All posts tagged "sex"
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32.9K23Arts and LeisureMabel Loomis Todd, the Adulteress Who Made Emily Dickinson Famous
Mabel Loomis Todd often visited Emily Dickinson’s home, but never laid eyes on the poet except in her coffin. After her first...
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5.5K4bostonJudith Sargent Murray, the Forgotten Revolutionary
In 1984, 20 volumes of 5,000 letters by an 18th-century feminist were discovered in Natchez, Miss. Judith Sargent Murray wrote them, having...
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16.7K2bostonRachel Wall, New England’s Only Lady Pirate
Rachel Wall was hanged in Boston in 1789 for stealing a bonnet, but she wanted to be hanged as a pirate. She...
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29.6K11frontAbigail Adams Vents to Mercy Otis Warren About John
In the spring of 1776, Mercy Otis Warren received a letter from her good friend Abigail Adams complaining about her husband John....
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8.2K1Crime and ScandalAlfred Kinsey in 1948 Uncovers Sex In New England
In 1948, Alfred Kinsey shocked the world with his research into sex: who was doing what, with whom and how often were...
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11.4K4Crime and ScandalMary Rogers Brings the Capital Punishment Wars to Vermont
In 1905, Mary Rogers faced the hangman’s noose for murdering her husband. There was virtually no doubt of her guilt. But as...
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