This 2020 episode covers the path of beekeeping from its global origins thousands of years ago to modern square hives and beekeepers in white suits and big veiled hats. 

This 2020 episode covers the path of beekeeping from its global origins thousands of years ago to modern square hives and beekeepers in white suits and big veiled hats.

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

SYMHC Classics: Beekeeping

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Holly talks about the dynamics of Altina Schinasi's family. Tracy shares a dispute over nursing uniform procedures on the Boston Floating Hospital that played out in a trade journal. 

Holly talks about the dynamics of Altina Schinasi's family. Tracy shares a dispute over nursing uniform procedures on the Boston Floating Hospital that played out in a trade journal.&nbsp;

Behind the Scenes Minis: Altina and Saving Babies

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The Boston Floating Hospital was a children’s hospital that operated on a boat in Boston Harbor in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. 

Research:
Berkeley Temple. “Threescore years and ten, 1827-1897: Pine Street Church ; Berkeley Street Church ; Berkley Temple.” Boston : Press of Samuel Usher, 1897. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008416560
Boston Floating Hospital. “A brief history of the Boston Floating Hospital.” 1906. https://archive.org/details/101725502.nlm.nih.gov/
Boston Floating Hospital. “Historical sketch of the origin and development of the Boston Floating Hospital.” 1903. https://archive.org/details/101727275.nlm.nih.gov
Egan, Sarah A. “A Reply from the Boston Floating Hospital.” The American Journal of Nursing, Vol. 11, No. 6 (Mar., 1911). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3405022
Friends of the Boston Harborwalk. “Precious Cargo On Board.” https://boshw.us/sign/precious-cargo-on-board/?lang=english
Gilson, Grace. “Babies on a boat: When a floating hospital helped cure Boston’s children.” Boston Globe. 1/20/2022. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/01/20/metro/hospital-sea-that-once-cured-bostons-children/
Golden, Janet. “From Wet Nurse Directory to Milk Bank: Delivery of Human Milk in Boston, 1909-1927.” Bulletin of the History of Medicine. Vol. 62, No. 4. Winter 1988. Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/44443092
Halberstadt, Josephine. “The Boston Floating Hospital, Season of 1906.” The American Journal of Nursing , Feb., 1907, Vol. 7, No. 5 (Feb., 1907). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3403608
Hall, Mary I. “The Boston Floating Hospital.” The American Journal of Nursing, Vol. 11, No. 4 (Jan., 1911). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3404922
Hastings, Robert W. “The Boston Floating Hospital.” The American Journal of Nursing, Vol. 3, No. 7 (Apr., 1903).” Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3401681
Hastings, Robert W. “The Boston Floating Hospital.” The American Journal of Nursing, Vol. 6, No. 7 (Apr., 1906). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3402905
Jimison, Robert. “Who’s the mystery child in this 103-year-old Floating Hospital photo?” CNN. 2/14/2017. https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/14/health/floating-hospital-1914-mystery-photo-history/index.html
Keeling, Arlene. “Nursing On Board the Boston Floating Hospital.” Windows in Time. Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry. October 2015.
Kulig, John. “12 Things You Didn't Know About The History Of Boston's Floating Hospital For Children.” WBUR. 10/3/2014. https://www.wbur.org/radioboston/2014/10/01/boston-floating-kulig
NavSource Online: Identification Numbered Vessel Photo Archive. Boston Floating Hospital (ID 2366) https://www.navsource.org/archives/12/172366.htm
“A History of the Boston Floating Hospital.” Vol. 19. No. 4. 1957. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.19.4.629
Perry, Charlotte Mandeville. “Our Floating Hospitals.” The American Journal of Nursing, Nov., 1900, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Nov., 1900). Via JSTOR. http://www.jstor.com/stable/3402614
Prinz, Lucie with Jacoba Van Schaik. “The Boston Floating Hospital: How a Boston Harbor Barge Changed the Course of Pediatric Medicine.” Tufts Medical Center. 2014.
Tufts Archival Research Center. “Boston Floating Hospital.” https://archives.tufts.edu/agents/corporate_entities/9474?&page=13
Tufts CHSP. “End of an Era: The Closing of Tufts Children’s Hospital, Putting Inpatient Pediatric Care in Context.” 4/8/2022. https://sites.tufts.edu/chsp/2022/04/08/end-of-an-era-the-closing-of-tufts-childrens-hospital-putting-inpatient-pediatric-care-in-context/

