Harlots and Hearses

Who Were the Casket Girls?


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This week's episode takes us to colonial Louisiana and Paris during the period 1718 -1721. Grace looks to break down the the true story of who the Casket Girls were, the horrid treatment they faced in the French Prison system and then in the erasure of their story. Hear about just who the founding women of Louisiana really were! 


Sources mentioned: 
  • Mutinous Women: How French Convicts Became Founding Mothers of the Gulf Coast 
  • Bienville’s Brides: Virgins or Prostitutes? 1719-1721

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Harlots and HearsesBy Grace Ardis