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Story of Writing October 12, 2025
Season 25
Episode 1012
Published 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Description
The Governor of Massachusetts Bay ends the Salem Witch Trials, the first asylum for the mentally ill opens in the U.S., Desmond Doss becomes the only conscientious objector to be awarded the Medal of Honor, and nearly 50,000 Finns leave their religion after a debate on gay marriage in Finland. It is the birthday of Kamini Roy and we hear a reading from Kate Chopin's "The Awakening."