In this Tea Time Crimes episode, hear the amazing stories of Pauline Cushman and Cathay Williams: two women who broke the law and risked their lives to serve their country. Grab a tea with a full body and settle in for these heroic tales.

Tea of the Day: Throat Coat 

Theme Music by Brad Frank

Sources:

• Cathay Williams: From Slave to Buffalo Soldier by Phillip Thomas Tucker
• Life of Pauline Cushman: The Celebrated Union Spy and Scout by Ferdinand L. Sarmiento
• ​​​​https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/three-things-know-about-buffalo-soldiers-180964199/
• https://www.buffalosoldier.net/CathayWilliamsFemaleBuffaloSoldierWithDocuments.htm
• https://newsroom.woundedwarriorproject.org/The-Only-Known-Female-Buffalo-Soldier-Cathay-Williams
• https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/battle-pea-ridge
• https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/pauline-cushman
• https://www.nps.gov/people/paulinecushman.htm
• https://www.womenhistoryblog.com/2008/01/pauline-cushman.html
• https://news.va.gov/46477/veterans-legacy-program-major-pauline-cushman-actress-turned-union-spy/
• https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/facts.htm#:~:text=The%20483%2C026%20total%20Confederate%20casualties,194%2C026%20wounded%20in%20action
• https://www.pbs.org/mercy-street/uncover-history/behind-lens/disease/#:~:text=Burns%2C%20MD%20of%20The%20Burns,was%20probably%20closer%20to%20750%2C000
• https://savingplaces.org/stories/the-forgotten-the-contraband-of-america-and-the-road-to-freedom
• https://www.womenofthe6888th.org/monuments