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Story of Writing October 12, 2023
Season 1
Episode 141
Published 2 years, 7 months ago
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Putting an end to the Salem Witch Trials, the U.S. gets its first asylum for the mentally ill, The Criminal Tribes Act in British India, Desmond Doss becomes the only conscientious objector to win the U.S. Medal of Honor, a TV debate over same-sex marriage causes nearly 50,000 people to resign from the Evangelical Lutheran Church, and happy birthday to Kamini Roy - with a reading from "The Awakening," by Kate Chopin.