The woman they could not silence : one woman, her incredible fight for freedom and the men who tried to make her disappear
(Large Print)
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Published
Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2021.
Format
Large Print
Edition
Large print edition.
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LP 303.484 MOORE
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LP 303.484 MOORE
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LC Subjects
Insanity (Law) -- United States.
Large type books.
Married women -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Married women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century.
Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century.
Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention -- United States.
Packard, E. P. W. -- (Elizabeth Parsons Ware), -- 1816-1897.
Social reformers -- Illinois -- Biography.
Social reformers -- United States -- Biography.
Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History
Large type books.
Married women -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Married women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century.
Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century.
Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention -- United States.
Packard, E. P. W. -- (Elizabeth Parsons Ware), -- 1816-1897.
Social reformers -- Illinois -- Biography.
Social reformers -- United States -- Biography.
Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History
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Published
Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2021.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
795 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Street Date
2109
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Includes reading group guide and a conversation with the author (pages 627-639).
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 641-659).
Description
"1860: Elizabeth Packard, housewife and mother of six, is facing a horrifying battle with her husband of 21 years. Feeling increasingly threatened by Elizabeth and her brilliant intellect, Theophilus Packard makes a plan to put his wife back in her place. One summer morning, he has her committed to an insane asylum. The horrific conditions inside the Illinois State Hospital in Jacksonville, Illinois, are overseen by Dr. Andrew McFarland, a man who will prove to be even more dangerous to Elizabeth than her traitorous husband. But most disturbing is that Elizabeth is not the only sane woman confined to the institution--and no one is willing to fight for their freedom but Elizabeth herself" --,Back cover.