Americas Most Unusual Marriage: Adam Hochschild on Rebel Cinderella

Published: Oct. 1, 2020, noon

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Trust Adam Hochschild to unearth one of history\\u2019s forgotten heroines. Russian immigrant Rose Pastor Stokes spent her first years in America in a sweatshop, only to skyrocket to the upper class when she married an heir. It\\u2019s a classic Cinderella story: that is, if Cinderella converted her prince to socialism, became an antiwar and labor activist, promoted birth control access, and was dubbed \\u201cone of the most dangerous influences of the country\\u201d by a President. Hochschild will be joined by Monika Bauerlein.

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