Episode 520: The Tragedy of the Essex Part I - Thar She Blows!
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You're in It for the Blubber. Yeah, I'm in It for the Jellyfish.
Nantucket women were quite forward thinking for the 19th century. A common item found in the bedside drawer of a Nantucket home was a six inch plaster dildo. In the 1800s, whaling was one of the lowest paying jobs in America. During the industry's peak in the mid 19th century, ordinary seamen on a whale ship earned just about the same as women working in textile factories in Massachusetts.
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