The Boston Floating Hospital was a children&rsquo;s hospital that operated on a boat in Boston Harbor in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.&nbsp;
Research:
<ul>
<li>Berkeley Temple. &ldquo;Threescore years and ten, 1827-1897: Pine Street Church ; Berkeley Street Church ; Berkley Temple.&rdquo; Boston : Press of Samuel Usher, 1897. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008416560</li>
<li>Boston Floating Hospital. &ldquo;A brief history of the Boston Floating Hospital.&rdquo; 1906. https://archive.org/details/101725502.nlm.nih.gov/</li>
<li>Boston Floating Hospital. &ldquo;Historical sketch of the origin and development of the Boston Floating Hospital.&rdquo; 1903. https://archive.org/details/101727275.nlm.nih.gov</li>
<li>Egan, Sarah A. &ldquo;A Reply from the Boston Floating Hospital.&rdquo; The American Journal of Nursing, Vol. 11, No. 6 (Mar., 1911). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3405022</li>
<li>Friends of the Boston Harborwalk. &ldquo;Precious Cargo On Board.&rdquo; https://boshw.us/sign/precious-cargo-on-board/?lang=english</li>
<li>Gilson, Grace. &ldquo;Babies on a boat: When a floating hospital helped cure Boston&rsquo;s children.&rdquo; Boston Globe. 1/20/2022. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/01/20/metro/hospital-sea-that-once-cured-bostons-children/</li>
<li>Golden, Janet. &ldquo;From Wet Nurse Directory to Milk Bank: Delivery of Human Milk in Boston, 1909-1927.&rdquo; Bulletin of the History of Medicine. Vol. 62, No. 4. Winter 1988. Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/44443092</li>
<li>Halberstadt, Josephine. &ldquo;The Boston Floating Hospital, Season of 1906.&rdquo; The American Journal of Nursing , Feb., 1907, Vol. 7, No. 5 (Feb., 1907). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3403608</li>
<li>Hall, Mary I. &ldquo;The Boston Floating Hospital.&rdquo; The American Journal of Nursing, Vol. 11, No. 4 (Jan., 1911). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3404922</li>
<li>Hastings, Robert W. &ldquo;The Boston Floating Hospital.&rdquo; The American Journal of Nursing, Vol. 3, No. 7 (Apr., 1903).&rdquo; Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3401681</li>
<li>Hastings, Robert W. &ldquo;The Boston Floating Hospital.&rdquo; The American Journal of Nursing, Vol. 6, No. 7 (Apr., 1906). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3402905</li>
<li>Jimison, Robert. &ldquo;Who&rsquo;s the mystery child in this 103-year-old Floating Hospital photo?&rdquo; CNN. 2/14/2017. https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/14/health/floating-hospital-1914-mystery-photo-history/index.html</li>
<li>Keeling, Arlene. &ldquo;Nursing On Board the Boston Floating Hospital.&rdquo; Windows in Time. Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry. October 2015.</li>
<li>Kulig, John. &ldquo;12 Things You Didn't Know About The History Of Boston's Floating Hospital For Children.&rdquo; WBUR. 10/3/2014. https://www.wbur.org/radioboston/2014/10/01/boston-floating-kulig</li>
<li>NavSource Online: Identification Numbered Vessel Photo Archive. Boston Floating Hospital (ID 2366) https://www.navsource.org/archives/12/172366.htm</li>
<li>&ldquo;A History of the Boston Floating Hospital.&rdquo; Vol. 19. No. 4. 1957. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.19.4.629</li>
<li>Perry, Charlotte Mandeville. &ldquo;Our Floating Hospitals.&rdquo; The American Journal of Nursing, Nov., 1900, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Nov., 1900). Via JSTOR. http://www.jstor.com/stable/3402614</li>
<li>Prinz, Lucie with Jacoba Van Schaik. &ldquo;The Boston Floating Hospital: How a Boston Harbor Barge Changed the Course of Pediatric Medicine.&rdquo; Tufts Medical Center. 2014.</li>
<li>Tufts Archival Research Center. &ldquo;Boston Floating Hospital.&rdquo; https://archives.tufts.edu/agents/corporate_entities/9474?&amp;page=13</li>
<li>Tufts CHSP. &ldquo;End of an Era: The Closing of Tufts Children&rsquo;s Hospital, Putting Inpatient Pediatric Care in Context.&rdquo; 4/8/2022. https://sites.tufts.edu/chsp/2022/04/08/end-of-an-era-the-closing-of-tufts-childrens-hospital-putting-inpatient-pediatric-care-in-context/</li>
</ul>

