Women and Witch Trials with Ann Little
03/09/23 • 73 min
To honor Women’s History Month and March 8, International Women’s Day we have created a special episode with Colorado State University’s Dr. Ann Little who specializes in the history of colonial America, with special emphasis on the history of women, gender and sexuality. She is a professor, author and expert consultant for Who Do You Think You Are? We discuss past and persisting mentalities toward and in women including their fertility and sexuality power in society. What is the impact of this narrative on historic witch trials and in modern attitudes influencing women’s rights?
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Witch Craze: Terror and Fantasy in Baroque Germany , Lyndal Roper
The Devil in the Shape of a Women: Witchcraft in Colonial New England , Carol F. Karlsen
The Republic of Nature , Mark Fiege
Press Conference on H.J. No. 34, March 8, 2023
Resolution Concerning Certain Witchcraft Convictions in Colonial Connecticut
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Fact Sheet for Connecticut Witch Trial History
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To honor Women’s History Month and March 8, International Women’s Day we have created a special episode with Colorado State University’s Dr. Ann Little who specializes in the history of colonial America, with special emphasis on the history of women, gender and sexuality. She is a professor, author and expert consultant for Who Do You Think You Are? We discuss past and persisting mentalities toward and in women including their fertility and sexuality power in society. What is the impact of this narrative on historic witch trials and in modern attitudes influencing women’s rights?
Links
Witch Craze: Terror and Fantasy in Baroque Germany , Lyndal Roper
The Devil in the Shape of a Women: Witchcraft in Colonial New England , Carol F. Karlsen
The Republic of Nature , Mark Fiege
Press Conference on H.J. No. 34, March 8, 2023
Resolution Concerning Certain Witchcraft Convictions in Colonial Connecticut
Write a Connecticut Legislator
Join us on Discord to share your ideas and feedback.
Please sign the petition to exonerate those accused of witchcraft in Connecticut
Fact Sheet for Connecticut Witch Trial History
Support Us! Sign up as a Super Listener!
Thou Shalt Not Suffer Podcast Book Store
Support Us! Buy Witch Trial Merch!
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Support the show
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Transcript
Welcome to this episode of Thou Shalt Not Suffer: The Witch Trial Podcast. I'm Sarah Jack.
Josh HutchinsonAnd I'm Josh Hutchinson.
Sarah JackToday's guest is Dr. Ann Little from Colorado State University, who offers the class Approaches to History: Witchcraft in Early North America. This episode is our way of recognizing the history of women and Internation
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