Women's Secrets: The Double Standard Sporting House with Dr. Nancy Bernhard

About this episode

Dr. Nancy Bernhard discusses her historical novel about women in a high-class brothel during the Gilded Age and their fight against societal limitations.

Sitting down with me this week is Dr. Nancy Bernhard. She is a historian who recently published her first historical novel The Double Standard Sporting House which explores the women of a high class brothel in Gilded Age New York - and one woman in particular who decides to take on the Tammany Hall criminal syndicate. Join us as we discuss what motivated the story, how women have consistently fought against the limitations of society, and why a work of fiction about the Gilded Age resonates i...

People in this episode

Host: Alycia Asai

Guest: Dr. Nancy Bernhard

Topics covered

• women's history
• Gilded Age
• brothels
• Tammany Hall
• historical fiction

Keywords

• women's rights
• historical novel
• Gilded Age
• brothel
• Tammany Hall
• history
• society

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tammany Hall

Books & works: The Double Standard Sporting House

Places: Gilded Age New York

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