The woman they could not silence : one woman, her incredible fight for freedom, and the men who tried to make her disappear
by Moore, Kate (Writer and editor) (Author)
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"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... Full description
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Packard, E. P. W. > (Elizabeth Parsons Ware), > 1816-1897.
Social reformers > Illinois > Biography.
Married women > Legal status, laws, etc. > Illinois > History > 19th century.
Mentally ill > Commitment and detention > Illinois > History > 19th century.
Insanity (Law) > United States.