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In reality, doctors were policing women who stepped outside society's strictly defined gender spheres--work and intellect for men, home and children for women--in what could be described as a "medicalization of female behavior."
Moore does a phenomenal job of writing narrative nonfiction. I picked this up specifically because I was craving a nonfiction story I couldn't put down and Moore delivered. If you liked The Radium Girls I think you'll like this story--it will make you mad at how little wo ...more
Moore does a phenomenal job of writing narrative nonfiction. I picked this up specifically because I was craving a nonfiction story I couldn't put down and Moore delivered. If you liked The Radium Girls I think you'll like this story--it will make you mad at how little wo ...more
Elizabeth Packard, condemned to an Illinois asylum in 1860 by her pastor husband simply because of her religious beliefs, was an inspiring figure who fought tirelessly for her freedom and secured liberty for other wrongfully committed women. Her story leaves me wondering why we don't hear more about her in discussions of mental health advocacy and women's rights.
This book would have been perfect if it wasn't so long. There were a lot of passages that could have been condensed a bit better. Other ...more
This book would have been perfect if it wasn't so long. There were a lot of passages that could have been condensed a bit better. Other ...more
Civil War-era snapshot detailing the treachery and trickery behind keeping women "in their place"
With era-appropriate terminology to describe the mentally ill (insane, lunatic, maniac, crazy), Moore sheds light on the abhorrent living conditions at the Illinois State Hospital for the Insane and the deceitfulness of its director in determining who to admit.
Elizabeth Packard, age 43 and mother of six, was admitted to the hospital in 1860. Her husband of twenty-one years had plotted with the direc ...more
With era-appropriate terminology to describe the mentally ill (insane, lunatic, maniac, crazy), Moore sheds light on the abhorrent living conditions at the Illinois State Hospital for the Insane and the deceitfulness of its director in determining who to admit.
Elizabeth Packard, age 43 and mother of six, was admitted to the hospital in 1860. Her husband of twenty-one years had plotted with the direc ...more
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The Woman They Could Not Silence tells the story of Elizabeth Packard's fight for equal rights for women in marriage in America during the Civil War period and after. This is a very slow-paced book which is not something that I usually enjoy. Kate Moore as with The Radium Girls has done her research and you really feel that you know Elizabeth Packard after you finish this book. I wish I had liked Elizabeth as a c ...more
The Woman They Could Not Silence tells the story of Elizabeth Packard's fight for equal rights for women in marriage in America during the Civil War period and after. This is a very slow-paced book which is not something that I usually enjoy. Kate Moore as with The Radium Girls has done her research and you really feel that you know Elizabeth Packard after you finish this book. I wish I had liked Elizabeth as a c ...more
This was the book that never ended and needed a 200+ page edit.
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