Episode 31: ”Groping Toward Democracy” – Priscilla Dowden-White (Meet Me in St. Louis, Part 7)

While this year's Missouri Conference on History may be over, the Our Missouri Podcast invites listeners to "meet us" in St. Louis for a multi-part series focusing on several projects and institutions that document the city's history and cultural identity. This episode features Priscilla Dowden-White discussing her book, "Groping toward Democracy: African American Social Welfare Reform in St. Louis, 1910-1949," as well as her current research project on St. Louisan Margaret Bush Wilson.

Episode Image: St. Louis mayor Bernard Dickmann at the dedication of the new medical library at Homer G. Phillips Hospital, 1941 [Bernard Dickmann Photograph Collection (S0555), SHSMO]

About the Guest: Priscilla Dowden-White holds a Ph.D. in history from Indiana University. Presently, she serves as an associate professor of history at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.