksumf/exploringafricafactsheetsidimubarakbombay.pdf
Simpson, Donald Herbert. “Dark Companions: The African Contribution to the European Exploration of East Africa.” New York : Barnes & Noble Books. 1976.
Speke, John Hanning. ““What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile”.” William Blackwood and Sons. Edinburgh and London. 1864. https://archive.org/details/whatledtodiscov01spekgoog
Speke, John Hanning. “The Discovery of the Source of the Nile.” New York, Harper. 1864.
Stanley, Sir Henry M. “How I Found Livingstone: Travels, Adventures and Discoveries in Central Africa including four months residence with Dr. Livingstone.” 1871.
The East African. “Bombay: Refuge for slave Africans.” https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/magazine/bombay-refuge-for-slave-africans-1296480
UK Archives. “Bombay Africans: 1850-1910.” From 1807 Commemorated. https://archives.history.ac.uk/1807commemorated/exhibitions/museums/bombay.html
Wisnicki, Adrian S. “Cartographical Quandaries: The Limits of Knowledge Production in Burton's and Speke's Search for the Source of the Nile.” History in Africa , 2008, Vol. 35 (2008). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25483732

 

Sidi Mubarak Bombay was sort of a combined guide, translator and nurse, and often the supervisor of the African laborers on expeditions through eastern and equatorial Africa in the 19th century.
Research:
<ul>
<li>"Sidi Mubarak Bombay Unsung African adventurer." BBC History Magazine, Aug. 2023, p. 56. Gale In Context: U.S. History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A756775082/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&amp;sid=bookmark-GPS&amp;xid=0b775bc3. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.</li>
<li>"Sidi Mubarak Bombay." Explorers &amp; Discoverers of the World, Gale, 1993. Gale In Context: U.S. History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1614000037/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&amp;sid=bookmark-GPS&amp;xid=ab21ce2c. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.</li>
<li>Burton, Richard F. &ldquo;Zanzibar: City, Island and Coast in Two Volumes.&rdquo; Vol. 2. London, Tinsley Brothers. 1872.</li>
<li>Cameron, Verney Lovett. &ldquo;Across Africa.&rdquo; New York: Harper &amp; Bros. 1877.</li>
<li>Cavendish, Richard. &ldquo;The Nile&rsquo;s Source Discovered.&rdquo; History Today. 8/8/2008. https://www.historytoday.com/archive/nile%E2%80%99s-source-discovered</li>
<li>Driver, Felix. &ldquo;Hidden histories made visible? Reflections on a geographical exhibition.&rdquo; Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers , 2013, Vol. 38, No. 3. Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24582457</li>
<li>Fresh Air. &ldquo;'River of the Gods' captures the epic quest to find the source of the Nile.&rdquo; 6/15/2022. https://www.npr.org/2022/06/15/1105189330/river-of-the-gods-captures-the-epic-quest-to-find-the-source-of-the-nile</li>
<li>Grant, James Augustus. &ldquo;A Walk Across Africa; Or, Domestic Scenes from My Nile Journal.&rdquo; Edinburgh, London, W. Blackwood and Sons. 1864.</li>
<li>Hitchman, Francis. &ldquo;Richard F. Burton, K.C.M.G. : his early, private and public life with an account of his travels and explorations.&rdquo; London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle &amp; Rivington. 1887. https://archive.org/details/richardfburtonkc02hitc</li>
<li>Howgego, Raymond John. &ldquo;John Hanning Speke &ndash; Soldier and Explorer (1827-1864). Ligue Internationale de la Librairie Ancienne. https://ilab.org/fr/article/john-hanning-speke-english-soldier-and-explorer-1827-1864</li>
<li>Lepere, Imogen. &ldquo;Mbarak Momb&eacute;e: An African Explorer Robbed of His Name.&rdquo; JSTOR Daily. 3/11/2024. https://daily.jstor.org/mbarak-mombee-an-african-explorer-robbed-of-his-name/</li>
<li>Longair, Sarah. &ldquo;The Materiality of Indian Ocean Slavery and Emancipation: The Challengesof Presence and Absence.&rdquo; From Being a Slave: Histories and Legacies of European Slavery in the Indian Ocean. Leiden University Press. (2020). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.1011743.16</li>
<li>Millard Candace. &ldquo;River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile.&rdquo; Doubleday. 2022.</li>
<li>Royal Geograophical Society. &ldquo;Sidi Mubarak Bombay.&rdquo; https://cdn-rgs-media-prod.azureedge.net/xs0ksumf/exploringafricafactsheetsidimubarakbombay.pdf</li>
<li>Simpson, Donald Herbert. &ldquo;Dark Companions: The African Contribution to the European Exploration of East Africa.&rdquo; New York : Barnes &amp; Noble Books. 1976.</li>
<li>Speke, John Hanning. &ldquo;&ldquo;What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile&rdquo;.&rdquo; William Blackwood and Sons. Edinburgh and London. 1864. https://archive.org/details/whatledtodiscov01spekgoog</li>
<li>Speke, John Hanning. &ldquo;The Discovery of the Source of the Nile.&rdquo; New York, Harper. 1864.</li>
<li>Stanley, Sir Henry M. &ldquo;How I Found Livingstone: Travels, Adventures and Discoveries in Central Africa including four months residence with Dr. Livingstone.&rdquo; 1871.</li>
<li>The East African. &ldquo;Bombay: Refuge for slave Africans.&rdquo; https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/magazine/bombay-refuge-for-slave-africans-1296480</li>
<li>UK Archives. &ldquo;Bombay Africans: 1850-1910.&rdquo; From 1807 Commemorated. https://archives.history.ac.uk/1807commemorated/exhibitions/museums/bombay.html</li>
<li>Wisnicki, Adrian S. &ldquo;Cartographical Quandaries: The Limits of Knowledge Production in Burton's and Speke's Search for the Source of the Nile.&rdquo; History in Africa , 2008, Vol. 35 (2008). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25483732</li>
</ul>
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Sidi Mubarak Bombay was sort of a combined guide, translator and nurse, and often the supervisor of the African laborers on expeditions through eastern and equatorial Africa in the 19th century. 

