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Word: polyandrist (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1938-1938
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Died, Cora T. Hebner, 55, famed polyandrist (five husbands), wife of Polygamist Will Hebner (19 wives); by her own hand (poison); in a Pocahontas, Ark., jail where she was being held for the murder of a man (presumably Will Hebner) whose skeleton neighbors discovered in her cellar (TIME, April 18). She left a note saying: "I did not kill Will Hebner. He brought me the poison with which I killed myself. . . . I'll rob you of any further fun and cheat the natives out of a Roman holiday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, May 2, 1938 | 5/2/1938 | See Source »

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