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Armchair HistoriansAuthor: Anne Marie Cannon
What's your favorite history? Each interview on this podcast begins with this one question. Our guests are people who like history and get really excited about a particular time, place or person from our distant or not so distant past. The jumping off point is the place where our they became curious then entered the rabbit hole into discovery through scholarly research, pop culture, documentaries, other podcasts...We look at history through the filter of other peoples eyes.https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id965986 Language: en-us Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Janis Robinson Daly: Celebrating Women's Stories through Historical Fiction
Episode 2
Monday, 19 January, 2026
Send us a textIn this episode of Armchair Historians, host Anne Marie Cannon interviews historical fiction author Janis Robinson Daly, whose work unearths the forgotten stories of early women doctors and the generations who paved the way for them.Janis shares how genealogy research led her to discover that her great-great-grandfather was both an abolitionist lawyer and a founder of the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania—sparking her fascination with women’s medical history. Her novels, The Unlocked Path and The Path Beneath Her Feet, follow fictional doctor Eliza Edwards, a character inspired by real women who fought for their place in medicine between the 1890s and World War II. Anne and Janis discuss balancing fact and fiction, the impact of the Depression and two world wars on women’s lives, and how major historical events shape character development. They also dive into Janis’s literary-citizenship project, #31TitlesWomenInHistory, a curated annual list celebrating women-centered historical fiction and amplifying voices of women authors.Topics include:– Early women physicians and the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania– How genealogy research can uncover hidden stories– Writing historical fiction responsibly– The role of author’s notes in clarifying fact vs. imagination– The Great Depression’s impact on women in medicine– Janis’s #31TitlesWomenInHistory project and how she chooses the books– Her upcoming 2026 novelBooks Mentioned:– The Unlocked Path (2022)– The Path Beneath Her Feet (2024)Where to Find Janis:janisrdaly.com | @janisrdaly_authorRelated Armchair Historians Episodes:• Wendy Rouse — Public Faces, Secret Lives: A Queer History of the Suffrage Movementhttps://armchairhistorians.buzzsprout.com/1020073/episodes/10116683• Dr. Tara Green — See Me Naked + Alice Dunbar-Nelsonhttps://armchairhistorians.buzzsprout.com/1020073/episodes/10100721• A Haunted History of Invisible Women (Part 1) — Leanna Renee Hieber & Andrea Janeshttps://armchairhistorians.buzzsprout.com/1020073/episodes/11438457• A Haunted History of Invisible Women (Part 2) — Leanna Renee Hieber & Andrea Janeshttps://armchairhistorians.buzzsprout.com/1020073/episodes/11475292• Dr. Teri Finneman — 1872 Presidential Campaign of Victoria Woodhull (2021 Inauguration Special)https://armchairhistorians.buzzsprout.com/1020073/episodes/7375942• Joe McGill — The Slave Dwelling Projecthttps://armchairhistorians.buzzsprout.com/1020073/episodes/8870078• Dr. Rod Tanchanco — First Patientshttps://armchairhistorians.buzzsprout.com/1020073/episodes/5446376Support the showFollow us on Social Media:Instagram: @armchairhistoriansFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/armchairhistoriansSupport Armchair Historians:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/armchairhistoriansKo-fi: https://ko-fi.com/belgiumrabbitproductionsBuzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.
