In a continuation of our series of girls' letters and diaries, this month Girl Museum's Education Advisor Hillary Rose discusses girls' interests in STEM, their letters to astronauts, and the big questions of the universe. Link to the Girl Museum DBQ Link to article about study of children drawing scientists . Check our STEM and STEAM Girls exhibitions at Girl Museum ....
This month, Resident Scholar Elizabeth Dillenberg shares the story of Wang Zhenyi, a Qing dynasty mathematician and astronomer, who also wrote poetry. Her body of knowledge was quite an achievement for someone who died at 29. For more on Wand Zhenyi, check out our blog .
In this month's episode of GirlSpeak, education volunteer Ada Kalu discusses beauty and fashion trends from the late 19th century Spring wardrobe from a Girls' Own Paper to 2020's Tweencore. You can check out Girl Museum's exhibition What We Wear: British Girls' Fashion and search for other girls' fashion podcasts in our feed.
In our April installment of the girls' diaries and letters series, our Education Advisor Hillary Hanel, discusses college life via girls diaries from the early 1920s and 1940s. Mildred Valeda Daum, 1920-4 Margetta Hirsch Doyle Diary, 1943
To honor Women's History Month, Girl Museum's Resident Scholar Elizabeth Dillenberg discusses girls' participation in the Suffragist movement. Join us at Girl Museum to celebrate Women's History Month with our latest art exhibition . Elsie Duvall Diaries and Writings: https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/page-11-prison-diaries-1913/QgFClMrVO54fMQ?childAssetId=XAHSL7vZ4x4bYA Young Suffrage: https://www.girlmuseum.org/project/young-suffrage/ Dora Thewlis Picture and Information: https://www.gir...
This month, in honor of Black History Month, and to acknowledge President’s Day, Girl Museum resident scholar Elizabeth Dillenburg discusses children’s role in the Civil Rights Movement and girls’ letters to President John F. Kennedy. These letters show how girls speaking for freedom, justice, and equality in the recent past in the United States of America. May their voices continue. Content note: use of historic racial language. Links to check out: Children’s Defense Fund JFK Archives...
This year Girl Museum is creating a special series of GirlSpeak, reading and examining historic girls' letters and diary entries. To begin this series and to coincide with the presidential inauguration on January 20th in the United States of America, Elizabeth Dillenburg, Resident Scholar, highlights girls’ letters to US presidents. Check out Girl Museum for more girl's history and culture. Join our Patreon . Send in a voice message ....
In this last episode of 2024, in honor of the re-opening of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Ashley examines the church, the story of Mary, and her role in religion and culture. If you are interested in finding out more about girls in Christianity, check out Girl Museum's exhibition, Girl Saints . Notes on sources https://www.france.fr/en/article/10-dates-history-notre-dame/#1991-a-unesco-world-heritage-site-9 https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/angelus/2024/documents/20241208-angelus.html...
This month we are re-releasing a podcast in support of our upcoming exhibition on British Girls Fashion. Please join us again next month for a new episode. In this episode, we will be looking at the new, different, and exciting range of teenage fashions in the 1950s and 1960s. This was a particularly exciting period for teenagers, as they began to break away from their parents’ generation to develop their own distinct style and interests. Vogue stated that there was a “Youthquake” in the sixties...
We are celebrating International Day of the Girl Child (IDG) on October 11. This year's theme is ‘Girls' Vision of the Future’. Head Girl Ashley E. Remer interviews researcher Özlem Lakatos about her work on girls' and children's rights and the importance of the IDG.
We are wrapping up the Paris Olympics season with Junior Girl Lindsay discusses the amazing achievements of girls at the Paralympics.
In honor of the Paris Olympics, Junior Girl Lindsay discusses the history and amazing achievements of girls in the Olympic Games.
In this month's podcast, Scarlett discusses the changing fashion for girls and women brought about by World War II. This episode is part of a series of podcasts in support of our upcoming exhibition What We Wear: British Girls' Fashion . Look forward to other fashion pods coming up later in the year. Thanks for listening.
This month, Nat Urban hosts our June podcast to celebrate Pride and Trans Girls. Check out Nat's exhibition at Girl Museum , Queerness and Girlhood: The Interviews . Thanks for listening.
To commemorate International Museum Day 2024, Girl Museum founder and Head Girl Ashley E. Remer and Education Advisor Hillary Hanel, have a conversation about this year's theme ‘Museums for Education and Research’.
To celebrate Girl Museum's 15th birthday, in this episode, founder and Head Girl Ashley E. Remer and Resident Scholar Elizabeth Dillenberg talk about the first fifteen years of Girl Museum. Check out Girl Museum for what's on now.
