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Rat Day (Ep72)
Rat Day (Ep72)
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Length:
39 minutes
Released:
Mar 18, 2018
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Podcast episode
Description
The Boston Women’s Municipal League was a civic organization made up of mostly middle and upper class women, at a time when most women didn’t work outside the home. In 1915, they declared war on rats. Over the next few years, Women's Municipal League published literature on eradicating rats, carried out an extensive education campaign, and in 1917 hosted a city-wide Rat Day with cash prizes for the citizens who killed the most rats.
Show notes: http://HUBhistory.com/072
Show notes: http://HUBhistory.com/072
Released:
Mar 18, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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