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Thank you this brought tears of joy and sadness. I am this very weekend working on a poetry project which speaks of the massacres in Australia of Indigenous Australians, including my kin. Few memorials dot the landscape acknowledging the sacrifices of those who fought and died defending their soil either. However I take solace in the life of my Great Aunt, who at 12 was stolen from the desert in Western Australia and after grooming and etiquette lessons she was sent to a Moravian Mission in Victoria as part of an arranged marriage program, to an Indigenous man. It was strict rules in the Mission but she rebelled by sharing her rations with other inmates and speaking of independence. They reduced her rations as punishment so she lead a walk off and protest at the mission. She was exiled and separated from her children and her husband had to follow her in exile, despite his protests. Notes by the missionaries about her were copious. A true troublemaker in the greatest sense. I love her.
ZiBRA Counselling Solutions I have been apalled, disgusted, and deeply saddened by the treatment of our Indigenous Australians for many years. Our so-called “leaders” have done very little to acknowledge the injustices suffered by Indigenous Australians. The “Sorry” speech by Kevin Rudd was a start, but since then nothing has been done. I am horrified that mining companies are permitted to even consider destroying sacred sites - this should be banned outright by the Government and enshrined in law. Australia has nothing to be proud of regarding the treatment - past AND current - of Indigenous Australians. It may not mean much in the scheme of things, but I am sorry.
I agree with my fellow Australians wholeheartedly. I was totally unprepared and shocked as a 13 year old researching some family history to learn the bars on the magnificent old house that had been in my family were to keep the Aboriginals out and to make sure they would stay away, white people gave them poisoned flour. These white people may have been my ancestors. The grief, shame and horror I feel knowing I share that DNA is sometimes overwhelming. I was born in a town in NSW which was classed the most racist based on a referendum in the '60s to recognize our indigenous people. Proud Australian? Not me. #BlackLivesMatter.
This might be considered a mad idea, but wouldn't it be great if these weekly talks could be taken up by the International Curriculum as part of children's schooling. Thanks again Sandi for making history relevent.
Catherine Malcolm what a wonderful idea. I hope it comes to fruition.
I had much of my education in Massachusetts (not that far from Amherst, coincidentally). MA is considered one of the best states in the U.S. to receive an education, yet I learn more about American history from these 10-minute clips than I did in 15 years of schooling.
Nothing to say other than,”Thank You”.
Thank you for this, Sandi. As an American, I deeply grieve our past, but take hope in the many voices calling (yet again) for justice and equality. Your words touched my soul.
Sandi, you're a treasure and a blessing; I thank you every Friday for your calm, insightful and warming voxtox xxxxxx And love to Debbie too, how lucky you both are to have each other :)
Vox Tox has been a beacon of solace during these troubling times. The effects of lock down initially stunt my ability to do anything more than watch videos of other people playing video games. This series has given me a renewed zest for learning, so much so that I've started writing again and doing my own research. Thank you so much, Sandi, Debbie and Alex, these videos are truly inspiring.
PS Sandi, please bring back those incredible Hawaiian shirts you were sporting in the final May videos. At the very least, please let us know where you purchased them from.
A particularly heartfelt chat to a (I trust) particularly thoughtful audience this week. Sometimes life can feel an uphill battle, but when compared to the stark reality of those from history, and sadly, those who even now must struggle for what we each deserve; equality, then my own ‘hurdles’ seem so insignificant. I struggle with the words to convey what my heart feels. Please don’t think my inability to convey my feelings means I have none... Be kind.
sincere thanks from a simple Aussie for the poem and all which came before it.
2:33 “Lots of men did lots of butch things with machinery...” 😅❤️🏳️🌈 Love you Sandi! 🌟
Hello from Montreal where we did get rid of Amherst, fittingly renaming the street “Atateken Street”. Yes that’s a rainbow flag on the lamppost, Atateken St goes through Montreal’s Gay Village. Good article from the CBC here on what it means:
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-amherst-atateken-1.5328561
He was created Baron Montreal. His estate Montreal Park is now a (posh) neighbourhood in Sevenoaks:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Park
Go Canada! 🇨🇦 Yay Montreal!💜💙💚💛🧡❤️
Very helpful article Professor Frank!
