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Kimberly Hess on Sarah B. Cochran

27 min • 26 juni 2023

Kimberly Hess, author of the 2021 biography, A Lesser Mortal: The Unexpected Life of Sarah B. Cochran, joins us to discuss the philanthropist and businesswoman who rose from housemaid to head of a coal empire. Sarah was also a suffragist and builder of not one but two National Register-listed buildings.

Read Sarah's entry on Infinite Women, written by Kimberly for the National Women's History Museum

Read the interview transcript