Surprise!! Amy and Katja return to the studio to answer Jacinta’s questions about Season One of The Gibson Girl Review! From favorite romances to most detested characters, this is a no-holds-barred, hilarious look back at our first season! Plus we give an exciting update on what’s in store for Season Two, coming July 4th!
Topics and shout-outs in this episode include: Charles Dana Gibson, the Gibson Girl, the Gibson Man, Irene Gibson, the Gilded Age, the Progressive Era, Pink and White Tyranny, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Poor Dear Theodora!, Florence Irwin, Miss Bayle’s Romance, William Fraser Rae, Her First Appearance, Richard Harding Davis, Keeping Up with Lizzie, Irving Bacheller, Ben-Hur, Lew Wallace, Travers, Sarah Dean, the San Francisco Earthquake, The Wheat Princess, Jean Webster, A Born Aristocrat, Matthew White, theatrical life, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Anne of Green Gables, and Lucy Maud Montgomery.
FOR FURTHER READING, WE RECOMMEND:
Downey, Fairfax. Portrait of an Era As Drawn by C.D. Gibson. Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1936.
Clark, Gary W. Lessons from the Gibson Girl: Her Quest for Equality, Justice, and Love. Gary W. Clark, 2017.