@Jan Mitchell: Thanks! And I’m glad you liked it! ❤️🏳️🌈
I love Sandi! I also love listening to her on “I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue.”
Sandi, you're wonderful. Thanks as always for shining a light.
This, very much. An excellent Vox Tox.
We have a dream..........you have changed much of my perception. Great history, great men narrative faulted. To learn is to grow.
Look into the suffrage movement and Frederick Douglass
Thank you again, Sandi, for helping me to think harder and be kinder, especially now.
I'm grateful for the You Tube algorithm that suggested Vox Tox. I revel in so much is hearing an intelligent lecture from a engaging speaker. I have so much to catch up on, but I'm trying not to binge watch in order to prolong the pleasure. Just two a day until they run out and I have to repeat viewings. I wish I could see you on stage in a one woman show talking for two hours or more. Bravo dear lady!
I love these. Keep them coming!
Beautiful poem, sums up what life is all about perfectly. If only women ruled the world
Thank you so much - I've learnt more listening to you over the last few months than six years of posh-school history lessons ever gave me. You're a treasure and an inspiration, as well as an all round bloody lovely human being.
Two interesting songs: Billie Holiday's Strange Fruit and Nina Simone's Mississippi Goddam.
My local community, the Town of Hartford, VT, just declared Juneteenth* a local holiday. VT, among other states, has changed Columbus Day to Indigenous People's Day. Hasn't changed on the national level though.
*en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth (despite the Emancipation Proclamation, slavery still existed in the Oklahoma territory. Interestingly, the slave holders were Indian and it took some time after the end of the Civil War for it to finally come to an end - www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=SL003 - it wasn't until statehood that it finally came to an end.) But, then Jim Crow - things weren't necessarily better in the North.
Sandi you are most definitly my hero. may you forever shine a light on the many many women of history & our own time, who made a difference!!! Love an (Male) admirerer.
Poignant reminder of our common humanity and the dust which we shall all return to one day. In the meantime, thanks Sandi for doing what you do best - shining a gentle but piercing spotlight on things we didn't know before. Thank you
You are my favorite history teacher. You need to make some documentaries on women in history. People suffer from the patchwork of history we are taught in school. Could you compile a list of books you recommend? Thank you, Sandi.
I went to school in Alabama. I’m lucky I can spell “history.” This is a state that, back in 1989 had, as part of their high school graduation exam, had this question: “Out of the following four shapes, which is the circle?” I’m not kidding. I should have skipped high school and college and just gone to the library. Education wise I would have been better off. I am continually finding things I should have been taught back then. I’ll never be able to fill in all the holes. Thanks for helping me with these, Sandi. You’re a treasure.
I admit I am prone to shed a tear when my heart is touched, and I shed tears when you read the ending poem about our common dust. Thank you Sandi. Just for being who you are and doing what you do.
I was just watching the video you made on April 01 (April fools day). A really good prank was on April 01, 2016 when the Canadian Government "declassified" Wolverine's military record. Marvel fans were thrilled.
Thank you Sandi, I could listen to these amazing stories all day. Please keep doing them, there seem to be so many worthy biography that need to be mentioned.
Thank you for these fantastic snippets of history. I am 40 years old and have not heard of many of these amazing women you speak of. I am excited to learn more and teach my 3 daughters about these strong women of history, it is inspiring.
Thank you for this series Sandi. They’ve been a lifesaver during the last few months. I dip in and out especially when having a ‘bad’ day. They never fail to get me thinking, researching and learning. Helps put things in perspective and has made me a couch activist. I find myself challenging ‘friends’ social media posts and examining my own preconceptions.