The Boston Floating Hospital was a children’s hospital that operated on a boat in Boston Harbor in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. 

Boston Floating Hospital

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Altina Schinasi is known as the inventor of cat-eye glasses, but she was also an artist, a documentarian, and an activist. And she was very frank about her own faults and bad decisions.

Research:
“Altina Schinasi 1924 (1907-1999).” Helen Temple Cook Library. Dana Hall School. https://library.danahall.org/archives/danapedia/alumnae/altina-schinasi-1924-1907-1999/
“Altina Schinasi's 116th Birthday.” Google Doodle. https://doodles.google/doodle/altina-schinasis-116th-birthday/
“Altina Schinasi, The Harlem Girl Who Knew Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, Salvador Dali And Invented Cat-Eye Glasses.” Harlem World. June 21, 2023. https://www.harlemworldmagazine.com/altina-schinasi-the-harlem-girl-who-knew-martin-luther-king-rosa-parks-salvador-dali-and-invented-cat-eye-glasses/
“Artist Altina Schinasi Miranda Dies at 92.” Ventura County Star. Aug. 17, 1999. https://www.newspapers.com/image/935509837/?match=1&terms=Altina%20Schinasi
Bachz, Betty. “From Audrey Hepburn to Hailey Bieber: How cat-eye frames became a timeless look.” Vogue Scandinavia. Oct. 8, 2021. https://www.voguescandinavia.com/articles/history-of-the-cat-eye-sunglasses
“Heiress Asks Divorce.” The Cleveland Press. June 21, 1933. https://www.newspapers.com/image/1164656661/?match=1&terms=Altina%20Schinasi
“The League’s Legacy.” Art Students League of New York. https://www.artstudentsleague.org/timeline#timeline
“Mengel Module Furniture - Morris B. Sanders.” Modernism 101. https://modernism101.com/products-page/industrial-design/mengel-module-furniture-promotionalsales-ephemera-for-morris-b-sanders-furniture-designed-in-1946-produced-by-the-mengel-furniture-company-of-louisville-ky/
“Morris Schinasi.” The Daily Times. Sept. 13, 1928. https://www.newspapers.com/image/724032205/?match=1&terms=Morris%20Schinasi
“Morris Schinasi Leaves $1,300,000 to Institutions.” The Daily Times. Sept. 28, 1928. https://www.newspapers.com/image/724032801/
Ravo, Nick. “Altina Schinasi Miranda, 92, Designer of Harlequin Glasses.” The New York Times. Aug. 21, 1999. https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/21/arts/altina-schinasi-miranda-92-designer-of-harlequin-glasses.html
“Rose-Colored Glasses.” Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Sept. 12, 1939. https://www.newspapers.com/image/88914623/?match=1&terms=%22harlequin%20eyeglasses%20%22
Sander, Peter. “Altina.” 2014.
Schinasi Estate Put at $8,014,962.” The Springfield Morning Union. May 2, 1930. https://www.newspapers.com/image/1067224117/?match=1&terms=Altina%20Schinasi
Peabody, Pam. “Visions: sculptor Altina interviewed by Pam Peabody.” American Women Making History and Culture. WFPW. 1978. https://archive.org/details/pacifica_radio_archives-WZ0295.01
Zaltzman, Lior. “The Pioneering Sephardic Jewish Mother Invented the Cat-Eye Glasses.” Kveller. Aug. 4, 2023. https://www.kveller.com/this-pioneering-sephardic-jewish-mother-invented-the-cat-eye-glasses/

 

