Lost Ladies of Lit
A book podcast hosted by writing partners Amy Helmes and Kim Askew. Guests include biographers, journalists, authors, and cultural historians discussing lost classics by women writers. You can support Lost Ladies of Lit by visiting https://www.patreon.com/c/LostLadiesofLit339.
Lost Ladies of Lit
Hildegart Rodríguez Carballeira — A Prodigy’s Meteoric Rise… and Murder
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Exclusive access to premium content!“Mommy Dearest” meets 1930s Spain in this episode’s exploration of a young woman conceived and raised by her single mother to be a prodigy and prototype of the “perfect woman.” Hildegart Rodríguez Carballeira more than lived up to her mother’s exacting standards, publishing multiple intellectual tomes at an early age, garnering fame and winning the admiration of people like Havelock Ellis, Margaret Sanger and H.G. Wells. She was her mother’s perfect creation, but at the age of 18, Hildegart was murdered in her bed by the very same woman who “made” her. Learn more about this talented lost lady of lit as Amy discusses her tragic life story and the 2024 biopic it inspired.
Mentioned in this episode:
Hildegart Rodríguez Carballeira
The Red Virgin movie
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Don’t Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever
Lost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 59 on Gertrude Trevelyan
What Not by Rose Macaulay
Lost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 266 on Radclyffe Hall
Appius and Virginia by Gertrude Trevelyan
The Red Virgin by Fernando Arrabal
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