About this episode

This episode explores a revolutionary study in social network analysis conducted at a women's reformatory in the 1930s, highlighting the story of Ella Fitzgerald.

Here’s a special episode from another Pushkin show we love -- The Last Archive. In the 1930s, at a women's reformatory in upstate New York, an upstart social scientist made a study that launched the field of social network analysis. It was revolutionary, but missed something happening at the same time at the same school, something we know now in part from the story of the school's most famous inmate: Ella Fitzgerald. To hear the rest of the season, visit The Last Archive show page on Apple Podcasts, at pushkin.fm , or wherever you get your podcasts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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