This 2021 episode covers G.J. Griffith, who today is associated with the Los Angeles park and the observatory. But during his time, Griffith was associated with other things: real estate, social climbing, and a horrifying domestic abuse scandal.

This 2021 episode covers G.J. Griffith, who today is associated with the Los Angeles park and the observatory. But during his time, Griffith was associated with other things: real estate, social climbing, and a horrifying domestic abuse scandal.

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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

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This 2022 episode covers Theda Bara, often referenced as the first sex symbol. Photos of her are synonymous with the word vamp, and 100 years later, still have a certain mysterious appeal. But what was she really like?

This 2022 episode covers Theda Bara, often referenced as the first sex symbol. Photos of her are synonymous with the word vamp, and 100 years later, still have a certain mysterious appeal. But what was she really like?

SYMHC Classics: Theda Bara

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Tracy talks about how current events are causing disruptions in work on the podcast. She also discusses the way headlines often misrepresent alleged discoveries.

Tracy talks about how current events are causing disruptions in work on the podcast. She also discusses the way headlines often misrepresent alleged discoveries.

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