Fighting Her Way Out
Constant Wonder
Visionary Victorian Mediums
Episode: Visionary Victorian Mediums
- Aug 24, 2021 6:00 pm
- 21:06 mins
It's the year 1860 and Elizabeth Packard is arrested and thrown into an insane asylum, without a trial and against her will, at the behest of her angry husband. After winning her freedom, she launched a campaign to fight for patients' and women’s rights across the country. Guest: Kate Moore, author of "The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear"