Title: Bringing down the Colonel
Description: "The story of the 1890s scandal in which a young woman named Madeline Pollard sued congressman William Campbell Preston Breckenridge for breach of promise. Pollard won the suit, and the mystery of who helped her pay the extravagant legal expenses in order to bring Breckinridge down illuminates a shift in the sexual politics of the Victorian era"--
Subjects: Sex scandals, History, Scandals, United states, history, 1865-1898, New York Times reviewed, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, HISTORY / Women, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies
Places: United States
People: Madeline Pollard (approximately 1866-), William Campbell Preston Breckinridge (1837-1904)
Time periods: 19th century