Elizabeth gustav's daughter was born by candle light in the darkness of a swedish november. Just before her seventeenth birthday, Elizabeth set out for the city of gothenberg to seek employment as a servant. It was traditional for young women to gain experience of domestic life beyond the confines of their homes and communities. This was seen as a kind of apprenticeship before they eventually assumed command of their own households. The ripper retold is a series about the real lives of the women killed by jack the ripper, and how we got their story s so wrong.

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