Welcome to Erin Mankie's Cabinet of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm

and Mild.

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

Few of us perform the same jobs for our entire lives.

Some may go from stocking shelves as teens to selling stocks when we're older.

We may even change careers entirely later in life.

No one is defined by what they do for a living.

It's just a piece of who we are, along with our families, our friends, and the hobbies

we enjoy in our free time.

But for one woman, her job didn't just come to define her.

It changed the way that we see the entire universe.

Born in Dundee, Scotland in 1857, Wilhelmina eventually became a teacher and was married

at 20 to an accountant named James or Fleming.

In 1878, Mr. and Mrs. Fleming emigrated to the United States, settling in Boston, where

they had a son, Edward.

Sadly, Wilhelmina's life took a dark turn sometime later when her husband up and left

the family.

Forced to find work outside of the house, she took a job as a maid for a man named Edward

Charles Pickering.

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