114. Elsie Robinson with Allison Gilbert
A newspaper columnist from the first half of the 20th century, Elsie Robinson walked away from a life of privilege in search of personal freedom, toiled in a gold mine as a single mother, and eventually hit rock-bottom before clawing her way to national success. Our guest is Allison Gilbert, an Emmy-Award-winning journalist whose latest book, written in collaboration with Julia Scheeres, is Listen, World! How the Intrepid Elsie Robinson Became America’s Most-Read Woman.
Discussed in this episode:
Lost Ladies of Lit episode on Margaret Wolfe Hungerford
I Wanted Out! by Elsie Robinson
Lindenhurst, Brattleboro, Vermont