Throughout the Victorian era and into the 20th century, women throughout Europe and America were often sent to insane asylums for so-called hysteria. In this episode I'll tell you about the history involved, as well the tragic story of what happened to one woman who vanished from an asylum in Indianapolis.

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Notes:

https://www.wired.com/2014/05/fantastically-wrong-wandering-womb/

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08JKNHQR2/?bestFormat=true&k=unwell%20women&ref_=nb_sb_ss_w_scx-ent-pd-bk-d_de_k0_1_12&crid=3PR3IRMBYDVZX&sprefix=unwell%20women

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/the-controversy-of-female-hysteria

https://www.nytimes.com/1920/04/27/archives/find-womans-skeleton-after-20-years-quest-miss-selvage-indianapolis.html

https://www.amazon.com/Historic-Indianapolis-Crimes-Murder-Mystery/dp/1596299894

https://historicindianapolis.com/rufus-cantrell-intruder-in-the-dust/

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