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Dangerous to know : women, crime, and notoriety in the early republic
- Title
- Dangerous to know : women, crime, and notoriety in the early republic / Susan Branson.
- Author
- Branson, Susan
- Publication
- Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press
- ©2008.
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Details
- Description
- xi, 182 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "In Dangerous to Know, Susan Branson follows the fascinating lives of Ann Carson and Mary Clarke, offering an engaging study of gender and class in the early nineteenth century. According to Branson, episodes in both women's lives illustrate their struggles within a society that constrained women's activities and ambitions. She argues that both women simultaneously tried to conform to and manipulate the dominant sexual, economic, and social ideologies of the time. In their own lives and through their writing, the pair challenged conventions prescribed by these ideologies to further their own ends and redefine what was possible for women in early American public life."--Jacket.
- Subject
- Carson, Ann Baker
- Clarke, Mary, active 1815-1838
- Carson, Ann Baker
- Clarke, Mary, active 1815-1838
- Philadelphia PA
- 1800-1899
- Geschichte 1815-1838
- Women > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Biography
- Female offenders > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Biography
- Women authors, American > 19th century > Biography
- Sex role > United States > History > 19th century
- Crime > United States > History > 19th century
- Fame > Social aspects > History > United States > 19th century
- Social status > United States > History > 19th century
- Crime
- Fame > Social aspects
- Female offenders
- Sex role
- Social conditions
- Social status
- Women
- Women authors, American
- Soziale Schichtung
- Weibliche Kriminelle
- Geschlechterrolle
- Philadelphia (Pa.) > Social conditions > 19th century
- Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
- United States
- Philadelphia, Pa
- Genre/Form
- Biography
- Biographies
- History
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-174) and index.
- Contents
- Two working women -- Marriage, manhood, and murder -- The "enraged tygress" -- Courting notoriety -- An unsuitable job for a woman -- Betrayal and revenge.
- ISBN
- 9780812240887
- 081224088X
- 9780812221879
- 0812221877
- LCCN
- 2008009040
- OCLC
- ocn213375756
- 213375756
- SCSB-1487262
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library