Sip and Saga Society

The Love Life and Literary Works of Ida Craddock

Episode Notes

Finally! The Second installment of Ida Craddock! 

In this episode we talk about all the details of Ida's love life as well as her literary work. We let Ida speak for herself by quoting directly from her memoirs and Karina shares some of Ida's most controversial opinions. Along the we way we discuss things like "What does foreplay with a ghost look like?" "Are the middle ages real?" , and chocolate. 

Books Mentioned: 

• Sexual Outlaw, Erotic Mystic: The Essential Ida Craddock: by Vere Chappel  
• Heaven’s Bride: The Unprintable life of Ida C. Craddock, American Mystic, Scholar, Sexologist, Martyr, and Madwoman by Leigh Eric Schmidt

Sources: 

https://www.npr.org/2011/07/15/131878498/a-wanton-woman-the-life-of-ida-c-craddock

https://www.ymca.org/who-we-are/our-history

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Womans-Christian-Temperance-Union