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Disappearing Acts: Marguerite de la Rocque
Season 5 Episode 176
Marguerite de la Rocque (c. 1542) was meant to disappear. That’s what her older relative, Sieur de Roberval, intended to happen when he marooned Marg…
1 year, 11 months ago
Disappearing Acts: Barbara Newhall Follett
Season 5 Episode 175
Barbara Newhall Follet (1914-unknown) was an American child prodigy novelist. She published two books before she was a teenager and wrote poetry as w…
1 year, 11 months ago
Disappearing Acts: Clara Bow
Season 5 Episode 174
Clara Bow (1905-1965) was an American film star of the 1920s. Her flapper persona helped bring about the “it” girl and popularize the fads of the era…
2 years ago
Disappearing Acts: Irmgard Keun
Season 5 Episode 173
Irmgard Keun (1905-1982) was a best-selling novelist in Germany in the early 1930s. After she ran afoul of Nazi censorship, she became an exiled, “an…
2 years ago
Disappearing Acts: Nadine Hwang
Season 5 Episode 172
Nadine Hwang (1902-1972) was a Chinese pilot, a lesbian writer’s driver, a foreign diplomat, and a resistance fighter. In 1944, she was captured by N…
2 years ago
Disappearing Acts: Yda Hillis Addis
Season 5 Episode 171
Yda Hillis Addis (c.1857-unknown) was an American writer in the California literary scene. She was the first American person to translate traditional…
2 years ago
Disappearing Acts: Petra Herrera
Season 5 Episode 170
Petra Herrera (1887-1916) was a soldadera who dressed and lived under the name Pedro Herrera. While disguised as a man, she fought with the insurgent…
2 years ago
Disappearing Acts: Artemisia Gentileschi
Season 5 Episode 169
Artemisia Gentileschi (1593- c.1656) was an Italian Baroque painter. She was one of the most accomplished 17th century artists, painting naturalistic…
2 years ago
Disappearing Acts: Marsha "Mudd" Ferber
Season 5 Episode 168
Marsha “Mudd” Ferber (1941-unknown) was a hippie, a back-to-the-lander, a revolutionary, and an outlaw. She was also the owner of The Underground Rai…
2 years ago
Disappearing Acts: Fanny Eaton
Season 5 Episode 167
Fanny Eaton (1835-1924) was a model and muse for dozens of iconic paintings from the pre-Raphaelite era. Her face can be found in museums around the …
2 years ago