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Author:

Carlson, A. Cheree, 1957-

Title:

The crimes of womanhood : defining femininity in a court of law / A. Cheree Carlson.

Publisher:

University of Illinois Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

189 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Sex discrimination against women--History.--United States--History.
Female offenders--History.--United States--History.
Women--United States--History.--History.
Femininity in popular culture--United States--History.
Femininity--History.--United States--History.
Trials--United States--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-189) and index.

Contents:

Narrative intersections in popular trials -- Framing madness in the sanity trial of Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard -- The mad doctors meet McNaughton : the battle for narrative supremacy in the trial of Mary Harris -- "True womanhood" and perfect madness : the sanity trial of Mary Todd Lincoln -- Womanhood as asset and liability : Lizzie Andrew Borden -- Bodies at the crossroads : the rise and fall of Madame Restell -- "You know it when you see it" : the rhetorical embodiment of race and gender in Rhinelander v. Rhinelander.

ISBN:

0252034015 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780252034015 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2008027211

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

N3AX771 -- Drake Law School Library (Des Moines)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)