Civil War Spies, North and South

The History Chicks : A Women's History Podcast

The History Chicks | QCODE

Society & Culture, Documentary, History

4.6 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2022

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Elizabeth Van Lew and Belle Boyd had a lot in common: They were born in the same state, they died the same year and they both were spies during the same war...but for opposing sides!

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0:00.0	Welcome to the History Tricks, where any resemblance to a boring old history lesson is purely
0:05.9	coincidental.
0:09.2	And here's your 30-second summary.
0:11.2	Wanna play a game?
0:13.0	Sure!
0:14.0	I spy with my little eye.
0:16.7	Something that begins with the letter V.
0:19.5	Oh!
0:21.5	Victorian women who break social convention and gather covert intelligence by any means necessary
0:26.9	about activities or intentions of opposing sides of the American Civil War.
0:32.5	The End
0:34.5	Let's talk about two civil war spies North and South.
0:39.6	But first let's drop these two women into history.
0:43.0	In 1900, L. Frank Baums' wonderful world of Oz was first published.
0:48.6	The design of the front-wheel drive car was patented, although it wouldn't be built for
0:53.3	another four years.
0:55.3	The volubitionist Carrie Nation smashed her first bar with a hatchet in the name of Temperance.
1:02.2	The Michelin Guide was first published to encourage car use and to boost tire sales.
1:07.4	Related, the Firestone tire and rubber company was founded.
1:12.3	The Boor War in South Africa and the Boxer Rebellion in China were both in full swing.
1:18.5	US Congress claimed and organized Hawaii into a US territory.
1:24.3	Although only open for seven months, 50 million visitors passed through the Exposition
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