Bring on the hearts and flowers… there’s a new hero at The Gibson Girl Review, and Amy and Katja are in love! Richard Harding Davis makes his debut on the podcast with his heartwarming tale, Her First Appearance (1892), and leaves our hosts breathless for more. Plus they introduce the Gibson Girl herself, and explore just what Charles Dana Gibson’s work meant to women at the turn of the 20th century.
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Topics and shout-outs in today’s episode include: Charles Dana Gibson, the Gibson Girl, the Gibson Man, the Gilded Age, the Progressive Era, Teddy Roosevelt, the Rough Riders, San Juan Hill, the Spanish-American War, Mount Rushmore, theatrical life, acting, Sean Connery, friendship, family loyalty, Goodreads, Harrison Ford, Ernest Hemingway, The Modern Woman, the New York Times, the Good Samaritan, social justice, Batman, George du Maurier, William Fraser Rae, Miss Bayle’s Romance, historical romantic suspense, and the King’s Daughters Writing camp.