TY  - BOOK
AU  - Branson,Susan
TI  - Dangerous to Know: Women, Crime, and Notoriety in the Early Republic
SN  - 9780812201420
AV  - HQ1439.P5 -- B73 2008eb 
U1  - 305.48/9623092274811 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Philadelphia
PB  - University of Pennsylvania Press
KW  - Carson, Ann Baker
KW  - Clarke, Mary,-active 1815-1838
KW  - Women-Pennsylvania-Philadelphia-Biography
KW  - Female offenders-Pennsylvania-Philadelphia-Biography
KW  - Women authors, American-19th century-Biography
KW  - Sex role-United States-History-19th century
KW  - Crime-United States-History-19th century
KW  - Fame-Social aspects-United States-History-19th century
KW  - Social status-United States-History-19th century
KW  - Philadelphia (Pa.)-Social conditions-19th century
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
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