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"Plunged into a vortex of iniquity": Female Criminality and Punishment in Pennsylvania, 1820-1860
(2013-03-05)
This dissertation explores female criminality and punishment in Pennsylvania from 1820 to 1860. I argue that antebellum society’s definitions of proper womanhood dictated women’s experiences as offenders and as convicted ...