Success - 1600's Connecticut Witches Exonerated

07/03/23 • 57 min

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This episode will provide the background to the successful exoneration (by the passing of Resolution HJ 34 in Connecticut). You'll hear from the same 4 people that were interviewed in my series (from July 2022) and the tremendous efforts it took to get this bill passed. There were many components to this positive outcome - working w/ local representatives (including Rep. Jane Garibay), many volunteers and the power of various social media outlets. Also this team's involvement with Dr. Leo Igwe, a human right's activist from Nigeria, fighting modern day witch killings. These 4 people will also tell how this has impacted their lives. Please see related links at the end.
1st Interview: Beth Caruso, Josh Hutchinson, Sarah Jack
2nd Interview: Mary Louise Bingham
Episode Markers: (in min:secs)

Details and Timeline on Resolution (1:22)
Introductions & Activities over the last year (2:22)
The group in CT for the passing of the bill (24:03)
Impacts personal & otherwise (24:59)
Reading the names of witches who were hanged (33:47)
Wrap-up of 1st Interview (38:47)
Postscripts - 1st Interview (39:33)
2nd Interview & Activities (40:38)
Role of John Winthrop Jr. in Witch Trials (42:54)
Future research on John Winthrop Jr. (46:47)
Impacts personal & otherwise (50:52)
Postscripts - 2nd Interview (55:00)
Conclusion (55:49)

Thou Shalt Not Suffer Website & Podcast
https://advocacyforallegedwitches.law.blog/
https://connecticutwitchtrials.org
Connecticut History Review - Article by K. Hermes and B. Caruso
"Between God and Satan: Thomas Thornton, Witch-Hunting, and Religious Mission in the English Atlantic World, 1647-1693"
One of Windsor - Website and Links to Beth Caruso's Books
Massachusetts Historical Society - John Winthrop Jr. Medical Papers
I am also pleased to announce my podcasts about Amalia Kussner resulted in a biography to be published next Spring! See link here for the Amazon (on sale now).
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"A Salem Witch Trial" by Frank O. Small, in Stepping-stones of American History. W. A. Wilde Company, publishers (1904)

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Details and Timeline on Resolution (1:22)
Introductions & Activities over the last year (2:22)
The group in CT for the passing of the bill (24:03)
Impacts personal & otherwise (24:59)
Reading the names of witches who were hanged (33:47)
Wrap-up of 1st Interview (38:47)
Postscripts - 1st Interview (39:33)
2nd Interview & Activities (40:38)
Role of John Winthrop Jr. in Witch Trials (42:54)
Future research on John Winthrop Jr. (46:47)
Impacts personal & otherwise (50:52)
Postscripts - 2nd Interview (55:00)
Conclusion (55:49)

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J. C. Leyendecker - The Iconic Illustrator of the Early 20th Century

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You will hear about a fascinating artist – J. C. Leyendecker- who's illustrations epitomized the lifestyles of America in the early 20th century. Note: this will be a PG rated episode. His commercial art – primarily in magazines, became an iconic art style from the 1900's through the 1930’s.
Leyendecker was also a major influence for Norman Rockwell, one of America’s most beloved 20th century artists. You will learn of the evolution of Leyendecker's style – from the Paris art scene of the 1900’s to then reflecting the elegant lifestyle of the 1920’s that men and women strived for. But, in clever and subtle ways – his art also reflected his hidden lifestyle.
Episode markers (in mins:secs)

Background – J. C. Leyendecker (3:20)
Trip to Paris and development of style (5:05)
Career with Saturday Evening Post & cover themes (7:50)
Distinctive Leyendecker style & technique (12:10)
Start of Arrow Collar ads & Charles Beach as model (14:23)
The classic Leyendecker “look” (17:50)
Hidden subtext in artwork (20:05)
Artistic influence on Norman Rockwell (21:40)
Later career – late 1920’s on (26:21)
Start of collecting Leyendecker (27:51)
Movie on Leyendecker – Coded (31.29)
Exhibition – NY Historical Society (33:29)

Other links:

National Museum of American Illustration:
- Link to J. C. Leyendecker Artwork
- Link to F. X. Leyendecker Artwork

I am also pleased to announce my podcasts about Amalia Kussner resulted in a biography to be published next Spring! See link here for the Amazon (on sale now).

People Hidden in History information:
Link to Leyendecker Webpage and Illustrations
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Image credit: J. C. LEYENDECKER (1874-1951) , COUPLE IN BOAT - ARROW COLLAR AD , 1922, oil on canvas , 20 1/2 x 29 1⁄2 , Arrow Collar advertisement

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Updates - People Hidden in History - Webinar and Episodes

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Sharing with my listeners some updates:
1) I have an upcoming webinar on Amalia Kussner, offered through the New York Adventure Club (www.nyadventureclub.com, category Gilded Age). It will offer recent research on Kussner and many images, detailing her life and the Gilded Age. Date is Aug. 14th but content is available for a week. Please join my virtual audience!!
For further background: Kussner Podcast 1, Kussner Podcast 2
2) Planning upcoming podcasts -