This story is very personal to me, not because I ever knew Una Marson - she died in 1965 and our paths never crossed - but because I’ve been researching her for decades. I've taken dangerous taxi rides in Kingston, Jamaica; drunk straight rum for breakfast in London, and called everyone in the Washington, DC phone book with a particular last name - but you do that for old friends and Una's like an old friend to me. You'll soon see why.

This story is very personal to me, not because I ever knew Una Marson - she died in 1965 and our paths never crossed - but because I’ve been researching her for decades. I've taken dangerous taxi rides in Kingston, Jamaica; drunk straight rum for breakfast in London, and called everyone in the Washington, DC phone book with a particular last name - but you do that for old friends and Una's like an old friend to me. You'll soon see why.

This story is very personal to me, not because I ever knew&nbsp;Una&nbsp;Marson - she died in&nbsp;1965 and our paths never crossed -&nbsp;but because I’ve been researching her for decades. I've taken dangerous taxi rides in Kingston, Jamaica; drunk straight rum for breakfast in London, and called everyone in the Washington, DC phone book with a particular last name - but you do that for old friends and&nbsp;Una's like an old friend to me. You'll soon see why.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Cool Dead Women: Una Marson

A spy who used "sexpionage" to help win WWII, a pre-Dylan singer-songwriter who mysteriously disappeared, and a 24-year-old who discovered the cure for leprosy, only to have her title usurped and die months later: these are a few of the Cool Dead Women You Should Know.

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A spy who used "sexpionage" to help win WWII, a pre-Dylan singer-songwriter who mysteriously disappeared, and a 24-year-old who discovered the cure for leprosy, only to have her title usurped and die months later: these are a few of the Cool Dead Women You Should Know. Hosted by Blair and Erika Waters (a mother-daughter team brand new to podcasting) you can find us on Spotify and Itunes — with new episodes every other Thursday.

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