The woman they could not silence : one woman, her incredible fight for freedom and the men who tried to make her disappear / Kate Moore.
Material type: TextSeries: Thorndike Press large print biographies and memoirsPublisher: Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Edition: Large print editionDescription: 795 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781432890223
- 1432890220
- 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 -- Commitment and detention -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century
- Insanity (Law) -- United States
- Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Large Print Book | Main Library | Large Print NonFiction | PACKARD, E. M822 | Available | 33111010747299 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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. Book jacket.
Includes reading group guide and a conversation with the author (pages 627-639).
Includes bibliographical references.
Prologue -- Brave new world -- Dark before the dawn -- My pen shall rage -- Deal with the devil? -- Turning points -- She will rise -- Epilogue -- Postscript.
"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.