EP3: An Infectious Woman

<p>In 1869, in a town called Cookstown, County Tyrone, a woman was born.</p><p>This woman was born into poverty as a result of being the child of famine survivors.</p><p>In the hope of a better life, in 1883 she left the Emerald Isle, got on a boat and set sail for New York.</p><p>There, she would live with an uncle and aunt who had left during the famine and begin to make a life for herself.</p><p>It was in New York, she rose to eternal fame.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>