E18 Icon & Idealist, August 2025

28/08/2025 42 min Episodio 18

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Concerned that the 1873 Comstock Act feels too relevant in 2025? Join us this August as we read The Icon & The Idealist: Margaret Sanger, Mary Ware Dennett, and the Rivalry That Brought Birth Control to America by Stephanie Gorton. Dive in with Victoria and Katherine as they denounce liberal in-fighting, continue Victoria’s obsession with the 19th C free love movement, and unpack the historical ties between birth control and eugenics…Check out the Hidden Half Book Club socials at https://linktr.ee/hiddenhalfbookDonate to the RHP Women in World History textbook open access campaign: https://donorbox.org/publish-the-rhp-textbooksAnd learn more about the Remedial Herstory Project at www.remedialherstory.comHost: Victoria Plutshack and Katherine CoumesEditor: Tyler CardwellProducer: Haley Brook