American History Untucked 009 -- Rebecca Onion

My guest this week is Rebecca Onion, author of Slate's The Vault blog and historian of childhood and science.

For those of you who haven't looked at The Vault, here are some of my favorite gems (the latter two of which we discuss in the show):

•  How Literate Are You by 1918 Standards?
•  The Entire History of the World—Really, All of It—Distilled Into a Single Gorgeous Chart
•  Where To Find Historical “Redlining” Maps Of Your City

Here's her article on history on Twitter:
Snapshots of History