Cry of murder on Broadway : a woman's ruin and revenge in old New York /
Julie Miller.
Bok Engelsk 2021 · Electronic books.
Omfang | 1 online resource
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Opplysninger | Previously issued in print: 2020.. - Prologue : Defending Amelia Norman -- I am Murdered -- Jersey Maid and Damn Yankee -- Go and Get Your Living -- An Awful Place -- A Great Heart -- The Trial Begins -- Verdict -- The Law of Seduction. -- Epilogue : A Harlot's Fate.. - This text shows how a woman's desperate attempt at murder came to momentarily embody the anger and anxiety felt by many people at a time of economic and social upheaval and expanding expectations for equal rights.. - Specialized.
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Emner | Child, Lydia Maria, , 1802-1880 - Friends and associates.
Norman, Amelia, , approximately 1818- Attempted murder - History - New York (State) - New York Female offenders - History - New York (State) - New York Vis mer... Seduction - Law and legislation - History - United States
Women - Legal status, laws, etc. - History - New York (State) Astor House Hotel, Lydia Maria Child, Nineteenth-century women’s rights movement, Sexual harassment in the nineteenth century, New York City in the nineteenth century, Newspaper Sensationalism. |
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ISBN | 1-5017-5149-2
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