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Who Would Believe a Prisoner? : Indiana Women's Carceral Institutions, 1848-1920.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women prisoners--Indiana--History.
- Women prisoners.
- Reformatories for women--Indiana--History.
- Reformatories for women.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (245 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : The New Press, 2023.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface by Kelsey Kauffman
- Methodology: "We're Doing a New Thing"
- Part I: Indiana's First Prisons, Homes, and Reformatories for Women
- 1. Sallie and Eva at Indiana's First Prison, Jeffersonville
- 2. Rhoda and Sarah-Toward the Home for Friendless Women
- 3. Belle at the Home for Friendless Women
- 4. Sally and the Women and Girls at the Reformatory
- 5. Jennie and the Economics of the Reformatory
- Part II: Sex, Sexuality, and Control over Women's Bodies
- 6. Mary Jane and Dr. Parvin at the Reformatory
- 7. Johanna Kitchen-The Grand Lady of Stringtown
- 8. The Duchess of Stringtown Play
- 9. Hazel at the Indiana Girls' School
- 10. "Feeble-Minded" Women at Harper's Lodge
- Part III: Indiana's House of the Good Shepherd
- 11. Sisters
- 12. Billy
- 13. "Poor Stray Sheep"
- 14. Minnie and Mamie
- Conclusion
- Afterword
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Image Credits
- About the Authors
- Publishing in the Public Interest
- Copyright
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Project, The Indiana Women's Prison History Who Would Believe a Prisoner?
- ISBN:
- 9781620975404
- 1620975408
- Publisher Number:
- 40031721524
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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