Common Dust
By Georgia Douglas Johnson
And who shall separate the dust
What later we shall be:
Whose keen discerning eye will scan
And solve the mystery?
The high, the low, the rich, the poor,
The black, the white, the red,
And all the chromatique between,
Of whom shall it be said:
Here lies the dust of Africa;
Here are the sons of Rome;
Here lies the one unlabelled,
The world at large his home!
Can one then separate the dust?
Will mankind lie apart,
When life has settled back again
The same as from the start?
Thank you for providing this.
@@irajayrosen4792 you're welcome I had to find it for myself too :)
'Now is the time to set things right' . This song has popped into my mind umpteen times this week, as has 'Now is the time' being spoken. Thank you dearest for this especially poignant and uplifting information. xxx
I was having a difficult day, but then saw you had a new video out. Thank you Sandi for making these, it brightens my day up every time! P.S. Just finished listening to Between the Stops this week, and I have thoroughly enjoyed it. Your kindness and knowledge helped with my anxiety many times. Keep on going, you are a true National Trevor.
The reason I still cannot set foot on a Native American reservation, even though invited, is this genuine feeling of sickness that I feel in my bones about how we’ve treated them. We must see the past for what it is, a vast and complicated tapestry. As ever, you’ve delivered a university seminar level talk, with craft, care, and love. Thank you Sandi Toksvig.
Thank you again Sandi. As a student of history, there is so much more not talked about in schools then what is actually taught. When I brought this up in an education class 30+ years ago I was told that teachers need to teach to the tests and that side trips through history while nice will take students away from the important tasks of scoring high, which is good for the schools and for them to get into a good college.One problem, of many, is the students get to college and the process starts over again as conformity rules the day. People like history to be simple. Heck most people want everything simple, lord forbid that any effort was involved.
Thank you again, "be kind" has become my watch word(s).
As always, brilliantly researched and conveyed. I learn so much from any of your talks, but this is particularly moving and so important for ALL of us. Thank you, friend to the world.
Thank you again Sandi for another little gem 💜 The poem at the end just summed everything up.
Gorgeous, Sandi. Thank you.
Thank you for the wonderful poem. It was a needed discovery. You are a comforting voice.
Once again, Sandi, thank you. Your perspective strengthens me and makes me more aware. We all appreciate the labor of love for humanity that is Vox Tox.
So much I didn't know. So many great and inspiring people. So timely also. Storytellers keep history alive. Thank you so much.
Miss you everyday doing these but I so look forward to hearing your amazing history of women that are not none about I have learnt more from you than school
Thank you Sandi. A lovely intimate time with you. I will watch for more of these fireside chats, and hope that our children can find their way into reading herstory, and learning. Cheers.
Thank you Sandi.
Well said! 🧡
Thank you Sandi, your thoughts of the week are always so beautifully delivered. This week particularly putting into words what I have found so difficult to do. Education is all and now questioning it too. #bekind Hx
I came to these little gems late, so I am watching them in whatever order they come up and catch my fancy but they have several things in common, their overarching humanity, Sandi's erudition, and the sense that it would be awesome if more people watched them. As someone who only knew Sandi from the banking show (which I loved) it is wonderful to be introduced to this much more interesting and engaging aspect of her. I shall be looking for a copy of the trip down the Zambezi next. And I might amend my email sign-off from Be well, to Be well and be kind.
Amazing what men will do to the truth (delete everything that may shame or embarrass) before they pass it off as historical fact. Thank you for this Sandi 💞 I've learned more truth in the last couple of years than I was ever taught in school, thanks to people like you who take time to share!
Fridays have become my favourite days
Keep digging for these Hidden facts. We all need a thorough education. Love from Uruguay
I always learn something when I watch one of your little gems. The words Thank You are inadequate but they are all I have so THANK YOU!
I was also 5 when the March happened. Thanks for inspiring a moment to ponder.