Sidi Mubarak Bombay

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Tetanus has probably been around for most of human history, or even longer. But it’s preventable today thanks to vaccines.

Research:
"Emil von Behring." Notable Scientists from 1900 to the Present, edited by Brigham Narins, Gale, 2008. Gale In Context: Science, link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1619001490/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=464250e5. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
Breasted, J.H., translator. “OIP 3. The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus, Volume 1: Hieroglyphic Transliteration, Translation, and Commentary.” Oxford University Press. 1930.
Chalian, William. “An Essay on the History of Lockjaw.” Bulletin of the History of Medicine, FEBRUARY, 1940, Vol. 8, No. 2. Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/44446242
Emil von Behring: The founder of serum therapy. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach 2025. Thu. 17 Apr 2025. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1901/behring/article/
Galassi, Francesco Maria et al. “Tetanus: historical and palaeopathological aspects considering its current health impact.” Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene vol. 65,4 E580-E585. 31 Jan. 2025, doi:10.15167/2421-4248/jpmh2024.65.4.3376
George, Elizabeth K. “Tetanus (Clostridium tetani Infection).” StatPearls. January 2025. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK482484/
Hippocrates. “VI. Diseases, Internal Affections.” Harvard University Press. 1988.
Jean-Marc Cavaillon, Historical links between toxinology and immunology, Pathogens and Disease, Volume 76, Issue 3, April 2018, fty019, https://doi.org/10.1093/femspd/fty019
Jones CE, Yusuf N, Ahmed B, Kassogue M, Wasley A, Kanu FA. Progress Toward Achieving and Sustaining Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus Elimination — Worldwide, 2000–2022. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2024;73:614–621. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7328a1
Kaufmann, Stefan H E. “Remembering Emil von Behring: from Tetanus Treatment to Antibody Cooperation with Phagocytes.” mBio vol. 8,1 e00117-17. 28 Feb. 2017, doi:10.1128/mBio.00117-17
Kreston, Rebecca. “Tetanus, the Grinning Death.” Discover. 9/29/2015.  https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/tetanus-the-grinning-death
Milto, Lori De, and Leslie Mertz, PhD. "Tetanus." The Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health, edited by Brigham Narins, 2nd ed., vol. 2, Gale, 2020, pp. 1074-1076. Gale In Context: Environmental Studies, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX7947900274/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=a44bc544. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
Milto, Lori De, and Leslie Mertz, PhD. "Tetanus." The Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health, edited by Brigham Narins, 2nd ed., vol. 2, Gale, 2020, pp. 1074-1076. Gale In Context: Environmental Studies, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX7947900274/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=a44bc544. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
National Institutes of Health. “Tetanus.” https://history.nih.gov/display/history/Tetanus
Ni, Maoshing. “The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Medicine: A New Translation of the Neijing Suwen with Commentary.” Shambhala. 1995.
Smithsonian. “The Antibody Initiative: Battling Tetanus.” https://www.si.edu/spotlight/antibody-initiative/battling-tetanus
Sundwall, John. “Man and Microbes.” Illustrated lecture given under the auspices of the Kansas Academy of Science, Topeka, January 12, 1917. https://archive.org/details/jstor-3624335/
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1901. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach 2025. Thu. 17 Apr 2025. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1901/summary/ 
Tiwari, Tejpratap S.P. et al. “Chapter 21: Tetanus.” CDC Pink Book. https://www.cdc.gov/pinkbook/hcp/table-of-contents/chapter-21-tetanus.html
Von Behring, Emil and Kitasato Shibasaburo. “The Mechanism of Immunity in Animals to Diphtheria and Tetanus.” Immunology. 1890. http://raolab.org/upfile/file/20200612164743_201234_56288.pdf
War Office Committee for the Study of Tetanus. “Memorandum on Tetanus.” Fourth Edition. 1919. https://archive.org/details/b32171201/
World Health Organization. “Tetanus.” 7/12/2024. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/tetanus  

