Episode 160: Avenge Me, Bitch! | The Chamberlain-Kahn Act and the assassination attempt of Theodore Roosevelt

Tina and Hillary cover the Chamberlain-Kahn Act and the assassination attempt of Theodore Roosevelt.

Tina’s Story
The Chamberlain-Kahn Act was initiated to help stop the spread of sexually transmitted infections among service men. BUT instead, it led to the incarceration of thousands of women.

Hillary’s Story
In 1912 former republican President Theodore Roosevelt ran for president again under the Progressive Party. BUT while on the campaign trail, he is nearly assassinated.

Sources
Tina's Story
Bartleby
The Chamberlain Kahn Act And Its Effect On Society

History
America's Forgotten Mass Imprisonment of Women Believed to Be Sexually Immoral--by Scott W. Stern

Mead Project Source Page
An Act Making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen: Chapter 15 (The Chamberlain-Kahn Act)

New Republic
A forgotten War on Women--by Kim Kelly

Time
The U.S. Detained 'Promiscuous' Women in What One Called a 'Concentration Camp.' That Word Choice Matters--by Scott W. Stern

Wikipedia
Chamberlain-Kahn Act

Photos
Bag of Trouble Government Poster--from US National Library of Medicine
The Trials of Nina McCall Book--by Scott W. Stern via Penguin

Hillary's Story
History
Theodore Roosevelt shot in Milwaukee

JAMA Network
SCHRANK ADJUDGED INSANE ON REAL EXPERT TESTIMONY

The New York Times
SCHRANK, WHO SHOT T. ROOSEVELT, DIES; Insane Man Had No Visitors in 31 Years in Wisconsin Asylums

Theodore Roosevelt Center
John Flammang Schrank

Theodore Roosevelt Institution
It Takes More Than That to Kill a Bull Moose: The Leader and The Cause

Wisconsin Life
Shot In The Chest, Theodore Roosevelt Kept Talking In Milwaukee--by Dean Robbins

Wikipedia
Attempted assassination of Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt

Photos
Theodore Roosevelt--from Pack Brothers (Public Domain) via Wikipedia
Speech with Bullet Holes--from MHS Archive (Public Domain) via Wikipedia
Lung X-Ray with Bullet--from Library of Congress (Public Domain) via Wikipedia
John Schrank--from Library of Congress (Public Domain) via Wikipedia