Women of Controversy: Beatrice Sparks

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Society & Culture, Education, History

4.3 • 920 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Beatrice Sparks (1917-2012) was an American writer known for “Go Ask Alice,” “Jay’s Journal,” and “It Happened to Nancy.” The books were positioned as cautionary tales of “real” teens, but were almost entirely fictional. Her books stoked fears about drug use and the “Satanic Panic” of the 1980s.

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0:00.0	Before there was internet fraud and phone scams, there were always swindlers.
0:05.4	Female swindlers too.
0:07.4	Discover the stories of women from the past who not only survived, but thrived as con-artists and thieves.
0:16.6	How did they use their feminine characteristics to swindle in a world
0:21.8	where men made the rules?
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0:25.8	historian and author,
0:27.0	and my all-female team
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0:34.6	History is filled with unexpected stories
0:36.9	and I'd like to tell you about them.
0:38.9	I'm Aaron Manky, and for the past six years, I've been sharing history's most curious tales
0:43.2	on my podcast, Cabinet of Curiositys, such as the surprising country that invented the
0:48.3	croissant and the wrestling champ who won the White House. And now these amazing stories, and many
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0:55.3	Curious to know more?
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1:10.2	George Foreman was champion of the world.
1:12.6	Ali was smart and he was handsome.
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