Dangerous to Know : Women, Crime, and Notoriety in the Early Republic /

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"In Dangerous to Know, Susan Branson follows the fascinating lives of Ann Carson and Mary Clarke, offering an engaging study of gender and class in the early nineteenth century. According to Branson, episodes in both women's lives illustrate their struggles within a society that constraine...

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Autor principal: Branson, Susan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Clarke, Mary, > active 1815-1838
Carson, Ann Baker
Carson, Ann Baker.
Clarke, Mary, > active 1815-1838.
Geschlechterrolle
Weibliche Kriminelle
Soziale Schichtung
Women authors, American
Women
Social status
Social conditions.
Sex role
Female offenders
Fame > Social aspects
Crime
HISTORY > United States > Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
Statut social > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Rôle selon le sexe > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Écrivaines americaines > 19e siecle > Biographies.
Criminelles > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Biographies.
Femmes > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Biographies.
Social status > United States > History > 19th century.
Fame > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Crime > United States > History > 19th century.
Sex role > United States > History > 19th century.
Women authors, American > 19th century > Biography.
Female offenders > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Biography.
Women > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Biography.
Philadelphia, Pa.
United States
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Social conditions > 19th century.
Biographies.
History.
Biography
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Two working women
  • Marriage, manhood, and murder
  • The "enraged tygress"
  • Courting notoriety
  • An unsuitable job for a woman
  • Betrayal and revenge.

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