Branson, Susan. <br/><br/>
Dangerous to Know :  Women, Crime, and Notoriety in the Early Republic. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (195 pages) 
<br/><br/>COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- 1. TWO WORKING WOMEN -- 2. MARRIAGE, MANHOOD, AND MURDER -- 3. THE "ENRAGED TYGRESS -- 4. COURTING NOTORIETY -- 5. AN UNSUITABLE JOB FOR A WOMAN -- 6. BETRAYAL AND REVENGE -- AFTERWORD -- NOTES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 
<br/><br/> This tale of kidnapping, betrayal, and murder follows the lives of two women on the margins of early nineteenth-century society, showing how they manipulated conventions to further their own ends while redefining what was possible for women in early American public life. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780812201420 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Carson, Ann Baker.<br/>Clarke, Mary,-active 1815-1838.<br/>Women-Pennsylvania-Philadelphia-Biography.<br/>Female offenders-Pennsylvania-Philadelphia-Biography.<br/>Women authors, American-19th century-Biography.<br/>Sex role-United States-History-19th century.<br/>Crime-United States-History-19th century.<br/>Fame-Social aspects-United States-History-19th century.<br/>Social status-United States-History-19th century.<br/>Philadelphia (Pa.)-Social conditions-19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ1439.P5 -- B73 2008eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.48/9623092274811