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Miller, Julie, 1959- author.
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Norman, Amelia, approximately 1818-
Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880 -- Friends and associates.
Seduction -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
Attempted murder -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
Female offenders -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- New York (State) -- History -- 19th century.
New York (N.Y.) -- Moral conditions -- 19th century.
New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
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Cry of murder on Bro...
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Cry of murder on Broadway : a woman's ruin and revenge in old New York / Julie Miller.
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Miller, Julie, 1959- author.
Ithaca [New York] : Three Hills, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2020.
Subjects
Norman, Amelia, approximately 1818-
Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880 -- Friends and associates.
Seduction -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
Attempted murder -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
Female offenders -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- New York (State) -- History -- 19th century.
New York (N.Y.) -- Moral conditions -- 19th century.
New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
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9781501751486 (hardcover) :
1501751484 (hardcover) :
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x, 269 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Contents:
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.
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"Amelia Norman challenged the idea that the fallen woman of the nineteenth century was inevitably 'ruined.' This book shows how the desperate act of this aspiring murderess came to momentarily embody the anger and anxiety felt by many people at a time of economic depression and expanding expectations for equal rights"--
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Hawaii State Library
Social Science & Philosophy
364.1523 Mi
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