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The history of control over women and their bodies is central in 'The Foundling'
Listen to the episodeA novel inspired by Ann Leary's research into her grandmother's history as an orphan who worked at a eugenics asylum in Pennsylvania in the early 1900s. The book explores women's rights, eugenics, and the long history of control over women's bodies.
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