In July 1913, St. Louis housewife Pearl Curran began boggling minds the world over. While dabbling with a Ouija board at her apartment at 6031 Kingsbury Avenue, Pearl inadvertently summoned the spirit of long-dead Patience Worth. Patience, per Pearl, had come from England to America in the 1600s, where she'd had the bad fortune to… Continue reading Pearl Curran & Patience Worth
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Fannie Hurst
Fun fact: one of the 2 highest paid authors (male or female) in 1925 grew up in Missouri: Fannie Hurst. No, not from the publishing family, rather, a child born to Jewish immigrants, who grew up as a sheltered only child and graduated from Washington University in 1909. Fannie had a thirst for social knowledge.… Continue reading Fannie Hurst
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