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Mariachi Estrella: Ad Astra Per Aspera
Share the triumphs and tragedies of Topeka’s Mariachi Estrella, the nation’s first all-female mariachi band.
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The Lyons' Share
Jan Lyons didn’t set out to become a role model, but that’s exactly what happened when she was elected president of the Kansas Livestock Association (KLA) 25 years ago.
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Hotline: The March of the Amazon Army
Author and historian Linda O’Nelio Knoll talks about the Amazon Army, the group of women who marched for coal miners’ rights in southeast Kansas in 1921.
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Hotline: Hazel Gomez
Valerie Mendoza, Director of the Title III Strengthening Institutions grant at Washburn University, tells the story of Hazel Gomez, a beloved leader of Topeka’s Hispanic community.
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El Dorado: Suffragist County
Did you know that Butler County was home to the first woman bailiff and the first all-women jury in the United States? Explore this Crossroads story in the "Suffragist County" online exhibition.
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Proud to be Rural
Did you know that Butler County was home to the first woman bailiff and the first all-women jury in the United States? Explore this Crossroads story in the "Suffragist County" online exhibition.
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Satanta: Connected at the Crossroads
Did you know that Butler County was home to the first woman bailiff and the first all-women jury in the United States? Explore this Crossroads story in the "Suffragist County" online exhibition.
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Hotline: Marymount College
Did you know that Butler County was home to the first woman bailiff and the first all-women jury in the United States? Explore this Crossroads story in the "Suffragist County" online exhibition.
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Hotline: Antigone
Did you know that Butler County was home to the first woman bailiff and the first all-women jury in the United States? Explore this Crossroads story in the "Suffragist County" online exhibition.
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Hotline: Holes on the Range
Did you know that Butler County was home to the first woman bailiff and the first all-women jury in the United States? Explore this Crossroads story in the "Suffragist County" online exhibition.
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Hotline: The History of Jell-O
Did you know that Butler County was home to the first woman bailiff and the first all-women jury in the United States? Explore this Crossroads story in the "Suffragist County" online exhibition.
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Pandemic Reflections: Kansas Then and Now
"Pandemic on the Prairie" is a wide-ranging podcast about the 1918 influenza and its impact on Kansas communities that sheds light on our contemporary cultural moment.
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Hotline: The History of Board Games
Daniel Ireton of Kansas State University shares the history of the board game.
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Hotline: Eisenhower's Abilene Childhood
Dawn Hammatt of the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum talks about Eisenhower's experiences growing up in Abilene, Kansas.
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Kansas Stories of the Vietnam War
To commemorate 50 years since the escalation of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, Humanities Kansas launched a multidimensional, statewide oral history project in partnership with the Library of Congress.
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Hotline: The Folklore of the Soucouyant
Giselle Anatol of the University of Kansas talks about the history of the vampiric "soucouyant," a shapeshifting character from Caribbean folklore.
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