Margaret A. Oppenheimer
Born Betsy Bowen into grinding poverty, the woman who reinvented herself as Eliza Jumel was raised in a brothel, indentured as a servant, and confined to a workhouse when her mother was in jail. Seizing opportunities and readjusting facts to achieve the security and status she so desperately craved,...
The book was referenced across four episodes as one of the historical sources consulted for material on Aaron Burr and his era, but it was not examined in detail or recommended. The hosts noted its relevance to the social and personal context of the early Republic while preparing the episode content.
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