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Wild Rose, part one

Letter written in cypher on mourning paper by Rose O'Neal Greenhow. photo credit: US National Archives/Flickr/Creative Commons
Letter written in cypher on mourning paper by Rose O'Neal Greenhow. photo credit: US National Archives/Flickr/Creative Commons

During the Civil War, Montgomery County, Maryland native Rose O'Neal Greenhow worked as a spy for the Confederacy, sharing important military intelligence with fellow Southern sympathizers in Washington, DC.

Lisa Morgan covered the local arts community as co-creator and host of WYPR’s award-winning program The Signal from 2004 to 2015. She has created and produced many programs for WYPR, including news stories, features, commentaries, and audio documentaries. She taught audio production at Goucher College and has done voice-over work for a variety of clients. The Weekly Reader is her latest project.