In 1933, Two Rebellious Women Bought A Home In Virginia's Woods. Then The CIA Moved In. • Discoverology

In 1933, Two Rebellious Women Bought A Home In Virginia’s Woods. Then The CIA Moved In.

Crime, History

The year was 1933, and Northern Virginia was still the countryside, even with Washington just across the Potomac. So it was the ideal retreat for Florence Thorne and Margaret Scattergood, two pioneers of the American labor movement who defied the gender expectations of their time.

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