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The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were a revolutionary period in the lives of women, and the shifting perceptions of women and their role in society were equally apparent in the courtroom. Women Who Kill Men examines eighteen sensational cases of women on trial for murder from 1870 t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bakken, Gordon Morris
Otros Autores: Farrington, Brenda
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln, Neb. : University of Nebraska Press, ©2009.
Colección:Law in the American West.
Temas:
Trials (Murder) > California.
Women > Legal status, laws, etc. > California > History.
Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration > California > History.
Women murderers > Social aspects > California.
Procès (Meurtre) > Californie.
Discrimination sexuelle dans l'administration de la justice pénale > Californie > Histoire.
Meurtrières > Aspect social > Californie.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration
Trials (Murder)
Women > Legal status, laws, etc.
California
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were a revolutionary period in the lives of women, and the shifting perceptions of women and their role in society were equally apparent in the courtroom. Women Who Kill Men examines eighteen sensational cases of women on trial for murder from 1870 to 1958.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 272 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780803226579
0803226578
9780803245440
0803245440
1282423975
9781282423978
9786612423970
6612423978

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