Alexis Coe

Here's historian Alexis Coe. The Civil Rights Act has just passed, and that abolished segregation. So that means that she has just started to be able to physically walk into these areas that, as a Black person, as a woman, the courtrooms, from libraries, to do research, like every place that you would need access to in order to do the kind of work that she needed to do.

Here's historian Alexis Coe. The Civil Rights Act has just passed, and that abolished segregation. So that means that she has just started to be able to physically walk into these areas that, as a Black person, as a woman, the courtrooms, from libraries, to do research, like every place that you would need access to in order to do the kind of work that she needed to do.

According to Dovey, her mere presence irritated the white judges and lawyers.

According to Dovey, her mere presence irritated the white judges and lawyers.

Mary Meyer had the sort of background that you would see in the New York Times vows section. She was born into wealth. Her uncle was Teddy Roosevelt's chief forester. Mary had lived a charmed life.

Mary Meyer had the sort of background that you would see in the New York Times vows section. She was born into wealth. Her uncle was Teddy Roosevelt's chief forester. Mary had lived a charmed life.

We tend to think of Vassar because it's produced women like Lee Miller, the artist and photographer, and other women. women who have gone into the arts as a progressive institution that perhaps is launching women in the world. But it wasn't. Vassar was a place women went because they wanted to go to college.

We tend to think of Vassar because it's produced women like Lee Miller, the artist and photographer, and other women. women who have gone into the arts as a progressive institution that perhaps is launching women in the world. But it wasn't. Vassar was a place women went because they wanted to go to college.

It was close to the city, though, so they could date professional men and they could get on their way to becoming homemakers. And I think that that was what she was supposed to be. And that's what she was for a while.

It was close to the city, though, so they could date professional men and they could get on their way to becoming homemakers. And I think that that was what she was supposed to be. And that's what she was for a while.

In the late 50s and early 60s, women were still seen as homemakers. Women couldn't get a credit card without having their husband's approval, their signature. That's Alexis Coe. Men put women on a pedestal, which is a great way to keep women in their place. And that place?

In the late 50s and early 60s, women were still seen as homemakers. Women couldn't get a credit card without having their husband's approval, their signature. That's Alexis Coe. Men put women on a pedestal, which is a great way to keep women in their place. And that place?

She's constantly litigating because she's incredibly talented.

She's constantly litigating because she's incredibly talented.

She experienced white supremacy firsthand as a child. That's historian Alexis Coe. If you think about some of your formative memories of fear, it's really something to consider the Klan being one of them.

She experienced white supremacy firsthand as a child. That's historian Alexis Coe. If you think about some of your formative memories of fear, it's really something to consider the Klan being one of them.

You know, she believed him that he didn't do it because I think she realized that this was an innocent man who, if she didn't do something to help him, would most certainly go to jail.

You know, she believed him that he didn't do it because I think she realized that this was an innocent man who, if she didn't do something to help him, would most certainly go to jail.

And by the time he woke up, he woke up because he slipped into a river. It was cold. The woman was gone. And he tried to just go catch a bus home, but instead he found himself in deep shit.

And by the time he woke up, he woke up because he slipped into a river. It was cold. The woman was gone. And he tried to just go catch a bus home, but instead he found himself in deep shit.