Happy Independence Day to Americans everywhere! Gordon is out of town this week, so Nancy is flying solo. In this abbreviated Special Edition of the History Files show we tackle “loose women”.

Trust me; it’s not what you’re thinking.

Show notes and links:

* Independence Day (United States) (en.wikipedia.org).

* Battle of Gettysburg (en.wikipedia.org).

* Battle of San Juan Hill (en.wikipedia.org).

* This date in science: The Tunguska explosion  (earthsky.org).

* Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (en.wikipedia.org).

* Treaty of Versailles (en.wikipedia.org).

* Amelia Earhart (ttps).

* Holocaust ‘hero’ Sir Nicholas Winton dies aged 106 (bbc.com).

* Victorian dress reform (en.wikipedia.org).

* Bicycle and the Women’s Suffragette Movement of the 1890s (annielondonderry.com).

* Sarah Chrisman and This Victorian Life (thisvictorianlife.com).

* History of corsets (en.wikipedia.org).

* SteamPort Gamble (mrsmuirhouseofghostsandmagic.com).

* Jason Bledsoe – Collodion Artist (wetplate.weebly.com).