When Adah Isaacs Menken was a young woman she described herself. “I have always believed myself to be possessed of two souls, one that lives on the surface of life, pleasing and pleased; the other as deep and as unfathomable as the ocean; a mystery to me and all who know me. Today we will talk about the infamous actress, painter and poet, Adah Menken, had claimed to have been born in a half-dozen places. She told different stories of her life to different audiences. Adah Menken lived a short but remarkable life defying the convection of social mores. Season 3 features inspiring, gallant, even audacious stories of REAL 19th Century women from the Wild West. Stories that contain adult content, including violence which may be disturbing to some listeners, or secondhand listeners. So, discretion is advised. I am Andrea Anderson and this is Queens of the Mines, Season Three.