I love the Vox Tox videos and podcast, loved Sandi's memoir about her experiences riding a London bus, and loved her on Great British Baking Show. Please bring back subtitles on your Vox Tox videos!
Sandi, thank you so much for your intellectual and experiential generosity! You’ve brought so many female heroes of history to my attention that have inspired, empowered and uplifted me.
When I was little I wanted to be a boy because they seemed to have all the adventures and discoveries. I decided to just behave as though I had the same right to that as they did and mostly it worked - but I imagine now how much it would have meant to tiny me to learn not just of a diverse cast of men, but more of the women who didn’t just sit passively beside them.
I hope you know how inspiring you are, not just directly but indirectly, as every little girl and woman you reach imbues someone else with the fascinating stories they learn from you!
Love your talks. Removing the white washing in our school history books could go a long way to innoculate our children against both sexism and racism.
I worked as a guide at a reconstruction of one of the forts (Michilimackinac) attacked in Pontiac’s War. I became personally interested in learning this sliver of history (the most unified front presented by natives against the English).
First, when attacking the fort, the French civilians still living there were unharmed by the natives. The French had respected traditional customs of gift-giving and reciprocity, whereas the English refused to do likewise. To be fair, some British officers knew this was a bad idea but didn’t have the authority to overrule Amherst. It was a typical example of what happens when we don’t respect other people’s customs, rights and ways of life.
As for the rest ... well, I feel fortunate to have visited a couple of slave outposts I’m Ghana. I say fortunate, because once you have the scales lifted from your eyes and can see the long shadowy hand of history reaching through time to affect the present, it changes you for the better. It changed me. It gave me the ability to understand the present more clearly and how I can be a better person in this moment and the next, for myself, my family, friends and everyone.
... IN Ghana... 🙄
Thank you for sharing your research and wisdom. I look forward to hearing you speak so eloquently on these topics.
If you read the poetry out loud that I should have read for school, I might have gotten a taste for it. Thank you for shining a light into the corners we keep in darkness.
Brilliant! Thank you!
Thank you, I learn something each time I listen. The poem was so eloquent.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
So beautiful! Thank you for this, it is truly needed. Love you
One of your best. Off to look up some of these women and find your podcast. Don't stop you wonderful woman you. Xx
What an excellent piece. Thank you Sandi.
Been missing Vox Tox, We hope to see more.
So much of my education since school has been from Sandi whether it be QI, What The Dickens, and multiple TH-cam videos.
Thank you for the very timely episode. Thank you.
Glorious. Thank You.
You could rename your series, History, the Missed Bits" I miss the daily videos, but we couldn't expect you to keep doing those for ever, no matter how much we may wish you would. Just a note, we say NAACP in this way. N Double A CP. Thank you for sharing that beautiful poem. ❤️
Thank you all for your encouraging comments. It really helps keep us going.
Sandi, could you please see to that subtitles are turned on for all of your videos? It makes them more accessible (people who are deaf/HoH, does not have english as their first language, cannot (at the moment of watching) look at videos with sound on, just find it easier to follow, and probably many more reasons). A plus (which I'm not sure you care about) is that it also increases your views. Jessica Kellgren-Fozard has a really good video series about subtitles on her youtube channel for more good arguments and tips for subtitles.
Love the videos/chats! :)
So many that I've not even heard of. Our history lessons in UK schools do need to change. I was watching a TH-cam video on fountain pens earlier and the name of Sojourner Truth was mentioned - another woman that I'd not heard of before.
Much appreciation - 10 minutes of enlightenment. Thank you.
My word! Despite having been a docent at Pennsbury Manor (homestead of William Penn, Quaker founder of Pennsylvania famous for buying land from the native Lenapes despite being "given" it by Charles II), I never thought of the US as being "A bunch of Quakers who popped across the Atlantic to do good". What a wonderful place it could have been if it were!
Thank you for these. I’ve greatly enjoyed these videos. I know this because, I never leave comments, and I am leaving one this time.❤️
Thank you.