Tetanus has probably been around for most of human history, or even longer. But it&rsquo;s preventable today thanks to vaccines.
Research:
<ul>
<li>"Emil von Behring." Notable Scientists from 1900 to the Present, edited by Brigham Narins, Gale, 2008. Gale In Context: Science, link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1619001490/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&amp;sid=bookmark-GPS&amp;xid=464250e5. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.</li>
<li>Breasted, J.H., translator. &ldquo;OIP 3. The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus, Volume 1: Hieroglyphic Transliteration, Translation, and Commentary.&rdquo; Oxford University Press. 1930.</li>
<li>Chalian, William. &ldquo;An Essay on the History of Lockjaw.&rdquo; Bulletin of the History of Medicine, FEBRUARY, 1940, Vol. 8, No. 2. Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/44446242</li>
<li>Emil von Behring: The founder of serum therapy. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach 2025. Thu. 17 Apr 2025. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1901/behring/article/</li>
<li>Galassi, Francesco Maria et al. &ldquo;Tetanus: historical and palaeopathological aspects considering its current health impact.&rdquo; Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene vol. 65,4 E580-E585. 31 Jan. 2025, doi:10.15167/2421-4248/jpmh2024.65.4.3376</li>
<li>George, Elizabeth K. &ldquo;Tetanus (Clostridium tetani Infection).&rdquo; StatPearls. January 2025. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK482484/</li>
<li>Hippocrates. &ldquo;VI. Diseases, Internal Affections.&rdquo; Harvard University Press. 1988.</li>
<li>Jean-Marc Cavaillon, Historical links between toxinology and immunology, Pathogens and Disease, Volume 76, Issue 3, April 2018, fty019, https://doi.org/10.1093/femspd/fty019</li>
<li>Jones CE, Yusuf N, Ahmed B, Kassogue M, Wasley A, Kanu FA. Progress Toward Achieving and Sustaining Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus Elimination &mdash; Worldwide, 2000&ndash;2022. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2024;73:614&ndash;621. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7328a1</li>
<li>Kaufmann, Stefan H E. &ldquo;Remembering Emil von Behring: from Tetanus Treatment to Antibody Cooperation with Phagocytes.&rdquo; mBio vol. 8,1 e00117-17. 28 Feb. 2017, doi:10.1128/mBio.00117-17</li>
<li>Kreston, Rebecca. &ldquo;Tetanus, the Grinning Death.&rdquo; Discover. 9/29/2015.&nbsp; https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/tetanus-the-grinning-death</li>
<li>Milto, Lori De, and Leslie Mertz, PhD. "Tetanus." The Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health, edited by Brigham Narins, 2nd ed., vol. 2, Gale, 2020, pp. 1074-1076. Gale In Context: Environmental Studies, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX7947900274/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&amp;sid=bookmark-GPS&amp;xid=a44bc544. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.</li>
<li>Milto, Lori De, and Leslie Mertz, PhD. "Tetanus." The Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health, edited by Brigham Narins, 2nd ed., vol. 2, Gale, 2020, pp. 1074-1076. Gale In Context: Environmental Studies, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX7947900274/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&amp;sid=bookmark-GPS&amp;xid=a44bc544. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.</li>
<li>National Institutes of Health. &ldquo;Tetanus.&rdquo; https://history.nih.gov/display/history/Tetanus</li>
<li>Ni, Maoshing. &ldquo;The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Medicine: A New Translation of the Neijing Suwen with Commentary.&rdquo; Shambhala. 1995.</li>
<li>Smithsonian. &ldquo;The Antibody Initiative: Battling Tetanus.&rdquo; https://www.si.edu/spotlight/antibody-initiative/battling-tetanus</li>
<li>Sundwall, John. &ldquo;Man and Microbes.&rdquo; Illustrated lecture given under the auspices of the Kansas Academy of Science, Topeka, January 12, 1917. https://archive.org/details/jstor-3624335/</li>
<li>The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1901. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach 2025. Thu. 17 Apr 2025. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1901/summary/&nbsp;</li>
<li>Tiwari, Tejpratap S.P. et al. &ldquo;Chapter 21: Tetanus.&rdquo; CDC Pink Book. https://www.cdc.gov/pinkbook/hcp/table-of-contents/chapter-21-tetanus.html</li>
<li>Von Behring, Emil and Kitasato Shibasaburo. &ldquo;The Mechanism of Immunity in Animals to Diphtheria and Tetanus.&rdquo; Immunology. 1890. http://raolab.org/upfile/file/20200612164743_201234_56288.pdf</li>
<li>War Office Committee for the Study of Tetanus. &ldquo;Memorandum on Tetanus.&rdquo; Fourth Edition. 1919. https://archive.org/details/b32171201/</li>
<li>World Health Organization. &ldquo;Tetanus.&rdquo; 7/12/2024. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/tetanus&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

Tetanus has probably been around for most of human history, or even longer. But it’s preventable today thanks to vaccines.

Tetanus

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This 2020 episode covers Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, an accomplished astronomer. She grew up in a society that didn’t really prioritize education for girls, and she was determined and creative about getting around that.

This 2020 episode covers Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, an accomplished astronomer. She grew up in a society that didn&rsquo;t really prioritize education for girls, and she was determined and creative about getting around that.

SYMHC Classics: Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

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