The Statue of Liberty | 6

American History Tellers

Wondery

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, History, Education For Kids

4.7 • 18.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

The Statue of Liberty is one of America’s most iconic monuments to freedom. As we head into the Fourth of July holiday, we’ll look back on the amazing effort it took to get Lady Liberty built.

Beckett Graham is co-host of The History Chicks podcast, a show that explores the legacies of women throughout history. Beckett joins us to talk about her approach to telling women’s stories and we’ll also play a portion of The History Chicks podcast episode on how the Statue of Liberty came to be. It’s a story that includes New York’s first ticker tape parade, some challenging construction issues and suffragists on a boat protesting the statue’s dedication.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime Members, you can listen to American History Tellers add free on Amazon Music.
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0:07.0	From Wonder Eimlancy Graham, and this is American History Tellers, our History, Your Story.
0:30.0	Today, we're talking with Beckett Graham.
0:42.0	She is the co-host of the podcast The History Chicks.
0:45.0	It's a show that explores the legacies of women throughout history.
0:48.6	Beckett and her co-host Susan Bolenwider used the show as a platform to educate people
0:52.9	on the lives of women who are thought leaders, artists, politicians and activists, and who
0:57.2	made a huge impact on the world.
0:59.7	Tomorrow is the 4th of July.
1:01.6	A day where folks will fire up the grill, maybe light some sparklers, and come together
1:05.8	to celebrate the one thing that binds us all together as Americans, the idea of liberty.
1:11.4	Throughout history, there have been countless symbols dedicated to the idea of liberty,
1:15.6	but maybe none or as big, literally and figuratively, as Lady Liberty herself, the Statue
1:21.6	of Liberty.
1:22.9	The story we know all too well is that the Statue is a gift from France, a gesture of
1:27.5	goodwill to cement the brotherly friendship between two nations, and that's true for
1:31.9	the most part.
1:33.2	It turns out though, the Statue took an incredibly complicated journey to get from the mind of
1:37.5	its creator all the way to Liberty Island where she stands proudly today.
1:41.6	It was a journey that involved immense struggles to pay for the monument, construction challenges,
1:46.6	New York's first ticker tape parade, and even a band of suffragists who rode a boat out
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