Politics, the Prison Quit, and Parole -- Sherry Pollard -- Karen Stout -- Teresa Gulley Hilterbrand -- Sue Melton -- Margie Marcum -- Tracie English -- Montilla Seewright -- Issues Related to Research, Reform, and the Law -- "Warning Signs for Women: Predictors of Violence in Men" and "Why She Stays, When She Leaves" -- Private Artifact to Public Act: "The Quilt as Accusatory Text" and "The Nineteenth-Century Diarist and Her Quilts" -- National Domestic Violence Organizations and Kentucky Spouse Abuse Centers.
Summary
Seven women discuss the physical, sexual, and/or psychological abuse they suffered at the hands of their husbands or boyfriends.