Summary: This week at In The Past Lane, the American History podcast, we look at a #MeToo incident from the Gilded Age. When a powerful congressman broke his promise to marry his mistress, she did the unthinkable and sued him for “breach of promise.” The scandal and trial captivated the nation. To explain how this young women took down a congressman, I speak with Patricia Miller about her new book, “Bringing Down The Colonel: A Sex Scandal of the Gilded Age, and the ‘Powerless’ Woman Who Took on Washington
