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Inside The Double Standard Sporting House: Women, Medicine, and Survival in 19th-Century New York with Nancy Bernhard

Season 5 Episode 25

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I’m excited to be joined on the show today by guest author, Nancy Bernhard. On this episode we’re going to talk about her new book, The Double Standard Sporting House, a brothel nurse in nineteenth-century New York City who fights brutality in the sex trade and pioneers treatments for survivors of sexual violence. 

Paired with this episode:

Nancy: Venge Vineyards, Scout's Honor Red Blend
Eliza: Josh, Cabernet Sauvignon, reserve

Nancy's Book:

The Double Standard Sporting House

What Nancy is Reading:

The Freaks Came Out to Write by Tricia Ramano

The Voyage Home by Pat Barker


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