Altina Schinasi is known as the inventor of cat-eye glasses, but she was also an artist, a documentarian, and an activist. And she was very frank about her own faults and bad decisions.
Research:
<ul>
<li>&ldquo;Altina Schinasi 1924 (1907-1999).&rdquo; Helen Temple Cook Library. Dana Hall School. https://library.danahall.org/archives/danapedia/alumnae/altina-schinasi-1924-1907-1999/</li>
<li>&ldquo;Altina Schinasi's 116th Birthday.&rdquo; Google Doodle. https://doodles.google/doodle/altina-schinasis-116th-birthday/</li>
<li>&ldquo;Altina Schinasi, The Harlem Girl Who Knew Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, Salvador Dali And Invented Cat-Eye Glasses.&rdquo; Harlem World. June 21, 2023. https://www.harlemworldmagazine.com/altina-schinasi-the-harlem-girl-who-knew-martin-luther-king-rosa-parks-salvador-dali-and-invented-cat-eye-glasses/</li>
<li>&ldquo;Artist Altina Schinasi Miranda Dies at 92.&rdquo; Ventura County Star. Aug. 17, 1999. https://www.newspapers.com/image/935509837/?match=1&amp;terms=Altina%20Schinasi</li>
<li>Bachz, Betty. &ldquo;From Audrey Hepburn to Hailey Bieber: How cat-eye frames became a timeless look.&rdquo; Vogue Scandinavia. Oct. 8, 2021. https://www.voguescandinavia.com/articles/history-of-the-cat-eye-sunglasses</li>
<li>&ldquo;Heiress Asks Divorce.&rdquo; The Cleveland Press. June 21, 1933. https://www.newspapers.com/image/1164656661/?match=1&amp;terms=Altina%20Schinasi</li>
<li>&ldquo;The League&rsquo;s Legacy.&rdquo; Art Students League of New York. https://www.artstudentsleague.org/timeline#timeline</li>
<li>&ldquo;Mengel Module Furniture - Morris B. Sanders.&rdquo; Modernism 101. https://modernism101.com/products-page/industrial-design/mengel-module-furniture-promotionalsales-ephemera-for-morris-b-sanders-furniture-designed-in-1946-produced-by-the-mengel-furniture-company-of-louisville-ky/</li>
<li>&ldquo;Morris Schinasi.&rdquo; The Daily Times. Sept. 13, 1928. https://www.newspapers.com/image/724032205/?match=1&amp;terms=Morris%20Schinasi</li>
<li>&ldquo;Morris Schinasi Leaves $1,300,000 to Institutions.&rdquo; The Daily Times. Sept. 28, 1928. https://www.newspapers.com/image/724032801/</li>
<li>Ravo, Nick. &ldquo;Altina Schinasi Miranda, 92, Designer of Harlequin Glasses.&rdquo; The New York Times. Aug. 21, 1999. https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/21/arts/altina-schinasi-miranda-92-designer-of-harlequin-glasses.html</li>
<li>&ldquo;Rose-Colored Glasses.&rdquo; Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Sept. 12, 1939. https://www.newspapers.com/image/88914623/?match=1&amp;terms=%22harlequin%20eyeglasses%20%22</li>
<li>Sander, Peter. &ldquo;Altina.&rdquo; 2014.</li>
<li>Schinasi Estate Put at $8,014,962.&rdquo; The Springfield Morning Union. May 2, 1930. https://www.newspapers.com/image/1067224117/?match=1&amp;terms=Altina%20Schinasi</li>
<li>Peabody, Pam. &ldquo;Visions: sculptor Altina interviewed by Pam Peabody.&rdquo; American Women Making History and Culture. WFPW. 1978. https://archive.org/details/pacifica_radio_archives-WZ0295.01</li>
<li>Zaltzman, Lior. &ldquo;The Pioneering Sephardic Jewish Mother Invented the Cat-Eye Glasses.&rdquo; Kveller. Aug. 4, 2023. https://www.kveller.com/this-pioneering-sephardic-jewish-mother-invented-the-cat-eye-glasses/</li>
</ul>
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Altina Schinasi is known as the inventor of cat-eye glasses, but she was also an artist, a documentarian, and an activist. And she was very frank about her own faults and bad decisions.

Altina Schinasi

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