This 2016 episode looks at the beginning of Denmark's monarchy and its link to two large rune stones at Jelling. Is it possible that the stones were part of an effort on Harald Blátand's part to revise the history of his parents, Gorm and Thyre?

This 2016 episode looks at the beginning of Denmark's monarchy and its link to two large rune stones at Jelling. Is it possible that the stones were part of an effort on Harald Bl&aacute;tand's part to revise the history of his parents, Gorm and Thyre?

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

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SYMHC Classics: Jelling Stones

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Mary Hunter Austin was a U.S. writer known for walking throughout the American Southwest. But her life of activism was far more complicated than brief bios usually  mention. 

Research:
"Mary Hunter Austin." Encyclopedia of the American West, edited by Charles Phillips and Alan Axelrod, Macmillan Reference USA, 1996. Gale In Context: U.S. History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/BT2330100082/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=6a4f821e. Accessed 26 Feb. 2025.
"Mary Hunter Austin." Encyclopedia of World Biography Online, vol. 23, Gale, 2003. Gale In Context: U.S. History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1631008133/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=ceca42e0. Accessed 26 Feb. 2025.
#0840: Willa Cather to Mary Hunter Austin, June 26 [1926]. https://cather.unl.edu/writings/letters/let0840
Austin, Mary Hunter. “Earth Horizon.” Houghton Mifflin. 1932.
Austin, Mary Hunter. “Experiences Facing Death.” Bobbs-Merrill Company. 1931.
Blend, Benay. “Mary Austin and the Western Conservation Movement: 1900-1927.” Journal of the Southwest , Spring, 1988, Vol. 30, No. 1 (Spring, 1988). https://www.jstor.org/stable/40169782
Davis, Lisa Selin. “The Loneliest Land.” National Parks Conservation Association. Spring 2015. https://www.npca.org/articles/942-the-loneliest-land
Egenhoff, Elizabeth L. “Mary Austin.” Mineral Information Service. November 1965. https://npshistory.com/publications/deva/mis-v18n11-1965.pdf
Fink, Augusta. “I-Mary: A Biography of Mary Austin.” University of Arizona Press. 1983.
Hoffman, Abraham. “Mary Austin, Stafford Austin, and the Owens Valley.” Journal of the Southwest , Autumn-Winter 2011, Vol. 53, No. ¾. Via JSTOR. http://www.jstor.com/stable/41710078
Lanzendorfer, Joy. “Searching for Mary Austin.” Alta. https://www.altaonline.com/dispatches/a8713/searching-for-mary-austin-joy-lanzendorfer/
Online Archive of California. “Austin (Mary Hunter) Papers.” https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c85t3ppq/
Richards, Penny L. “Bad Blood and Lost Borders: Eugenic Ambivalence in Mary Austin’s Short Fiction.”
Richards, Penny L. “Disability History Image #3.” 8/30/2005. https://disstud.blogspot.com/2005/08/
Romancito, Rick. “The Image Maker and the Writer.” Taos News. 10/2/2024. https://www.taosnews.com/opinion/columns/the-image-maker-and-the-writer/article_7805f16a-8ab9-5645-9e84-4a189e18ac23.html
Siber, Kate. “The 19th-Century Writer Who Braved the Desert Alone.” Outside. 1/22/2019. https://www.outsideonline.com/culture/books-media/mary-austin-mojave-nature-writer/
Stout, Janis P. “Mary Austin’s Feminism: A Reassessment.” Studies in the Novel , spring 1998, Vol. 30, No. 1. Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/29533250
The Ansel Adams Gallery. “Visions of Taos: The Making of “Taos Pueblo” by Ansel Adams and Mary Austin.” https://www.anseladams.com/visions-of-taos-the-making-of-taos-pueblo/
Viehmann, Martha L. “A Rain Song for America: Mary Austin, American Indians, and American Literature and Culture.” Western American Literature , Spring 2004, Vol. 39, No. 1. Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/43022288
Wynn, Dudley. “Mary Austin, Woman Alone.” The Virginia Quarterly Review , SPRING 1937, Vol. 13, No. 2. Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26433922

