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Episode 52 Highlights:

•  Introduction and one-year anniversary of the Flower in the River podcast (52 episodes!).
• Jacqueline Winspear quote and discussion of the Maisie Dobbs series, highlighting themes of personal growth, historical context, resilience, and the complexity of human character.
• Setting the stage: the role of religious identity in early 20th century Chicago.
•  Introducing the Norwegian Lutheran communities in Chicago.
• Meet the Iverson family and the stories of two sisters who died in the Eastland Disaster: Mabel Iverson Gibson and Louise Iverson Theil.
• I also share my own connections with the Norwegian community that were forged over lutefisk, green Jello and being involuntarily signed up for a Sons of Norway membership!
• Preview of the next episode focusing on Jewish communities affected by the Eastland Disaster.

Links:

• What Would Maise Do? by Jacqueline Winspear
• Encyclopedia of Chicago
• Hauges Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church
• Mabel Iverson Gibson memorial page
• Louise Iverson Theil memorial page

Music:

• Berceuse by Christian Cappelen (Wikimedia Commons)
• Artlist (all other music)

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• The opening/closing song is Twilight by 8opus
• Other music. Artlist