‘Women adrift’: How single women lived independently in early Chicago
Oct 01, 2025•7 min
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Episode description
At the turn of the century in Chicago, single women without a husband or family were considered to be "adrift," but they weren’t drifting at all. They were making choices that took them to different addresses.
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