Mary Hunter Austin was a U.S. writer known for walking throughout the American Southwest. But her life of activism was far more complicated than brief bios usually&nbsp; mention.&nbsp;
Research:
<ul>
<li>"Mary Hunter Austin." Encyclopedia of the American West, edited by Charles Phillips and Alan Axelrod, Macmillan Reference USA, 1996. Gale In Context: U.S. History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/BT2330100082/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&amp;sid=bookmark-GPS&amp;xid=6a4f821e. Accessed 26 Feb. 2025.</li>
<li>"Mary Hunter Austin." Encyclopedia of World Biography Online, vol. 23, Gale, 2003. Gale In Context: U.S. History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1631008133/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&amp;sid=bookmark-GPS&amp;xid=ceca42e0. Accessed 26 Feb. 2025.</li>
<li>#0840: Willa Cather to Mary Hunter Austin, June 26 [1926]. https://cather.unl.edu/writings/letters/let0840</li>
<li>Austin, Mary Hunter. &ldquo;Earth Horizon.&rdquo; Houghton Mifflin. 1932.</li>
<li>Austin, Mary Hunter. &ldquo;Experiences Facing Death.&rdquo; Bobbs-Merrill Company. 1931.</li>
<li>Blend, Benay. &ldquo;Mary Austin and the Western Conservation Movement: 1900-1927.&rdquo; Journal of the Southwest , Spring, 1988, Vol. 30, No. 1 (Spring, 1988). https://www.jstor.org/stable/40169782</li>
<li>Davis, Lisa Selin. &ldquo;The Loneliest Land.&rdquo; National Parks Conservation Association. Spring 2015. https://www.npca.org/articles/942-the-loneliest-land</li>
<li>Egenhoff, Elizabeth L. &ldquo;Mary Austin.&rdquo; Mineral Information Service. November 1965. https://npshistory.com/publications/deva/mis-v18n11-1965.pdf</li>
<li>Fink, Augusta. &ldquo;I-Mary: A Biography of Mary Austin.&rdquo; University of Arizona Press. 1983.</li>
<li>Hoffman, Abraham. &ldquo;Mary Austin, Stafford Austin, and the Owens Valley.&rdquo; Journal of the Southwest , Autumn-Winter 2011, Vol. 53, No. &frac34;. Via JSTOR. http://www.jstor.com/stable/41710078</li>
<li>Lanzendorfer, Joy. &ldquo;Searching for Mary Austin.&rdquo; Alta. https://www.altaonline.com/dispatches/a8713/searching-for-mary-austin-joy-lanzendorfer/</li>
<li>Online Archive of California. &ldquo;Austin (Mary Hunter) Papers.&rdquo; https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c85t3ppq/</li>
<li>Richards, Penny L. &ldquo;Bad Blood and Lost Borders: Eugenic Ambivalence in Mary Austin&rsquo;s Short Fiction.&rdquo;</li>
<li>Richards, Penny L. &ldquo;Disability History Image #3.&rdquo; 8/30/2005. https://disstud.blogspot.com/2005/08/</li>
<li>Romancito, Rick. &ldquo;The Image Maker and the Writer.&rdquo; Taos News. 10/2/2024. https://www.taosnews.com/opinion/columns/the-image-maker-and-the-writer/article_7805f16a-8ab9-5645-9e84-4a189e18ac23.html</li>
<li>Siber, Kate. &ldquo;The 19th-Century Writer Who Braved the Desert Alone.&rdquo; Outside. 1/22/2019. https://www.outsideonline.com/culture/books-media/mary-austin-mojave-nature-writer/</li>
<li>Stout, Janis P. &ldquo;Mary Austin&rsquo;s Feminism: A Reassessment.&rdquo; Studies in the Novel , spring 1998, Vol. 30, No. 1. Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/29533250</li>
<li>The Ansel Adams Gallery. &ldquo;Visions of Taos: The Making of &ldquo;Taos Pueblo&rdquo; by Ansel Adams and Mary Austin.&rdquo; https://www.anseladams.com/visions-of-taos-the-making-of-taos-pueblo/</li>
<li>Viehmann, Martha L. &ldquo;A Rain Song for America: Mary Austin, American Indians, and American Literature and Culture.&rdquo; Western American Literature , Spring 2004, Vol. 39, No. 1. Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/43022288</li>
<li>Wynn, Dudley. &ldquo;Mary Austin, Woman Alone.&rdquo; The Virginia Quarterly Review , SPRING 1937, Vol. 13, No. 2. Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26433922</li>
</ul>

