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Troublesome Women : Gender, Crime, and Punishment in Antebellum Pennsylvania /

"Examines the lived experiences of women criminals in Pennsylvania from 1820 to 1860, mainly as they navigated the nineteenth-century legal and prison systems"--Provided by publisher

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hayden, Erica Rhodes (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2019]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "With a world of tears" : women criminals and the use of mercy and femininity
  • "She would have a divorce at the risk of her life" : women and crimes that challenged social limitations
  • "Amazonian outbreak" : antebellum women and political crime
  • "Disturbing the other prisoners" : female inmates in Pennsylvania penitentiaries
  • "No kind treatment can subdue the prisoner" : chaos and female resistance in the county jails
  • "Restoration to the path of virtue" : the difficult task of reform.