Ever thought about being your own creator? In this episode Junior Girl and researcher Nat Urban explores the exhibition they curated Queerness & Girlhood: The Interviews. Using the interviews from the exhibition, Urban does a deep dive into the themes and topics of gender, girlhood and queerness and creating your own identity. Check out the full exhibition , which includes full interview audio and transcripts. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/girlspeak/mes...
In this episode, Girl Museum resident scholar Elizabeth Dillenberg discusses American poet Phillis Wheatley in honor of Black History Month as well as to introduce the new Girl Museum exhibition for March Heroines of the American Revolution and actor Sarah Sulewski reads Wheatley’s ‘To the Right Honorable William Earl of Dartmouth’. Poem: To the Right Honorable William Earl of Dartmouth Actor details: Sarah Sulewski is currently a second-year MFA Acting student at the University of Florida. S...
Thanks for joining us for our first podcast of 2024. In this episode, Ashley and Glafira read their favorite pieces from the new Girl Museum exhibition Girlhood is a Spectrum . This community-created show celebrates the versatility of girlhood through the language of poetry, prose, and images. Feel free to let us know your favorites too! Content note: there are strong themes and a few words some might take offense to in these creative works. Listen accordingly. Send in a voice message: htt...
It is the International Day of the Girl Child (IDG) on October 11. This year's theme is ‘Invest in Girls' Rights: Our Leadership, Our Well-being’. Head Girl Ashley E. Remer discusses her views and how museums can be more active in commemorating this important day. Learn about the International Day of the Girl and consider how you will ask more from your local museums to collect and showcase girls’ stories. Send in a voice message. Support this podcast....
Judith Mittelberger of Frauen Museum (Women's Museum Merano) joins Ashley to discuss their work in preserving and interpreting fashion of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries, especially for teenaged girls. Judith and Ashley dive deep into a recent museum workshop for teenage girls called "Can I really wear what I want?" that invited participants to discuss women's fashion as a tool for oppression and revolution by looking first-hand at historical costumes....
In honor of Pride 2023, Tiffany looks at three potential examples of transgender individuals in history that demonstrate the complexities of studying gender and the importance of recognizing LGBTQ histories.
What does it mean to look at art with a female gaze? What is the role of women in art today, especially protest art? Join special guest Georgia Beeston, co-founder of Bosla Arts, who discusses these questions with Contemporary Art Curator Scarlett Evans. Bosla Arts is a new platform to support and demonstrate the work of artists worldwide facing persecution and confronting oppressive forces. They publish artistic catalogs and The Art Persists Podcast, while also sponsoring an Artist Residency fo...
In this episode, Ashley interviews Dr. Melissa Nolas about The Children’s Photography Archive, a project that collects photographs by children. They discuss the challenges of such an endeavor and the issues around children as artists, including consent and locating the objects in our cultures that are usually thought unimportant. Learn more about the Children's Photography Archive here , and visit our exhibition, Female Gaze, here ....
Ashley reflects on ten years of celebrating International Day of the Girl Child.
In this episode we are going to explore shopping addiction from a psychological lens. Specifically, how our addiction to fast fashion, the modern world, and gender all play major roles in how we interact with and consume fashion. TRIGGER WARNING: Before we dive into this podcast episode we want to give a quick trigger warning for the following topics: addiction, addictive behavior, and addictive substances. While this episode focuses on the complexities of shopping addictions, there will be othe...
In this episode, we will be looking at the new, different, and exciting range of teenage fashions in the 1950s and 1960s. This was a particularly exciting period for teenagers, as they began to break away from their parents’ generation to develop their own distinct style and interests. Vogue stated that there was a “Youthquake” in the sixties, due to the overwhelming popularity of revolutionary new styles and trends brought in by teenagers. But why did the concept of the teenager develop? What c...
What do you know about the Greek myth of Pandora's box? In Greek mythology, Pandora was the first girl to be created. Her portrayal can tell us about how girls were viewed and treated in ancient Greek society. This podcast will explore Pandora's portrayal and her influence on girls in later popular culture, in order to understand why girls are so often taught to not be curious or ambitious.
Why are girls discouraged from being wild, free and playful when they grow up? Can we ever regain this wildness? This podcast looks at the Festival of Arkteia in Ancient Greece, in order to explore where this idea of purging wildness in girls comes from.
This month marks 100 years since the death of Nellie Bly. Remembered for her investigative journalism, most do not realize that Nellie was a *girl* when she began her remarkable career. We investigate.
