Episode 9: Whistling Women — American Heritage, 1982. Daniel H. Resneck

Summary

This is an article from 1982, written by Daniel H. Resneck for American Heritage. It focuses on Alice J. Shaw, one of the earliest recorded whistlers and an inspiration for whistling women, breaking the taboo that “Whistling women and crowing hens, never come to good ends.”

Here is a link to the article:

Whistling Women

Here is an excellent article on Alice J. Shaw that seems to fill in many of the biographical gaps in her life:

Mrs. Shaw Conquers the World; or, Adventures in 19th-Century Discography