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Sarah Ransome, Scars, Sequins

Woman's Hour

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Victorian Woman, Jessie, a Daughter of the Empire

Jessie was illegitimate, and she probably had a relatively difficult life in cambridge. Do you think that's what led her to go elsewhere? Um, it's impossible to know for sure. Nevertheless, i think it was no coincidence that she emigrated within a few months of her adopted mother. I think there must be some connection with the death of t that woman and her decision to go abroad.

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