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Working Girls History show-host, Autumn Guillotte sits down with fellow URI alum and Rhodes Scholarship finalist to talk about the process of applying for prestigious awards, especially coming from a public university background. Part two of three in this discussion covers writing personal essays and CV's: How to show your best self without being an egomaniac or boring.

Thank you to special guest Madison Cook-Hines for her insight! Go see Admissions! Buy tickets here: https://www.gammtheatre.org/admissions

For all you Rhody Rams: visit Kathleen Maher at the URI Office of National Fellowships & Academic Opportunities, https://web.uri.edu/fellowships/

Intro Music Credit: “Sadie’s Servant Room Blues”: 1920s Domestic Work in Song - historymatters.gmu.edu/d/20/


Thumbnail photo: Rhodes Scholar finalists Autumn Guillotte (l) and Madison Cook-Hines (r) pose with URI President David M. Dooley during a recent reception to honor scholarship recipients. Photo by Nora Lewis

Elizabeth Nord (1902 - 1986) was an American labor organizer, based in Rhode Island. She was one of the leaders of the great textile strike of 1934 and the first woman to serve on the executive board of the Textile Workers Union of America. On August 22, 2019 the Rhode Island Labor History Society posthumously awarded her a lifetime achievement award.

Useful Links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Nord
https://archive.org/details/thewomenofsummer
http://www.rilaborhistory.org/rilh/RI_Working_People__The_Great_Textile_Strike_1934.html


Intro Music Credit: “Sadie’s Servant Room Blues”: 1920s Domestic Work in Song - historymatters.gmu.edu/d/20/

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Elizabeth Nord (1902-1986), American labor organizer. Textile Workers Union of America records, 1915-1994. Fair Use.

Working Girls History show-host, Autumn Guillotte sits down with fellow URI alum and Rhodes Scholarship finalist to talk about the process of applying for prestigious awards, especially coming from a public university background. Part one of three in this discussion introduces the Rhodes and Marshall scholarships and lays out the do’s and don’t for letters of recommendation.
The views expressed in this podcast are Madison and Autumn's alone, and not the opinions of the University of Rhode Island or any of its offices.

Thank you to special guest Madison Cook-Hines for her insight! Go see Admissions! Buy tickets here: https://www.gammtheatre.org/admissions

For all you Rhody Rams: visit Kathleen Maher at the URI Office of National Fellowships & Academic Opportunities, https://web.uri.edu/fellowships/

Please read Dr. Cheryl Foster, Rebecca Millsop, and Doug Reed’s piece in The Chronicle, “The Heavy, Unseen Labor of Writing Reference Letters” : https://www.chronicle.com/article/The-Heavy-Unseen-Labor-of/247300

Intro Music Credit: “Sadie’s Servant Room Blues”: 1920s Domestic Work in Song - historymatters.gmu.edu/d/20/

Thumbnail photo: Rhodes Scholar finalists Autumn Guillotte (l) and Madison Cook-Hines (r) pose with URI President David M. Dooley during a recent reception to honor scholarship recipients. Photo by Nora Lewis

How is shame felt? And how was is used within Ireland's Magdalene Laundries?
Why is it important to understand the role of shame in our society, as historians and informed citizens of the world?
These questions are briefly explored by show host Autumn Guillotte in this special episode of Working Girls History.

For your reading:

- Fischer, Clara. "Gender, nation, and the politics of shame: Magdalen laundries and the institutionalization of feminine transgression in modern Ireland." Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 41, no. 4 (2016): 821-843.

- Hogan, Caelainn. Republic of Shame: Stories from Ireland's Institutions for 'Fallen Women'. Penguin Ireland, 2019.

- Earner-Byrne, Lindsey and Diane Urquhart. Irish Abortion Journey, 1920-2018. Cham: Palgrave Macmillian, 2019.

Photo credit:
Scanned by Eloquence* from Finnegan, F.: Do Penance or Perish. A Study of Magdalen Asylums in Ireland. Congrave Press, Ireland, Piltown, Co. Kilkenny (2001).
Unidentified Magdalen Laundry in Ireland, c. early 20th century.
Copyright: Public Domain.

Intro Music Credit: “Sadie’s Servant Room Blues”: 1920s Domestic Work in Song - historymatters.gmu.edu/d/20/

On this episode, I sat down with Kelly Nevins, the Executive Director of the Women’s Fund of Rhode Island. We took a deeper look into womxn and the economy in Rhode Island. Specifically, we look at the position of womxn of color in the state and how local organizations, such as the Women’s Fund of Rhode Island, are fighting for better solutions to gender and racial inequity in the workplace. We also talk about running for office, the history of womxn in our democracy, and the many events coming up in 2019 for Rhode Islanders.
For more information about the Womxn’s Fund’s upcoming events click here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rb44c1xrO4XRePaR59EbFFFsdCz7j_Plu88FCZD0NhU/edit?usp=sharing
Here is the “Rhode Island Women of Color 2018” snapshot report: https://wfri.org/assets/Women-of-Color2018.pdf
Also check out The Women’s Funds’ Facebook events: https://www.facebook.com/pg/womensfundri/events/?ref=page_internal

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This is Ernestine's Story, as told by her granddaughter, Susan.
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Music:
Intro Track: “Sadie’s Servant Room Blues”: 1920s Domestic Work in Song - http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/20/

“When Eyes of Blue Are Foolin’ You” by the Howard Lanin Orchestra

“Rhode Island’s It For Me” Words by Charlie Hall, Music by Maria Day, Arr. By Kathryn Chester - https://www.ri.gov/facts/song.php