TY  - BOOK
AU  - Carlson,A.Cheree
TI  - The Crimes of Womanhood: Defining Femininity in a Court of Law
SN  - 9780252090769
AV  - KF4758 
U1  - 345.73/03 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Champaign
PB  - University of Illinois Press
KW  - Sex discrimination against women-Law and legislation-United States-History
KW  - Female offenders-Legal status, laws, etc.-United States-History
KW  - Women-United States-Social conditions
KW  - Femininity in popular culture-United States-History
KW  - Femininity-Social aspects-United States-History
KW  - Trials-United States-History
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Womanhood on Trial -- 1. Narrative Intersections in Popular Trials -- 2. Framing Madness in the Sanity Trial of Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard -- 3. The Mad Doctors Meet McNaughton: The Battle for Narrative Supremacy in the Trial of Mary Harris -- 4. "True Womanhood" and Perfect Madness: The Sanity Trial of Mary Todd Lincoln -- 5. Womanhood as Asset and Liability: Lizzie Andrew Borden -- 6. Bodies at the Crossroads: The Rise and Fall of Madame Restell -- 7. "You Know It When You See It": The Rhetorical Embodiment of Race and Gender in Rhinelander v. Rhinelander -- Conclusion: Womanhood as Narrative -- Notes -- References -- Index
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