Sybil Stockdale's guest appearances

Sybil Stockdale

What'sHerName

I Don't Know Her

The Pithy Chronicle

Edmonia Lewis

Helen Stephens

Helen Duncan

Maria Sibylla Merian

Annie Londonderry

Dian Fossey

James Barry

Rosalind Franklin

Margaret Bourke-White

Fanny Brice

Wangari Maathai

WINONA LaDUKE

Mary Anning

Jackie Mitchell

Sophie Blanchard

OwlTail

Hey there, Pithy Listeners! This week we are highlighting a fellow military spouse who traded her dainty little white gloves for powerful, resilient boxing gloves.   Refusing to “keep quiet,” Sybil Stockdale took her husband’s story of imprisonment and torture in North Vietnam public.  She united thousands of other POW families to insist the government  be held accountable to its servicemen and women.  And when he walked off the plane after more than 7 years in captivity, she was there waiting for him.  Listen now, and be sure to have your tissues ready. 

Hey there, Pithy Listeners! This week we are highlighting a fellow military spouse who traded her dainty little white gloves for powerful, resilient boxing gloves.   Refusing to “keep quiet,” Sybil Stockdale took her husband’s story of imprisonment and torture in North Vietnam public.  She united thousands of other POW families to insist the government  be held accountable to its servicemen and women.  And when he walked off the plane after more than 7 years in captivity, she was there waiting for him.  Listen now, and be sure to have your tissues ready.

At the top of the show, Amanda shares a demoralizing experience being misgendered at work. Then Rita tells the surprising story of Sybil Stockdale, a Navy Commander’s wife who organized a grassroots campaign to take on the U.S. government &amp; hold them accountable for the missing &amp; imprisoned during the Vietnam War.   Support us on Patreon and TeePublic! https://linktr.ee/idkher_podcast

At the top of the show, Amanda shares a demoralizing experience being misgendered at work. Then Rita tells the surprising story of Sybil Stockdale, a Navy Commander’s wife who organized a grassroots campaign to take on the U.S. government &amp; hold them accountable for the missing &amp; imprisoned during the Vietnam War. Support us on Patreon and TeePublic! <a href="https://linktr.ee/idkher_podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://linktr.ee/idkher_podcast</a>

ACTIVIST - Sybil Stockdale

In 1965, Sybil Stockdale was a mild-mannered Navy wife in Southern California. But after her husband’s plane was shot down over Vietnam, she would become one of the most important and effective activists in American history. Her organization, The National League of Families, fought for nearly a decade to bring home nearly one thousand POWs who were being held by North Vietnam in conditions of extreme deprivation and torture. Throwing out their military handbooks’ useless advice on shrimp forks and hairstyles, these remarkable women used the powerful new medium of television to leverage their own position, became covert operatives who gathered more information on the POW camps than the entire U.S. military, and eventually defied the Government itself to bring their husbands home.Our guest is historian and curator Heath Hardage Lee, author of the new book League of Wives: The Untold Story of the Women Who Took On the U.S. Government to Bring Their Husbands Home and Winnie Davis: Daughter of the Lost Cause. Heath was the 2017 Robert J. Dole Curatorial Fellow, and her exhibition entitled The League of Wives: Vietnam POW MIA Advocates &amp; Allies about Vietnam POW MIA wives premiered at the Dole Institute of Politics in May of 2017. Reese Witherspoon and her production company have optioned The League of Wives for a feature film. Heath will be an executive producer and historical consultant for the project.Music featured in this episode included Jeff Cuno, Josh Lippi and the Overtimers, The US Naval Academy Band, Jeremy Dittus, Dan Lebowitz, Sir Cubworth and Everett Almond.Want to help us “make history”? Become a Patron or Donate here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1965, Sybil Stockdale was a mild-mannered Navy wife in Southern California. But after her husband’s plane was shot down over Vietnam, she would become one of the most important and effective activists in American history. Her organization, The National League of Families, fought for nearly a decade to bring home nearly one thousand POWs who were being held by North Vietnam in conditions of extreme deprivation and torture. Throwing out their military handbooks’ useless advice on shrimp forks and hairstyles, these remarkable women used the powerful new medium of television to leverage their own position, became covert operatives who gathered more information on the POW camps than the entire U.S. military, and eventually defied the Government itself to bring their husbands home.Our guest is historian and curator<a href="https://heathleeauthor.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Heath Hardage Lee</a>, author of the new book <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250161109" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">League of Wives: The Untold Story of the Women Who Took On the U.S. Government to Bring Their Husbands Home</a> and <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781612346373" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Winnie Davis: Daughter of the Lost Cause</a>. Heath was the 2017 Robert J. Dole Curatorial Fellow, and her exhibition entitled The League of Wives: Vietnam POW MIA Advocates &amp; Allies about Vietnam POW MIA wives premiered at the Dole Institute of Politics in May of 2017. Reese Witherspoon and her production company have optioned The League of Wives for a feature film. Heath will be an executive producer and historical consultant for the project.Music featured in this episode included Jeff Cuno, Josh Lippi and the Overtimers, The US Naval Academy Band, Jeremy Dittus, Dan Lebowitz, Sir Cubworth and Everett Almond.Want to help us “make history”? Become a <a href="https://www.patreon.com/whatshernamepodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patron</a> or <a href="https://whatshernamepodcast.com/donate/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Donate</a> here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>