Mary Hunter Austin was a U.S. writer known for walking throughout the American Southwest. But her life of activism was far more complicated than brief bios usually  mention. 

Mary Hunter Austin

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In 1916, the National Institution for Moral Instruction had a contest to see who could come up with the best morality code. For kids. Evolving views on childhood, child labor laws, patriotism, and eugenics influenced this effort.

Research:
“$5000 Prize Winners Announced Oct. 1” Dean Bennion in Race.” Daily Utah Chronicle. April 23, 1917. https://www.newspapers.com/image/289878324/?match=1&terms=%22Morality%20Code%22%20winner
“93 Virtues Make the Perfect Man.” Tulsa World. Dec. 22, 1919. https://www.newspapers.com/image/884436330/?match=1&terms=Iowa%20%22character%20education%22%20
Brimi, Hunter. “Academic Instructors or Moral Guides? Moral Education in America and the Teacher’s Dilemma.” The Clearing House, vol. 82, no. 3, 2009, pp. 125–30. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30181093
Character Education Inquiry. “Studies in the nature of Character.” New York. Macmillan. 1928. https://archive.org/details/studiesinnatureo0001char/page/n7/mode/2up
“Character Education Methos Research.” Atlanta Constitution. Sept. 30, 1917. https://www.newspapers.com/image/26907400/?match=1&terms=%22Morality%20Code%20Competition%22
“The Children’s Morality Code.” Virginia Teacher. March 1924. https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2194&context=va-teacher
“College Professors and Others in All States Take Part in Contest to Decide Best Method of Character Building in the Growing Generation.” Washington Post. March 4, 1917. https://www.newspapers.com/image/28849374/?match=1&terms=%22Morality%20Code%20Competition%22
Davis, Emily C. “Why Children Lie.” Springfield Daily Republican. May 20, 1928. https://www.newspapers.com/image/1062989775/?match=1&terms=%22Character%20Education%20Inquiry%22
“Dean Competes in $5000 Contest.” Daily Utah Chronicle. Nov. 23, 1916. https://www.newspapers.com/image/289875150/?match=1&terms=%22National%20Morality%20Codes%20Competition%22
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF EDUCATION. “Character Education.” REPORT OF THECOMMITTEE ON CHARACTER EDUCATION OFTHE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION. Washington Government Printing Office. 1926. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED541955.pdf
“Educational Body Offers Big Prize.” New Britain herald. April 4, 1922. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014519/1922-04-04/ed-1/seq-12/
“Efficiency Methods Applied to Task of Codifying Ethics.” Times Herald. Jan. 27, 1917. https://www.newspapers.com/image/79883841/?match=1&terms=%22Morality%20Code%20Competition%22
“Educating Body Offers Big Prize.” New Britain Herald. April 04, 1922. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014519/1922-04-04/ed-1/seq-12/
Fairchild, Stephen G. “Character education in the United States.” University of Georgia, PhD Dissertation. Mary Frances Early College of Education. 2006. https://esploro.libs.uga.edu/esploro/outputs/doctoral/Character-education-in-the-United-States/9949334479002959
Hartshorne, H., & May, M. A. (1930). A Summary of the Work of the Character Education Inquiry. Religious Education, 25(7), 607–619. https://doi.org/10.1080/0034408300250702
Hutchins, William J. “The 5,000 Prize Code of Morals for Children.” The Mahoning Dispatch. September 13, 1918. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84028473/1918-09-13/ed-1/seq-4/
Jackson, Allison. “THE CHARACTER EDUCATION WORK OF MILTON FAIRCHILD: A PRISM FOR EXPLORING THE DEBATE BETWEEN LIBERAL PROGRESSIVES AND CONSERVATIVE PROGRESSIVES IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY.” Notre Dame of Maryland University. https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/character-education-work-milton-fairchild-prism/docview/2125417636/se-2
“Keating-Owen Child Labor Act (1916).” National Archives. https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/keating-owen-child-labor-act
“New Statement of Old Principles.” Democrat and Chronicle. April 4, 1916. https://www.newspapers.com/image/135312787/?match=1&terms=%22Morality%20Code%20Competition%22
“The plans of the Interstate Character Education Method … “ Kansas Teacher. April 1, 1918. https://www.newspapers.com/image/390015780/?match=1&terms=%22Character%20education%20methods%22
“VERIFIED AND REVISED CHILDREN’S MORALITY CODE.” The Journal of Education, vol. 100, no. 5 (2491), 1924, pp. 130–32. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/42750282
“What a Child Should Do in a Moral Emergency.” Richmond Times-Dispatch. May 21, 1916. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1916-05-21/ed-1/seq-49/
Yarrow, Andrew L. “History of U.S. Children’s Policy, 1900-Present.” First Focus. April 2009. https://firstfocus.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Childrens-Policy-History.pdf

