The Wild Woman of Cincinnati W. Randall Garr regardless of cognitive status

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The Wild Woman of Cincinnati W. Randall Garr regardless of cognitive statusPopular entertainment in antebellum Cincinnati ran the gamut from high culture to shows barely above the level of the tawdry. Among the options for those seeking entertainment in the summer of 1856 was the display of a "Wild Woman," purportedly a young woman captured while living a feral life beyond the frontier. The popular exhibit, which featured a silent, underdressed woman chained to a bed, was almost assuredly a hoax. Local activist women,