The enigma woman : the death sentence of Nellie May Madison /

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"Crack shot." "Enigma woman." "Good with ponies and pistols." "A much-married woman." What if such an unconventional woman - and the press unanimously agreed that Nellie May Madison was indeed unconventional - were to get away with murder? Shortly after her hu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cairns, Kathleen A., 1946-
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2007.
Colección:Women in the West.
Temas:
Madison, Nellie May, > 1895-1953.
Madison, Nellie May, > 1895-1953
Women murderers > California > Biography.
Abused women > California > Biography.
Sex role > United States > History.
Meurtrières > Californie > Biographies.
Femmes victimes de violence > Californie > Biographies.
Rôle selon le sexe > États-Unis > Histoire.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Abused women
Sex role
Women murderers
California
United States
Biography
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Crack shot." "Enigma woman." "Good with ponies and pistols." "A much-married woman." What if such an unconventional woman - and the press unanimously agreed that Nellie May Madison was indeed unconventional - were to get away with murder? Shortly after her husband's bullet-riddled body was found in the couple's Burbank apartment, police issued an all-points bulletin for the "beautiful, dark-haired widow." The ensuing drama unfolded with all the strange twists and turns of a noir crime novel. In this intriguing cultural history, Kathleen A. Cairns tells the true tale of the first woman sentenced to death in California, Nellie May Madison. Her story offers a glimpse into law and disorder in 1930s Los Angeles while bringing to life a remarkable character whose plight reflects on the status of woman, the workings of the media and the judiciary system, and the stratification of society in her time.; An intriguing cultural history, Cairns' re-creation of the case from murder to trial to aftermath casts an eye forward to our own love-hate affair with celebrity crimes and our abiding ambivalence about domestic violence abuse as a defense for murder
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 295 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-288) and index.
ISBN:9780803206922
0803206925
9786610823796
6610823790

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