Western Civ

In this bonus episode, I sit down with author and historian Joan DeJean and discuss her new book: Mutinous Women. When we tell the story of the settlement of North America, so often we focus entirely on the Thirteen Original Colonies which will become the United States of America. But when I found out that the French hatched a scheme in the early Eighteenth Century to populate the Gulf Coast with French convicts, and women at that, I simply had to learn more. In her book, DeJean covers the insane miscarriage of justice that leads nearly two hundred women from Paris to the Gulf Coast where, above all odds, many of them not only thrive but found dynasties that continue to this day.  Interested in a Free Trial of Western Civ 2.0? Click: www.glow.fm/westerncivWant Ad-Free Versions of the Show? Check out: www.patreon.com/westerncivpodcastWebsite: www.westerncivpodcast.com