213 The Woman They Could Not Silence with Kate Moore
Every so often we read a book that touches us so deeply, so profoundly, that we find ourselves telling everyone we know that they MUST read this book. This is exactly what happened when I read The Woman They Could Not Silence, a mesmerizing story of a woman in the 1800’s whose husband had her unjustly committed to a mental institution, her heartbreaking struggles, and her amazing triumphs. This book made me outraged and inspired and fired up, and I am thrilled to have the author, Kate Moore, on the podcast. In today’s episode, Kate and I discuss:
- The attempts to silence women throughout history
- The story of Elizabeth Packard, whose husband committed her to an insane asylum simply because she disagreed with him
- How Packard refused to be silenced, and what she did with her voice to change the world
- Elizabeth Packard’s contributions to women’s rights and the rights of the mentally ill
- The law of coverture that dates back about a thousand years and whose impact reached even into the twentieth century – you will not believe this!
- Some of the meticulous research that Kate conducted, and her fascinating primary sources
- How women’s voices are still being silenced today
About Kate Moore:
Kate Moore is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Radium Girls, which won the 2017 Goodreads Choice Award for Best History, was voted U.S. librarians’ favourite nonfiction book of 2017, and was named a Notable Nonfiction Book of 2018 by the American Library Association. A British writer based near Cambridge, Kate writes across a variety of genres and has had multiple titles on the Sunday Times bestseller list. Her latest book is the critically acclaimed, The Woman They Could Not Silence, which, among other accolades, was named runner-up for Best History in the 2021 Goodreads Choice Awards and a 2021 Booklist Editor's Choice.
To learn more about and follow Kate Moore:
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And you can find her newest book, “The Woman They Could Not Silence,” at Amazon (https://amzn.to/3E9lbdw)!
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