Welcome to the History Tricks where any resemblance to a boring old history lesson is purely coincidental.

Hello! When we last talked about Queen Charlotte, we couldn't confirm that she was a woman of color,

but we thought that for this week we would bring you the stories of two women who were,

and they lived amongst aristocratic society in Georgian and Victorian England.

We split up for this one, I'll start with the story of Dito Elizabeth Bell,

and back it will tell you the story about Sarah Forbes-Banetta.

A quick warning for little ears. The second subject in this episode has a traumatic childhood which we can't really sanitize effectively and still tell her story.

So this is your notification to listen to especially the first section of Sarah Forbes-Banetta before you let anyone who is sensitive or young or disinclined to listen to a violent story here at this audio.

Okay, and on with the show.

And here's your 30 second summary!

A mystery was a foot in the portrait of two 18th century aristocratic young ladies.

The identity of one of them was known, but who is the other? This is the tale of that mystery girl.

She lived a life of dual societal prejudices of being both illegitimate and a woman of color.

The end.

Let's talk about Dito Elizabeth Bell.

But first let's drop her into history. In 1766, after less than a year, British Parliament repealed the Stamp Act after colonists in British America kind of objected.

The first patent was granted for a fairly ineffective fire escape consisting of a wicker basket, a chain and a pulley.

A hundred and twenty-one years later, a woman, an iconally, patented an iron railed bridge version that was much safer.

St. Paul's Chapel, the oldest church building in Manhattan, was built.

Queen's College in New Jersey was founded nearly 60 years later, it was renamed after a revolutionary war hero and philanthropist, Colonel Henry Rutgers.

James Christie opened Christie's Auction House in London, and Queen Charlotte gave birth to her fourth of 13 surviving children.

It was the first girl who they named Charlotte.

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