In 1916, the National Institution for Moral Instruction had a contest to see who could come up with the best morality code. For kids. Evolving views on childhood, child labor laws, patriotism, and eugenics influenced this effort.
Research:
<ul>
<li>&ldquo;$5000 Prize Winners Announced Oct. 1&rdquo; Dean Bennion in Race.&rdquo; Daily Utah Chronicle. April 23, 1917. https://www.newspapers.com/image/289878324/?match=1&amp;terms=%22Morality%20Code%22%20winner</li>
<li>&ldquo;93 Virtues Make the Perfect Man.&rdquo; Tulsa World. Dec. 22, 1919. https://www.newspapers.com/image/884436330/?match=1&amp;terms=Iowa%20%22character%20education%22%20</li>
<li>Brimi, Hunter. &ldquo;Academic Instructors or Moral Guides? Moral Education in America and the Teacher&rsquo;s Dilemma.&rdquo;&nbsp;The Clearing House, vol. 82, no. 3, 2009, pp. 125&ndash;30.&nbsp;JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30181093</li>
<li>Character Education Inquiry. &ldquo;Studies in the nature of Character.&rdquo; New York. Macmillan. 1928. https://archive.org/details/studiesinnatureo0001char/page/n7/mode/2up</li>
<li>&ldquo;Character Education Methos Research.&rdquo; Atlanta Constitution. Sept. 30, 1917. https://www.newspapers.com/image/26907400/?match=1&amp;terms=%22Morality%20Code%20Competition%22</li>
<li>&ldquo;The Children&rsquo;s Morality Code.&rdquo; Virginia Teacher. March 1924. https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2194&amp;context=va-teacher</li>
<li>&ldquo;College Professors and Others in All States Take Part in Contest to Decide Best Method of Character Building in the Growing Generation.&rdquo; Washington Post. March 4, 1917. https://www.newspapers.com/image/28849374/?match=1&amp;terms=%22Morality%20Code%20Competition%22</li>
<li>Davis, Emily C. &ldquo;Why Children Lie.&rdquo; Springfield Daily Republican. May 20, 1928. https://www.newspapers.com/image/1062989775/?match=1&amp;terms=%22Character%20Education%20Inquiry%22</li>
<li>&ldquo;Dean Competes in $5000 Contest.&rdquo; Daily Utah Chronicle. Nov. 23, 1916. https://www.newspapers.com/image/289875150/?match=1&amp;terms=%22National%20Morality%20Codes%20Competition%22</li>
<li>DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF EDUCATION. &ldquo;Character Education.&rdquo; REPORT OF THECOMMITTEE ON CHARACTER EDUCATION OFTHE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION. Washington Government Printing Office. 1926. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED541955.pdf</li>
<li>&ldquo;Educational Body Offers Big Prize.&rdquo; New Britain herald. April 4, 1922. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014519/1922-04-04/ed-1/seq-12/</li>
<li>&ldquo;Efficiency Methods Applied to Task of Codifying Ethics.&rdquo; Times Herald. Jan. 27, 1917. https://www.newspapers.com/image/79883841/?match=1&amp;terms=%22Morality%20Code%20Competition%22</li>
<li>&ldquo;Educating Body Offers Big Prize.&rdquo; New Britain Herald. April 04, 1922. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014519/1922-04-04/ed-1/seq-12/</li>
