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A Piece Of Sputnik Once Landed In Wisconsin
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A Piece Of Sputnik Once Landed In Wisconsin

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A Piece Of Sputnik Once Landed In Wisconsin

Sputnik IV, to be specific, had some trouble getting back to Earth as planned. Today in 1962, pieces of the Soviet spacecraft ended up crashing into a street in Manitowoc, Wisconsin - so the town started holding a SputnikFest to celebrate their place in space history.

By Brady Carlson|2024-12-07T19:37:46-05:00September 6, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: Laramie WY, Manitowoc WI, outer space, statues, suffrage movement, women's history|

The Woman Who Got Her Lawmaker Son To Cast The Deciding Vote For Women’s Suffrage

Febb Ensminger Burn lobbied her 24 year old in the Tennessee legislature to "be a good boy" and vote for women's suffrage.

By Brady Carlson|2024-12-14T11:04:21-05:00August 18, 2020|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: 19th Amendment, American history, Febb Ensminger Burn, Harry Burn, history, suffrage movement, Tennessee, women's history|

The Motorcycling Sisters Who Rode For The Right To Vote

It's the birthday of Augusta Van Buren, who joined her sister Adeline for a cross-country motorcycle trip in 1916 to win support for the suffragist movement. And what a trip it was.

By Brady Carlson|2024-12-14T10:55:56-05:00March 26, 2020|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: Branson MO, history, motorcycles, suffrage movement, toilet paper, women's history, world records|