This Was A Thing: The Retro Podcast

36: Flossie Harding; Or, The First Lady Becomes The First Suspect


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She was the First Lady for only three years but she did more in those three chauvinistic years than most women were allowed to do in their lifetime.....perhaps even killing her husband.

This week Rob teaches Ray about Florence "Flossie" Harding who was one of the most influential first ladies most people have never heard about. They crack open the history books and explore look at how Flossie made her first husband disappear, how she kept Warren Harding on a short leash, the Presidential Love Child, why Flossie would've shived Grace Coolidge, and the Teapot Dome Scandal!

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TEAM:

Ray Hebel

Robert W Schneider

Mark Schroeder

Billy Recce

Daniel Schwartzberg

Gabe Crawford

Natalie DeSavia

 

 ARTICLES

Florence Harding Book

National Constitution Center on Harding's Sudden Death

AUDIO/VISUAL

How Warren G. Harding's Secret Love Affairs and Erotic Letters Changed The World | Dark History

Warren G. Harding's Love Letters: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

DNA test reveals President Harding had love child

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