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050	0	0	_aHN80.P23 _bM66 2021
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100	1		_aMoore, Kate _c(Writer and editor), _eauthor. _98472
245	1	4	_aThe woman they could not silence : _bone woman, her incredible fight for freedom, and the men who tried to make her disappear / _cKate Moore.
264		1	_aNaperville, Illinois : _bSourcebooks, _c[2021]
300			_axvi, 540 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"1860: As the clash between the states rolls slowly to a boil, Elizabeth Packard, housewife and mother of six, is facing her own battle. The enemy sits across the table and sleeps in the next room. Threatened by Elizabeth's intellect, independence, and outspokenness, her husband of twenty-one years is plotting against her and makes a plan to put her back in her place. One summer morning, he has her committed to an insane asylum. The horrific conditions inside the Illinois State Hospital in Jacksonville, Illinois, are overseen by Dr. Andrew McFarland, a man who will prove to be even more dangerous to Elizabeth than her traitorous husband. But most disturbing is that Elizabeth is not the only sane woman confined to the institution. There are many rational women on her ward who tell the same story: they've been committed not because they need medical treatment, but to keep them in line- conveniently labeled "crazy" so their voices are ignored. No one is willing to fight for their freedom, and disenfranchised both by gender and the stigma of their supposed madness, they cannot possibly fight for themselves. But Elizabeth is about to discover that the merit of losing everything is that you then have nothing to lose..."-- _cProvided by publisher.
600	1	0	_aPackard, E. P. W. _q(Elizabeth Parsons Ware), _d1816-1897. _98473
650		0	_aSocial reformers _zIllinois _vBiography. _98474
650		0	_aInsanity (Law) _zUnited States. _98475
650		0	_aWomen _xLegal status, laws, etc. _zUnited States. _98476
942			_2ddc _cBOOK
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