Woman they could not silence : the shocking story of a woman who dared to fight back by Moore, Kate 

Paperback(Sourcebooks, 2022)

BTSB #: 657393 Available

Dewey: 303.48/BAges: 14-18   


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Subjects: Packard, E. P. W.|q(Elizabeth Parsons Ware),|d1816-1897 Social reformers - Illinois - Biography Married women - Legal status, laws, etc. - Illinois - History|y19th century Mentally ill - Institutional care - Illinois - History|y19th century Insanity (Law) - United States Women - Legal status, laws, etc. - United States

Summary: 1860: As the clash between the states rolls slowly to a boil, Elizabeth Packard, housewife and mother of six, is facing her own battle. The enemy sits across the table and sleeps in the next room. Threatened by Elizabeth's intellect, independence, and outspokenness, her husband of twenty-one years is plotting against her and makes a plan to put her back in her place. One summer morning, he has her committed to an insane asylum.