Sex & the Cabinet

Thick & Thin

Katy Bellotte

History, Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Sex, war, and presidential scandal: an all too familiar combination. In this episode of Thick & Thin, we go over a U.S. History lesson not taught in school — the Petticoat Affair. Our hero, Peggy Eaton. A woman known for her lurid past, caused chaos in the Presidential Cabinet when she married the Secretary of War, John Eaton. An event that ultimately resulted in the resignations of multiple Cabinet members. // Follow me on IG: instagram.com/katybellotte // Sources: https://daily.jstor.org/why-hoop-petticoats-were-scandalous/ https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jackson-appoints-john-eaton-as-secretary-of-war-and-starts-scandal https://daily.jstor.org/the-mrs-eaton-affair/ https://www.womenhistoryblog.com/2013/03/peggy-eaton.html https://www.britannica.com/biography/Margaret-Eaton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey guys, welcome back to Thicken Thin with me, Katie Palotti.
0:18.6	I don't know about you guys, but I'm feeling super relaxed right now because I just spent
0:23.7	the last three days in a cabin in the middle of nowhere in the Poconos, so in Pennsylvania
0:29.8	I had never been there before, but it was very much like the middle of nowhere on a lake
0:34.1	very peaceful, like serene, like no people around.
0:38.4	I think I counted like full-on, counted like four people, humans, other human beings,
0:44.7	like in this area that I was, like that I saw with my own two eyes because we were in
0:48.9	the cabin a lot.
0:49.9	It was really, really just such a nice reset, especially after having a crazy couple of
0:55.6	weeks in the city where the city is super loud and buzzing and bustling all the time.
0:59.8	It was nice to get away.
1:01.2	And now I feel fully charged again to bring you guys a lot of great content this week.
1:05.8	This episode of the pod includes a really awesome story from history that I had never heard
1:11.6	about.
1:12.6	One of you guys DN made about this.
1:14.0	So thank you so much for bringing this to my attention because it's a really interesting
1:18.2	tale with some presidential origins.
1:20.5	I love a presidential drama because it kind of resembles almost like high school clicks.
1:26.4	Like politics is kind of like high school or like political figures kind of resembles
1:31.2	high school.
1:32.2	So really great story to share with you guys today about a bold woman from history.
1:36.8	Of course you guys know I love talking about bold women who were seen as being crazy for
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