Episode 1: Sojourner Truth and Susan Monica
Lynn tells us all about the life of Sojourner Truth, the American abolitionist and women’s rights activist, who sued the pants off of several white men....and won!
Rose talks about a notorious pig farmer, Susan Monica, who lived in filth and fed her handymen to her pigs.
Thank you to all of our sources.
For her story about Sojourner Truth, Lynn used the following sources:
Sojourner Truth - Life Walk
https://www.scenichudson.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Sojourner-Truth-LifeWalk.pdf
Wikipedia - Sojourner Truth
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sojourner_Truth
Her History - Sojourner Truth
https://sojournertruthmemorial.org/sojourner-truth/her-history/
eHistory Biography - Sojourner Truth
https://ehistory.osu.edu/biographies/sojourner-truth
NPR - The Story Behind 40 Acres and a Mule
https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/01/12/376781165/the-story-behind-40-acres-and-a-mule
Science Direct - One Hundred Years Before Rosa Parks: Four Women Desegregated Transportation https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1077291X22000339
LOC - Sojourner Truth
https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/odyssey/educate/truth.html
Discover Walks - Top 10 Sensational Facts about Sojourner Truth
Womens History - Sojourner Truth
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/sojourner-truth
AP News - Documents Rediscovered: Sojourner Truth’s Fight to Save Son
Sojourner Truth [c1797-1883]
https://peace.maripo.com/m_truth.htm
YouTube - Sojourner Truth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaAQDyUmbJo
YouTube - Sojourner Truth: Civil Rights Activist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-HfiryNoXY
Rose got her information from:
Oxygen: Woman Kills 2 Men and Feeds them to her Pigs - But did she do it to others?
Susan Monica Kills 2 Men, Feeds Them To Her Pigs | Crime News (oxygen.com)
Wikipedia - Susan Monica
Monica v. Myers