S1E5: Mr. Potato Head, Gender Neutrality, Marie Antoinette, Kamala Harris, Ms., Mx., Mrs. & Miss

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Last week, the title Mister in Mr. Potato Head briefly became a heated social and cultural issue.

Did you know that, not too long ago, the use of Ms., which is a title, a prefix before a woman's name, was a sensational issue in a U.S. presidential election?

📚 Below are citations to some sources discussed in this podcast. Visit the post on ThePeel.news site for citations to specific pages.

1. Baron, Dennis. What's Your Pronoun? Beyond He & She. W.W. Norton & Co., 2020. Amazon link.
2. Caouette, Mick. Summoned: Frances Perkins and the General Welfare. A 2020 PBS documentary film, available on Amazon Prime Video.
3. Cowley, Robert, ed. What If? Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been. Putnam, 1998. Chapter: What if Pizarro Had Not Found Potatoes In Peru? The humble roots of history. By William H. McNeill, pp. 813-827. Amazon link.
4. Downey, Kirstin. The Woman Behind The New Deal - The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR's Secretary of Labor and Hist Moral Conscience. Random House, 2009. Amazon link.
   

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