• Ep. 4: 40 Elephants and Other Dangerous Women

  • By: Stephen Fry
  • Oct 18 2018
  • Length: 45 mins
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  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (37 ratings)

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By: Stephen Fry
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  • This episode examines how the role of women in education, marriage, divorce, sexuality, psychology and politics were all debated in the Victorian era. Some women were becoming active in society, whether men liked it or not- and some used the power of the pen to assert themselves.

    In particular we’ll meet Mary Carr, ‘Queen of the Forty Thieves’, an all-female criminal gang, later known as the 40 Elephants, well known for attracting men and then turning what looked like seduction into extortion. They were shoplifters, blackmailers and dab hands at swindling people – mainly men - out of money....
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