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American Shadows

The Write Stuff

American Shadows

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

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4.42.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

The mysogenistic article, 'What Are Girls Good For' infuriated Elizabeth Cochrane. Her well-written response to the newspaper did more than get her point across. It started her career as Nellie Bly, award-winning investigative reporter.

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0:00.0

Just a heads up, this episode contains references to sexual assault.

0:04.4

Please take care while listening.

0:09.2

You're listening to American Shadows,

0:11.2

a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm & Mild from Erin Manky.

0:22.3

Empicious, intelligent, and fearless, journalist Sandy Fox would do anything for a story,

0:28.7

and the tall handsome younger man smiling at her at the hotel bar

0:32.9

was about to become her biggest story.

0:35.9

Her wit and beauty attracted men wherever she went,

0:38.8

and younger men were a favorite.

0:41.1

And though she didn't care much for the floral tie her new admirer wore,

0:45.7

his movie star good looks and hair she later described as the color of scotch and water

0:50.8

intrigued her.

0:52.4

But still she politely declined his offer to dance.

0:55.2

It had been a trowing day.

0:57.9

Fox had spent the better part of it trying to get an interview with former Vice President

1:01.9

Spiro Agnew.

1:02.8

Unsuccessful, she just wanted to unwind with a drink or two.

1:06.8

In November of 1974, journalism was still mostly a man's job,

1:12.5

but she was determined to succeed.

1:14.4

The forced and in her mid-40s, English-born Fox had recently accepted a one month trial

1:20.7

with an American newspaper, they paid for all her expenses and flew her to Atlanta.

1:26.0

Alone in board, she left the bar and headed to the Atlanta Constitution office,

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