Bound To Stay Bound

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

 Publisher:  Sourcebooks (2022)

 Dewey: 303.48
 Classification: Biography
 Physical Description: 537 p., ill., 21 cm

 BTSB No: 657393 ISBN: 9781728242576
 Ages: 14-18 Grades: 9-12

 Subjects:
 Packard, E. P. W. -- (Elizabeth Parsons Ware), -- 1816-1897
 Social reformers -- Illinois -- Biography
 Married women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century
 Mentally ill -- Institutional care -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century
 Insanity (Law) -- United States
 Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States

Price: $13.93

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.




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