I is for Inventors: The Ouija board & Mary Kenner

Encyclopedia Obscura

This week the spooky continues as Casey covers contacting murder victims. Meanwhile, Karen goes into the evolution of period products.
Artwork: Jovana Stekovic
Logo: nydaaa
Music: Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod

Casey's Sources:
https://www.thoughtco.com/top-popular-inventors-1992000
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr
https://www.biographyonline.net/scientists/inventors.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouija
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-08/ouija-board-juror-misbehaviour-murder-trials/9734868
https://hauntedwalk.com/news/the-strange-history-of-the-ouija-board/

Karen's Sources:
https://www.womenshealthmag.com/health/g19991273/period-products-through-the-years/
https://keeleydeangelo.com/from-rags-to-resilience-mary-kenner-us-patent-2881761a/
https://www.si.edu/spotlight/health-hygiene-and-beauty/feminine-hygiene-products https://www.npr.org/2021/12/02/1056830306/free-tampons-public-schools https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/a-period-comes-to-an-end-100-years-of-menstruation-products/2016/04/25/1afe3898-057e-11e6-bdcb-0133da18418d_story.html
https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2021/07/12/lawmakers-tackle-period-poverty-with-tax-cuts-school-supplies
https://policylab.chop.edu/blog/period-poverty-public-health-crisis-we-dont-talk-about https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/20/well/sustainable-period-products.html https://historyofyesterday.com/mary-kenner-the-inventor-of-sanitary-belts-3fa94eb31d15 https://blackdoctor.org/mary-beatrice-davidson-kenner-the-forgotten-inventor-who-changed-womens-health-forever/
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