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Victor E History1950s North Carolina Women's Prison RiotsIn our first episode of season six, Chelsea Kiefer joins Hollie Marquess to discuss the social dynamics of two 1950s prison riots that took place in the women's prison in Raleigh, North Carolina. While both riots were motivated by very different circumstances, together they demonstrate that these women felt that rioting was the only way they could create change. However, the riots resulted in even less power for these women in an era before the major inmate rights movements. 2024-08-2639 min
Victor E HistoryChild-free Women in the early 20th CenturySenior history major Chelsea Kiefer joins Hollie Marquess to discuss women who chose to remain childless in the first half of the 20th century. She unpacks rates of childfree women, methods to prevent pregnancy (including reusable condoms), and Eugenic postcards and other images.2023-10-2328 min
Victor E History"A Mug of Silver and a Pipe of Tea"In episode seven of Victor E History podcast, we are in conversation with Chelsea Kiefer, a sophomore history major at Fort Hays State University, to discuss how Britain developed its tea obsession and how it led to two opium wars fought between Britain and China.Image courtesy: © duncan1890/iStock.com2022-04-0518 min
Victor E HistoryChasing Normalcy: Relationship Dynamics in WWII Japanese-American Internment CampsListen to Chelsea Kiefer, a Sophomore in the History department at Fort Hays State University talk about her original research on the deplorable conditions that Japanese-Americans were subjected to at the American internment camps during World War II and how that experience changed relationship dynamics.For more information and a selected bibliography, see www.victorehistory.com. #FHSU #historypodcast #WWII2022-01-1123 min