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

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"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

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Hayden, Erica Rhodes (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2019]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Women prisoners.
Female offenders.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Prisonnieres > Pennsylvanie > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Criminelles > Pennsylvanie > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Women prisoners > Pennsylvania > History > 19th century.
Female offenders > Pennsylvania > History > 19th century.
Pennsylvania.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • "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.

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