57. Ida Craddock with Amy Sohn
Ida C. Craddock
New York Times-bestselling author Amy Sohn joins us to discuss the fascinating life of Ida Craddock, a self-taught Victorian sex expert, spiritualist, and writer of “marriage guides” who was harassed by vice hunter Anthony Comstock. Craddock is just one of the incredible women featured in Sohn’s new book The Man Who Hated Women: Sex, Censorship, and Civil Liberties in the Gilded Age.
Discussed in this episode:
The Man Who Hated Women by Amy Sohn
Heaven’s Bride: The Unprintable Life of Ida C. Craddock by Leigh Eric Schmidt