Ep 262 - The Marvelous Mary Quackenbos
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Ep 262 is loose and we have the tale of the woman dubbed Mrs Sherlock Holmes!
Who was Mary Quackenbos? How did she fight crime? And why don't more people know about her?
The secret ingredient is...a magnifying glass!
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Sources this week include the New York Times archives plus
- https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/12529
- https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2024/08/womens-work-the-story-of-the-murder-solving-peonage-busting-justice-seeking-mrs-sherlock-holmes/
- https://eu.greatfallstribune.com/story/life/2017/03/29/mrs-sherlock-holmes-first-female-us-attorney/99805830/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Grace_Quackenbos
- https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-ruth-cruger-murder
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeRoy_Percy
- https://eu.greatfallstribune.com/story/life/2017/03/29/mrs-sherlock-holmes-first-female-us-attorney/99805830/
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/mrs-sherlock-holmes-takes-on-the-nypd-60624549/
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