How the séance gave voice to real, live Victorian women
By Kate Tuttle Globe Correspondent,Updated May 6, 2021, 5:34 p.m.
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Upon seeing the name of American spiritualist Kate Fox in a letter between Harriet Beecher Stowe and George Eliot, the English writer Emily Midorikawa âmade a mental note.â She found that the idea of Fox, who along with her two sisters became an international sensation for their alleged ability to channel communication with the dead, stayed with her.
That interest, over time, led to âOut of the Shadows: Six Visionary Victorian Women in Search of a Public Voice,â her new book. âIt really opened up a new world to me,â said Midorikawa, âparticularly women who had managed to achieve power or influence both in Britain and the United States.â
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