CLARA'S CRAZY IDEA - 1893

CLARA'S CRAZY IDEA - 1893

Author: Forgotten News Podcast March 8, 2019 Duration: 1:18:13
The story of the woman who gave birth to the Public Defender system, for the U.S., in 1893. HISTORICAL REFERENCES: Books: Babcock, Barbara, Woman Lawyer: The Trials of Clara Foltz (2011). Drachman, Virginia, Sisters In Law: Women Lawyers In Modern American History (1998). Law Reviews: Schwartz, Mortimer, Brandt, Susan & Milrod, Patience, Clara Shortridge Foltz: Pioneer in the Law, 27 Hastings Law Review 545 (1976). Babcock, Barbara, Clara Shortridge Foltz:  Constitution-Maker, 66 Indiana Law Review 849 (1991) Newspapers: Mrs. Clara Foltz urges the appointment of a public defender, New York Daily Tribune (Jan. 25, 1897). A Bill for a Public Defender, New York Times  (Jan. 22, 1897). How Mrs. Clara Foltz Would Provide Counsel for Those Who Are Too Poor to Employ a Lawyer, Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Jan. 23, 1897). U.S. Supreme Court – rulings: Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963). Garza v. Idaho, slip opinion, February 27, 2019 (Thomas / Gorsuch dissent, follows ruling).   GUEST VOICES: Clara Shortridge Foltz – Kristi Oulvey, host of Heartland Homicide podcast. “Colonel” Thaddeus Stonehill – Richard Jones, host of True Crime Historian podcast. California Constitution (womens employment equality quote) – Roseanne Stolz, host of Killafornia Dreaming podcast. New York Times (editorial quote) – Andy Wang, host of Inspired Money podcast. San Francisco Chronicle (editorial quote) – Jeremy Collins, host of Podcasts We Listen To – Facebook Group and Podcast. New York Tribune (editorial quote) – Ken Marsiglia, free lance voice artist. Judge, San Francisco - Jerry Kokich of New Old Time Radio Dramas MISCELLANEOUS: Exit Aphorism (voice) – Kit Caren of Whispered True Stories. Host Intro – Nina Innsted, the host of the Already Gone podcast. Exit Aphorism - Source: Foltz, Clara S., Wrong and Unnatural, New American Woman (December 1916), at p. 19 (quote reprinted in Clara Shortridge Foltz: Pioneer in the Law, 27 Hastings Law Review 545 (1976).   MUSIC: Kevin MacLeod  of Incompetech.com – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0 At Rest The Curtain Rises I Knew A Guy Comfortable Life   SOUND EFFECTS: Freesound.org  girls cheering Eighties_synth beep u_chimes_short3 ukulele_lick   T-SHIRTS, MUGS, AND OTHER SWAG - NOW AVAILABLE! Just click here!   HEY!  CONTACT US:   E-Mail:  ForgottenNewsPodcast@gmail.com Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Forgotten-News-Podcast Twitter: @NewsForgotten @KitCaren @WhisperedTrue (kit caren)   HEY! CAN YOU HELP US?!   PLEASE HELP THE FORGOTTEN NEWS PODCAST TO COVER THE COSTS OF RESEARCH, INVESTIGATION, AUDIO EQUIPMENT. AND PODCAST HOSTING FEES.   ANY DONATION - EVEN A DOLLAR - WOULD REALLY HELP US OUT! Just click on this PayPal link, to contribute. PAYPAL Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!

There’s a certain kind of story that crackles with urgency when it breaks, dominating conversations and front pages, only to vanish completely a few years later. FORGOTTEN NEWS PODCAST goes looking for those stories. Each episode is a deep dive into a different moment that once captivated the public, an event or figure that seemed indelible but somehow slipped through the cracks of our collective memory. You’ll hear about scandals that toppled empires of reputation, inventions that promised to change everything, and personal dramas that played out on a very public stage-all now quietly gathering dust in old newspaper archives and forgotten diaries. The aim isn’t just to recount these tales, but to understand why they resonated so powerfully in their moment and explore what their disappearance says about how we remember. It’s a process of careful excavation, piecing together narratives from primary sources, historical accounts, and the cultural echoes that remain. Tuning into this podcast feels like opening a long-lost trunk in the attic; every story is presented with the immediacy it once held, allowing you to experience the surprise, outrage, or wonder just as an audience did decades or even centuries ago. These are the headlines that time edited out, brought back to life.
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Duration: 56:05
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Duration: 1:18:08
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A HIATUS, A HERO, AND AN OUTLAW [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 31:19
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TROUBLED TIMES IN CHINATOWN [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:02:55
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN, TRUE CRIME WRITER [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 57:51
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THE WITCH WHO WASN'T:  JANE WENHAM - 1712 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 37:48
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Duration: 4:09
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SLAVERY IN DISGUISE - 1892 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 41:08
The tragic story of how, during the years between the late 1870s and early 1940s, the states of the American South used the criminal courts to effectively re-establish slavery for hundreds of thousands of black people, a…
A TEEN LOVE STORY - 1890 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 39:49
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THE KIDNAPPING OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR - 1929 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 38:54
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