You may be taking social distancing to new extremes if you somehow haven't heard all the calls for a revival of Victory Gardening that have been sweeping the United States in the age of Corona virus. Rebecca Onion, Phd in history and Staff Writer at Slate, called me up earlier this week to chat about this current craze, why we might be nostalgic for World War II, and revoking my historian card.
It was a particular delight to talk to Rebecca because I have consulted her excellent (and fun!) work on the history of children's science education for my chapter on school victory gardens! To read it for yourself, check out her book Innocent Experiments: Childhood and the Culture of Popular Science in the United States.
It was a particular delight to talk to Rebecca because I have consulted her excellent (and fun!) work on the history of children's science education for my chapter on school victory gardens! To read it for yourself, check out her book Innocent Experiments: Childhood and the Culture of Popular Science in the United States.
Finally, let it be said here that I am officially AOK with this
grab-quote being carved on my gravestone:
Read the Interview Here
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