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Cry of murder on Broadway : a woman's ruin and revenge in old New York
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- Summary
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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 f...
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.
Details
- Creator
- Julie Miller
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Ithaca : Three Hills, 2021
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource
- ISBNs
- 9781501751493, 1501751492, 1501751484, 1501751506
- OCLC
- on1145899821, on1202623776
- Previously issued in print: 2020.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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
Subjects
- Attempted murder -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
- Seduction -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
- Female offenders -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
- Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- New York (State) -- History -- 19th century.
- Norman, Amelia, approximately 1818-
- Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880 -- Friends and associates.
- New York (N.Y.) -- Moral conditions -- 19th century.
- New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.