1836: The Murder of 'The Girl in Green' Helen Jewett
'Sensational Journalism' had to get its start somewhere, right?
Join the ONUC gals this week as they discuss 'The Girl in Green' aka Helen Jewett, sex work in the 1800s, signs of sex trafficking, the birth of sensational journalism, a shocking verdict, and beaver hats (?). Needless to say... stick around until the end.
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Sources: The Helen Jewett Murder: Violence, Gender, and Sexual Licentiousness in Antebellum American and Murder By Gaslight
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