Strange Country Episode 29: Maria Halpin

Grover Cleveland was one of those nondescript walrus-mustached presidents that everyone forgets about, but he made an impact on the life of Maria Halpin. Strange Country co-hosts explore Cleveland's shady past and shed light on a woman's story more people should know. Theme music: Resting Place by A Cast of Thousands Sources used: "Cleveland signs devastating Dawes Act into law." History.com, A&E Television Networks, www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cleveland-signs-devastating-dawes-act-into-law. Dotinga, Randy. "A Presidential Sex Scandal, 1884-Style." The Christian Science Monitor, 29 July 2011, www.csmonitor.com/Books/chapter-and-verse/2011/0729/A-presidential-sex-scandal-1884-style. History.com Staff. "Grover Cleveland." History.com, A&E Television Networks, 2009, www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/grover-cleveland. Keiles, Jamie Lauren. "Grover Cleveland, a Rapist President." Broadly, 26 Aug. 2015, broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/wjeeyx/grover-cleveland-a-rapist-president. Lachman, Charles. "Grover Cleveland's Sex Scandal: The Most Despicable in American Political History." The Daily Beast, The Daily Beast Company, 23 May 2011, www.thedailybeast.com/grover-clevelands-sex-scandal-the-most-despicable-in-american-political-history. Lachman, Charles. Secret life: The lies and scandals of president Grover Cleveland. Skyhorse Publishing, 2012. Schupman, Edwin. "Boarding Schools: Struggling with Cultural Repression." Native Words Native Warriors, National Museum of the American Indian, www.nmai.si.edu/education/codetalkers/html/chapter3.html. Schlossberg, Tatiana. "Love Christmas Lights? Thank the 22nd President." The New York Times, 16 Dec. 2014, www.nytimes.com/2014/12/16/us/the-history-of-christmas-lights.html. Serratore, Angela. "President Cleveland's Problem Child." Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 26 Sept. 2013, www.smithsonianmag.com/history/president-clevelands-problem-child-100800/.