Who would believe a prisoner? : Indiana women's carceral institutions, 1848-1920 / written by the scholars of the Indiana Women's Prison History Project--Michelle Daniel Jones [and nine others] ; edited by Michelle Daniel Jones and Elizabeth Nelson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jones, Michelle Daniel, editor.

Nelson, Elizabeth (Historian), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prisons--Indiana.

Prisons.

Women prisoners--Indiana--History.

Women prisoners.

Reformatories for womenry--Indiana--History.

Reformatories for womenry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : The New Press, [2023]

Summary:

"A groundbreaking collective work of history by a group of incarcerated scholars that resurrects the lost truth about the first women's prison"-- Provided by publisher.

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:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781620975404

1620975408

OCLC:

1371142689