095: Summer Vacation: School Calendars, Union Wins, and Gilded Age Influence

Hello! In this weeks episode we are looking at the history of Summer Vacation. Often thought to be rooted in the agrarian calander, the history of summer vacation actually stems from multiple sources. From a School Calander Compromise to the vactation habbits of the Gilded age, the summer vacation we have today has evolved over time from each of these seperate spheres of influnce.

Sources for today's episode include

An article from PBS news titled “Agrarian Roots? Think Again. Debunking the Myth of Summer Vacations Origins by Sakia de Melker and Sam weber

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/debunking-myth-summer-vacation

An article from Time Magazine titled A Brief History of Summer Vacation by Jackson Murphy. This is the article with all the images from the 40s

https://time.com/3993975/summer-history/

And an article from History.com titled How Newport's Gold Coast Became a Hotspot for Gilded Age Elites by Dave Roos

https://www.history.com/articles/newport-gold-coast-gilded-age-summer-hot-spot

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