Thank you so much for these. I have started using ten to help me teach my children about history and so many that (I Definatley never heard of).
Thank you. Fern in Minnesota.
Today is also the decision date of the landmark Loving v State of Virginia ( 1967) banning the remaining laws against mixed race marriage. It was a foundation case for same sex marriage.
I am thinking on this and wondering, why would you ever need a law to to stop marriage between humans of different skin colors? They are the same species. Humans make a lot of problems for themselves. Many stupid laws have been written.
thank you for such wonderful work.
Excellent talk! Thank you, Sandi!
Sandi, please do a talk on the aristocracy of the UK and/or anywhere else who got rich from slavery, thought provoking stuff. Thanks for this.
Love your take on the world I thought I knew!
Thank you for sharing.
Seems strange to say but I’m glad you stopped saying “we will get through this” not because I didn’t and don’t appreciate the sentiment but because it means (I hope) that you will continue putting these out. Thanks 😊
Well done for stating fact without being argumentative. Great to see a You Tube broadcast with some common sense.
You are a light in the darkness.
Thank you for your insight and I shall try very hard to be kind.
I think you should definitely be involved in deciding who should be commemorated by a statue. You'd have some brilliant ideas.
I embrace your thoughtful and intelligent voice.
Chromatique. Did my spelling even come close? What a wonderful word!
Up until only recently the Metropolitan Police had on there books, Norwell Lionel Roberts QPM is a British former police constable and served between 1967 and 1997.
However it has been corrected and John Kent who served in Maryport, Cumbria (then Cumberland) under the Carlisle City Police. He started out as a Supernumerary Constable in August 1837, becoming a Substantive Constable in October 1837. He served for seven years up until 1844 when he was dismissed for being drunk and disorderly. I must point out, back then water wasn't always safe to drink, beer having gone through various treatments was much safer to drink. He later became a court bailiff and then a parish constable.
Boys have been taught to war, war, war. While girls have been taught to nurture. Thank god? that the younger generations are joining in more and more with the "women's jobs". At 22 I was caring for my baby, running a house and working nights as a nurse and my mother-in-law would often say "men need their relaxation" as he would leave for a weekend of potholing. That's when baby and me got our relaxation, just playing.
Sandi, thank you for giving me something to look forward to... I love Fridays!
Thank you sandi for your wonderful tales and storys from history. I have loved your enthusiasm for women in history, as I never heard of many women in history as a young girl. I wish you would do your own book on the real women in history, and their real storys.i couldn't think of any lady more qualified or experienced to do justice for women from history,that most people had never heard of. Thank you so much for your wonderful vlogs and for your past works.and good luck and blessings for any future endeavors, which I am sure will be fabulously wonderful ,thank you x
I love your videos. Unfortunately, they took up Amherst's idea about small pox infected blankets in the 19th century out west. sigh.
Have Harriet Jacobs Incidents in The Life of a Slave Girl; inspiring; ashamed to say I had forgotten I had it until you reminded me today. Might I suggest a look at Phillis Wheatley; brought as a slave girl of 14 from Senegal to Boston. She wrote letters and poems to George Washington in 1775, extracts fo which I have in Black Writers of America. He ends his reply to her Your obedient humble servant George Washington. How can we learn from history if we don't know half of it?
Very true. Just as the history books often only teach the parts that make a nation look good or not nearly as bad as it actually is. Or the stories that police make up to outright lie or attempt to justify brutality. There are those who would prefer certain truths not be brought to light. Not surprisingly, truth perseveres.
Tears, 💜💜💜💜💜💜✌🏽👍🏼
Thank you for these.
Muito obrigado.
That was awesome. Cheers.
Thank you.💚
Ai, have you abandoned the subtitling? They really are very much appreciated. At least by me.
So so sorry. Not sure what happened but they should be back up now. Technical gremlins!
Profound!
I hope they rename the town for Emily.
thank you
Thank you!