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Scotch verdict : the real-life story that inspired the children's hour / Lillian Faderman.
LIBRA KDC188.W6 F323 2013
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Faderman, Lillian.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Woods, Marianne--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Woods, Marianne.
- Pirie, Jane--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Pirie, Jane.
- Cumming Gordon, Helen, Lady, -1830--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Cumming Gordon, Helen.
- Cumming Gordon, Helen, Lady, -1830.
- Trials (Libel)--Scotland--Edinburgh.
- Trials (Libel).
- Homosexuality--Law and legislation--Scotland--History.
- Homosexuality.
- Homosexuality--Law and legislation.
- History.
- Scotland.
- Scotland--Edinburgh.
- Physical Description:
- 315 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2013]
- Summary:
- Exploring the economic status of women in the 19th century, author Lilliam Faderman details the true-life case of two young Scottish schoolmistresses who were deprived of their livelihoods after being falsely accused of carrying on an affair in front of their students. Faderman examines the customs and attitudes of the era in relation to women today.
- Contents:
- The accusation
- The trial
- The review and appeal
- The settlement.
- Notes:
- "A verdict of not proven that is allowed by Scottish law in some cases, or any inconclusive decision."
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Tom Farinholt and Blair Edlow Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0231163258
- 9780231163255
- 9780231533249
- 0231533241
- OCLC:
- 794366491
- Publisher Number:
- 99957737114
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