Elizabeth Tuttle is sometimes known as the "crazy" grandmother of the famous preacher Jonathan Edwards—a stain on the theologian's reputation and family name. But was she really insane? And what can we really know about this enigmatic woman?<br /><br />Credit: This episode was created by Smith College students Cara Meyer, Rehana Nazerali-Ruddy, Elisabeth Sinclair, and Rowan Wheeler.<br /><br />For a transcript of this episode and its sources, see <a href="https://sophia.smith.edu/hst272-sp20/bad-reputation-the-life-of-elizabeth-tuttle/" rel="noopener">https://sophia.smith.edu/hst272-sp20/bad-reputation-the-life-of-elizabeth-tuttle/</a>

The Randolph Family and the Fall of the Virginia Gentry

Scandals reveal anxiety. Through scandals, norms are articulated, defined, and defied. This podcast, created by Smith College students for the course HST 272: "American Scandal," tells the stories of forgotten scandals in the American past, from the seventeenth century to the present.