Ep. 29 - Cixi Pt 2 - Desperate Concubines of the Forbidden City
06/16/23 • 71 min
Join our hosts Lauren, Hannah and B as they take a trip to Forbidden City Lane for the second part of our Cixi journey.
Image credits: "Empress Dowager Cixi; Katharine A. Carl (1865–1938); Oil on canvas with camphor wood frame, 1903; Transfer from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, S2011.16 " Courtesy of "Smithsonian Snapshots" - link: https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/snapshot/cixi-last-empress-dowager-china
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Join our hosts Lauren, Hannah and B as they take a trip to Forbidden City Lane for the second part of our Cixi journey.
Image credits: "Empress Dowager Cixi; Katharine A. Carl (1865–1938); Oil on canvas with camphor wood frame, 1903; Transfer from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, S2011.16 " Courtesy of "Smithsonian Snapshots" - link: https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/snapshot/cixi-last-empress-dowager-china
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Ep. 28 - Cixi Pt. 1 - XOXO Gossip Gong
Our host, Lauren, gives us her take on Cixi's life, putting it into terms B and Hannah can relate to - DRAMA! This is like Game of Thrones but in ancient China. Huddle around as we spill the tea!
Image credits: "Empress Dowager Cixi; Katharine A. Carl (1865–1938); Oil on canvas with camphor wood frame, 1903; Transfer from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, S2011.16 " Courtesy of "Smithsonian Snapshots" - link: https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/snapshot/cixi-last-empress-dowager-china
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Ep. 30 - It's a Minniesode
Lauren, B, and Hannah discuss the life and works of Minnie Vautrin, who was a missionary in China in the mid 20th century. She travels, she digs trenches, she does it all! Trigger warning: war violence and suicide.
Image credits: No Title Shown For Image. " Courtesy of "National Women's History Museum's Website" - Author: By Hua-ling Hu, PhD | 2016. link: https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/minnie-vautrin
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