| Description |
537 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Original Version |
Originally published: Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks, [2021]. under title: The women they could not silence : one woman, her incredible fight for freedom, and then men who tried to make her disappear. |
| Note |
Includes reading group guides and conversation with the author. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue -- Brave new world -- Dark before the dawn -- My pen shall rage -- Deal with the devil? -- Turning points -- She will rise -- Epilogue -- Postscript. |
| Summary |
1860: Elizabeth Packard's husband, Theophilus, feeling threatened by Elizabeth's intellect, independence, and unwillingness to stifle her own thoughts, has her committed to an insane asylum. The conditions in the asylum are horrific. But most disturbing is that many other rational women have also been committed not because they need treatment, but were instead conveniently labeled "crazy" so their voices are ignored. No one is willing to fight for their freedom, and disenfranchised by gender and the stigma of their supposed madness, they cannot possibly fight for themselves. But Elizabeth is about to discover that the merit of losing everything is that you then have nothing to lose..." -- Adapted from back cover. |
| Subject |
Packard, E. P. W. (Elizabeth Parsons Ware), 1816-1897.
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Social reformers -- Illinois -- Biography.
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Married women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century.
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Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century.
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Insanity (Law) -- United States.
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Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
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Packard, E. P. W. (Elizabeth Parsons Ware), 1816-1897. (OCoLC)fst00017469
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Insanity (Law) (OCoLC)fst01715759
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Married women -- Legal status, laws, etc.
(OCoLC)fst01010718
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Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention.
(OCoLC)fst01715758
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Social reformers. (OCoLC)fst01122841
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Women -- Legal status, laws, etc.
(OCoLC)fst01176824
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Illinois. (OCoLC)fst01205143
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1899
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| Genre/Form |
Biography (DNLM)D019215
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9781728242576 (paperback) |
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1728242576 (paperback) |
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