Elena

They do.

They ended up moving further up the river into the Hudson Valley in Greenwich, which was a small village along the border with Vermont.

At this point, Lizzie had finished her schooling and was now pretty much expected to find work to help support the family or go find a husband and settle down and start her own family.

Lizzie decided she wanted to go out and find work for herself.

So she started a series of jobs, mainly as a domestic worker for some of the wealthier families in the area.

Now, this is when some behaviors began to emerge that now would likely be recognized as symptoms of a severe mental illness.

Okay.

She's like late teens, early 20s?

Yeah.

Checks.

According to author Kevin Owen, some relatives and employers reported at times she would make poor choices and destructive decisions which would alienate her employers, her family, and everyone she came into contact with.

So everyone.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So literally all the people.

In a report given to the press after Lizzie's arrest, one of her former employers told the press that Lizzie's employment started well and she performed like pretty satisfactorily.

But at the end of the third week, quote, something went wrong with the baking.

The employer called Maggie's attention to it mildly, whereupon she flew into a violent passion using violent, vile language to her mistress, whom she threatened to have arrested at once.

Whoa.

Yeah.