Rachel Brown
speaker
1,519 appearances
7 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 5 Aug
Rachel Brown’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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There was a time, Fred said, when a different girl named Ruth had been caught drinking with some boys, and the school officials assumed it was our Ruth.
It wasn't fair, but the branding attack had cost her her reputation.
She was humiliated and traumatized.
She said that for weeks after, she'd throw up when she entered her apartment.
Ruth was, in so many ways, unsupported.
Her parents, her school, her community.
They doubted her and questioned her character, not her attackers.
Soon after, Ruth moved out of that apartment.
She found a new place in Fort Scott in a rooming house.
There, she met Ed, the man who would become her husband.
Ed was her lifeline during that time, which created the foundation for their close, long-lasting marriage.
But now, in 1977, as she sees this familiar newspaper headline fall out of an envelope onto her work desk, the shame comes rushing back.
Ruth quickly shoves the clipping in her desk drawer and throws it out before anyone can see it.
There was no note with the clipping, but the message was clear.
If you don't pay up, I'll tell everyone about your branding.
This was an escalation.
A call to her home was one thing, but now he was coming for her at work.
She hadn't mentioned the call to Ed before while he was recovering at the hospital.
But now that he was better, she decides to tell him everything.
Ed is concerned, but at this point, they think they can handle it.
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