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About the Episode

Brothel keeper Mary Stence said that the key to her success was “living quiet.” But, in many ways, this was misleading. This podcast explores the tumultuous and quiet aspects of her life and work around 1900.

Credits

Written by Alison Kibler

Research assistance from Ainsley McClure and Anna Chiaradonna.

The narrator is Anna Barrett. Extra voices from Sarah Henchey and Vincent Smaldone.

We thank the staff of LancasterHistory for their assistance with the Law and Order Society Papers. We are grateful for the financial support from Franklin & Marshall College.

Sound engineering by the Institute of the Mechanical Surround and Vincent Smaldone.

Mary Stence, Living Quiet