<li>Fairchild, Stephen G. &ldquo;Character education in the United States.&rdquo; University of Georgia, PhD Dissertation. Mary Frances Early College of Education. 2006. https://esploro.libs.uga.edu/esploro/outputs/doctoral/Character-education-in-the-United-States/9949334479002959</li>
<li>Hartshorne, H., &amp; May, M. A. (1930). A Summary of the Work of the Character Education Inquiry.&nbsp;Religious Education,&nbsp;25(7), 607&ndash;619. https://doi.org/10.1080/0034408300250702</li>
<li>Hutchins, William J. &ldquo;The 5,000 Prize Code of Morals for Children.&rdquo; The Mahoning Dispatch. September 13, 1918. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84028473/1918-09-13/ed-1/seq-4/</li>
<li>Jackson, Allison. &ldquo;THE CHARACTER EDUCATION WORK OF MILTON FAIRCHILD: A PRISM FOR EXPLORING THE DEBATE BETWEEN LIBERAL PROGRESSIVES AND CONSERVATIVE PROGRESSIVES IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY.&rdquo; Notre Dame of Maryland University. https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/character-education-work-milton-fairchild-prism/docview/2125417636/se-2</li>
<li>&ldquo;Keating-Owen Child Labor Act (1916).&rdquo; National Archives. https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/keating-owen-child-labor-act</li>
<li>&ldquo;New Statement of Old Principles.&rdquo; Democrat and Chronicle. April 4, 1916. https://www.newspapers.com/image/135312787/?match=1&amp;terms=%22Morality%20Code%20Competition%22</li>
<li>&ldquo;The plans of the Interstate Character Education Method &hellip; &ldquo; Kansas Teacher. April 1, 1918. https://www.newspapers.com/image/390015780/?match=1&amp;terms=%22Character%20education%20methods%22</li>
<li>&ldquo;VERIFIED AND REVISED CHILDREN&rsquo;S MORALITY CODE.&rdquo;&nbsp;The Journal of Education, vol. 100, no. 5 (2491), 1924, pp. 130&ndash;32.&nbsp;JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/42750282</li>
<li>&ldquo;What a Child Should Do in a Moral Emergency.&rdquo; Richmond Times-Dispatch. May 21, 1916. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045389/1916-05-21/ed-1/seq-49/</li>
<li>Yarrow, Andrew L. &ldquo;History of U.S. Children&rsquo;s Policy, 1900-Present.&rdquo; First Focus. April 2009. https://firstfocus.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Childrens-Policy-History.pdf</li>
</ul>

In 1916, the National Institution for Moral Instruction had a contest to see who could come up with the best morality code. For kids. Evolving views on childhood, child labor laws, patriotism, and eugenics influenced this effort.

Children’s Morality Code of 1916

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This 2019 episode looks at Couney's incubator sideshows of premature babies. This is complicated; Couney made money from this, and his medical experience was questionable. But premature babies weren’t getting a lot of care otherwise.

This 2019 episode looks at Couney's incubator sideshows of premature babies. This is complicated; Couney made money from this, and his medical experience was questionable. But premature babies weren&rsquo;t getting a lot of care otherwise.

SYMHC Classics: Dr. Couney's Baby Sideshow

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