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The history of control over women and their bodies is central in 'The Foundling'
The history of control over women and their bodies is central in 'The Foundling'
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11 minutes
Released:
Jul 21, 2022
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Podcast episode
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Today's fictional book is set in very non-fictional circumstances. Novelist Ann Leary was trying to learn about her grandmother's history as an orphan and found that she worked at a eugenics asylum in Pennsylvania in the early 1900s. This became the basis of her story in the book 'The Foundling' which explores the state of women's rights, the relationship between it and eugenics, and a commentary over the long history of control over women's bodies.
Released:
Jul 21, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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