Bibliograph

The Woman They Could Not Silence, The Shocking Story of a Woman Who Dared to Fight Back

Type

Label

The Woman They Could Not Silence, The Shocking Story of a Woman Who Dared to Fight Back

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-472) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Woman They Could Not Silence

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1300871149

Sub title

The Shocking Story of a Woman Who Dared to Fight Back

Summary

1860: Elizabeth Packard's husband, Theophilus, feeling threatened by Elizabeth's intellect, independence, and unwillingness to stifle her own thoughts, has her committed to an insane asylum. The conditions in the asylum are horrific. But most disturbing is that many other rational women have also been committed not because they need treatment, but were instead conveniently labeled "crazy" so their voices are ignored. No one is willing to fight for their freedom, and disenfranchised by gender and the stigma of their supposed madness, they cannot possibly fight for themselves. But Elizabeth is about to discover that the merit of losing everything is that you then have nothing to lose..." --, Adapted from back cover

Target audience

adult

Creator