Joanna Scutts discusses an underground club in the bohemian Greenwich Village that became a radical space for women to discuss issues ranging from suffrage to birth control

By Elinor Evans

Published: Wednesday, 06 September 2023 at 06:15 AM


In downtown New York, in the early 20th century, a secret club of women met regularly, to discuss ideas, politics, art and their own lives. They forged friendships and alliances, and took up some of the most significant social fights of the day. Joanna Scutts joins Elinor Evans to discuss the women of the Heterodoxy club.

Joanna Scutts is the author of Hotbed: Bohemian New York and the Secret Club that Sparked Modern Feminism (Duckworth Books, 2022)