Elizabeth Smart's missing person flyer

Elizabeth Smart wearing a veil to conceal her identity at a party in Salt Lake City with her captor, Brian David Mitchell, and Wanda Barzee

Elizabeth Smart holding her book 'My Story'

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Georgia:

The kidnapping and survival of Elizabeth Smart

Episode sources:

1. “Elizabeth Smart: Autobiography”

2. My Story, by Elizabeth Smart and Chris Stewart

3. “Elizabeth Smart Is Challenging the Way the Mormon Church Talks About Women and Sex” by Claire Landsbaum (The Cut, September 1, 2016)

4. “Elizabeth Smart speaks about abstinence education” by Alex Dominguez (AP, May 6, 2013)

5. “Elizabeth Smart Is Standing Up for Rape Victims—And Tearing Down Purity Culture” by Molly Oswaks (Vice, September 1, 2016)

6. “Ed Smart, dad of kidnapping survivor Elizabeth Smart, says there's no gay 'cure'” by Tom Fitzsimmons (NBC News, December 10, 2019)

7. “Utah: Guilty Plea in 2002 Abduction Attempt“ (AP, February 8, 2010)

8. “Mitchell Sentenced to Life in Prison in Elizabeth Smart Kidnapping Case” (U.S. Attorney's Office, May 25, 2011)

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