Episode 60: Those Guardians of Liberty
Dr. Lauren Duval joins Kathryn Gehred to discuss a letter from Elizabeth Drinker to her husband Henry dated February 26, 1778. In 1777, not...
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Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant
Your most obedient & Humble Servant is a biweekly history podcast that showcases the 18th and early 19th century women's letters that don't always make it into the history books.
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20 of 66 episodesEpisode 59: The Scheme I Undertake with Chearfulness
Diane Ehrenpreis joins Kathryn Gehred to discuss a letter from Martha Jefferson to a Mrs. Madison dated August 8, 1780 in which Jefferson en...
Episode 58: Our Unnatural Enemies May Be Turned From Us
Dr. Emily Sneff joins Kathryn Gehred to discuss a letter from Polly Palmer to John Adams dated 4 August 1776, in which Palmer thanks Adams f...
Episode 57: Those Tumultuous Assemblies of Men
Dr. Cynthia Kierner joins host Kathryn Gehred to discuss a 1778 letter from Richard Henry Lee to his sister Hannah Lee Corbin. In a lost let...
Episode 56: The Most Dreadful Of All Enemies
Dr. Jacqueline Beatty joins host Kathryn Gehred to discuss The Petition of Belinda from 1783 in which Belinda Sutton petitions The Massachus...
Episode 55: An Insurrection Was Hourly Expected
Ramin Ganeshram joins Kathryn Gehred to discuss excerpts from Janet Shaw's Journal of a lady of quality; being the narrative of a journey fr...
Episode 54: I Am Frightened When I Look At Her
Mary Wigge joins Kathryn Gehred to discuss a letter from Lucy Flucker Knox to her husband General Henry Knox in which she describes how she...
Bonus: A Humble Origin Story
In this bonus episode of Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant , Kathryn Gehred dives into the podcast's origin story. While working as an edi...
Episode 53: By Being Almost Murdered
Dr. Maeve Kane joins Kathryn Gehred to explore Konwatsi'tsiaienni Molly Brant's life during the American Revolution. Brant was a member of t...
Season 4: A Season of Revolution
We are excited to announce that on October 29 Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant will be back with Season Four. This season, we're explorin...
Votes for Women!
Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant has been nominated for the Women in Podcasting Awards! We would really appreciate it if you would vote f...
Episode 52: Screaming Among Her Fellows
Catharine Maria Sedgwick to Eliza Cabot Follen, February 18, 1828. In which Sedgwick writes to her dear friend Cabot Follen about the need f...
Episode 51: O Women of America!
Woman's Political Future - An Address by Frances E. W. Harper to the Chicago World's Fair, 20 May 1893. In which Harper champions morality,...
Episode 50: The Feathers are the only Tolerable Ones
Martha Washington to Eleanor Parke Custis, c. February 1797. In which Washington warns her granddaughter that her dress may not arrive from...
Episode 49: Deposition of Phillis Tatton
Deposition of Phillis Tatton, 3rd November 1837 In which Phillis Hinkley Saunders Tatton appeared before the County of Probate in the state...
Episode 48: Political Subjects are too often at Variance
Elizabeth Willing Powel to Elizabeth Parke Custis, February 28, 1816. In which Powel advises Martha Washington's pro-French granddaughter to...
Episode 47: To Persevere In Grace & Faith
Phillis Wheatley to Obour Tanner, October 30th, 1773 in which Wheatley discusses faith, her book, and a trip to England. This episode featur...
Episode 46: The Ambassadress Is Nothing But Blunt
Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 16 Febuary 1786. In which Abigail reports from London to her son on dining with wealthy South Carolinian...
Episode 45: You Must Not Complain Of My Silence
Elizabeth Mason to Mary Barnes Mason, 3 March 1811. In which Elizabeth attempts to update her daughter Mary on the latest news from home whi...
Episode 44: I Am An Idiot About Play
Lady Georgiana Spencer and Caroline Howe, a series of correspondences. In which they discuss Lady Spencer's gambling problem. Kathryn Gehred...