Annie Smith Peck

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Bedtime History

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🗓️ 19 June 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Dive into the incredible life of Annie Smyth Peck, a trailblazing mountaineer, suffragist, and scholar, who shattered gender barriers in the early 20th century. We discuss her daring ascents of major peaks, including Peru's Huascarán and Mexico's Popocatépetl, and her tireless advocacy for women's rights. 📖 Full Text @ BedtimeHistoryStories.com📺 YouTube👍 Facebook | Instagram🇲🇽 Spanish | "Déjame contarte la Historia"Share your thoughts here:https://forms.gle/AV3cWqMPTujDTMSK7 Get HelloFresh for 50% off and 15% off the next two months! Support the show📢 Get a shout-out from Breck! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Bedtime History. Hello, this is Brack.
0:12.0	Growing up, one of my favorite childhood memories was using my imagination to build new things.
0:18.0	I'd take apart old, unused electronics or appliances in our home, and then try and rebuild them into something new and interesting.
0:25.0	They usually didn't work. They were more like works of art than functioning inventions, but I had a blast doing it.
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0:37.0	My kids and I have built a few different projects together, including a ukulele, a pinball machine, headphones, and a speaker.
0:44.0	These projects include detailed instructions and also explain the science behind how the devices work.
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1:41.0	Annie Smith Peck had a pretty normal childhood.
1:46.0	I know that's not an exciting way to start a story, but it's true.
1:50.0	Born right in the middle of the 19th century, her Rhode Island family traced its roots to the founder of the state.
1:57.0	She went to school and studied to become a teacher.
2:00.0	Her family was a little more open-minded than most.
2:03.0	Annie's father took her to see a woman's rights activist speak once, but they still expected Annie to marry, start a family, and live the respectable life of a well-off 19th century woman from an old family.
2:16.0	Annie had other ideas.
2:19.0	The firebrand's feminist speaker should seen as a child had convinced her that she could do other things than her family expected.
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