Sinners, Saints, and Spies: Historical Women and Cultural Propaganda
Channel: AskHistorians
Date: 2020-09-16

These papers uncover how truth is often stranger than fiction, that women were often morphed to fit the stories and ideals of different times and in the process we lose sight of the real. 
Dig beyond modern agendas and pop history to uncover the lives of real historical women, from modern sterility to the actual women stereotyped as sinners, saints, and spies.
Learn more about this panel at: https://www.askhistorians.com/sinners-saints-spies
Online Q&A with the panelists on AskHistorians: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/itzlt2/sinners_saints_and_spies_historical_women_and/

Featured in this panel are:

"Elisabeth Achler’s Dirty Laundry, or, the Medieval Saint and Her Suffering Sisters", by Cait Stevenson
"Through Chimalmantzin’s Eyes: A Family History of the Conquest of Mexico", by Joshua Anthony
"'Sex, Murder, and the Myth of the Wild West: How a Soiled Dove Earned a Heart of Gold", by Ronald James
"When Black History Becomes Multicultural Clickbait, Manure Happens: Uncovering Civil War Spy 'Mary Bowser'", by Lois Leveen

Moderated by Jennifer Binis
Subtitles Courtesy of Dominic Webb

This panel is part of the AskHistorians 2020 Digital Conference. For more Conference content, please go to: https://www.askhistorians.com/2020-digital-conference