Women who kill men : California courts, gender, and the press /

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Author / Creator:	Bakken, Gordon Morris.
Imprint:	Lincoln, Neb. : University of Nebraska Press, ©2009.
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 272 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Law in the American West Law in the American West.
Subject:	Trials (Murder) -- California. Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- California -- History. Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration -- California -- History. Women murderers -- Social aspects -- California. Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration. Trials (Murder) Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. California. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11205790

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Other authors / contributors:	Farrington, Brenda.
ISBN:	9780803226579 0803226578 9780803245440 0803245440 1282423975 9781282423978 9786612423970 6612423978 9780803213616 0803213611
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were a revolutionary period in the lives of women, and the shifting perceptions of women and their role in society were equally apparent in the courtroom. Women Who Kill Men examines eighteen sensational cases of women on trial for murder from 1870 to 1958.
Other form:	Print version: Bakken, Gordon Morris. Women who kill men. Lincoln, Neb. : University of Nebraska Press, ©2009 9780803213616
Govt.docs classification:	U5001 T165 .0011 -2009

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