Who would believe a prisoner? : Indiana women's carceral institutions, 1848-1920 /
"A groundbreaking collective work of history by a group of incarcerated scholars that resurrects the lost truth about the first women's prison"--
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
The New Press,
2023.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.26193063 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface / by Kelsey Kauffman
- Methodology: "We're doing a new thing" / Michelle Daniel Jones
- Part I: Indiana's first prisons, homes, and reformatories for women
- Sallie and Eva at Indiana's first prison, Jeffersonville / Michelle Danile Jones
- Rhoda and Sarah : toward the Home for Friendless Women / Michelle Daniel Jones
- Belle at the Home for Friendless Women / Kim Baldwin
- Sally and the women and girls at the Reformatory / Michelle Daniel Jones
- Jennie and the economics of the Reformatory / Kim Baldwin, Molly Whitted, and Michelle Williams
- Part II: Sex, sexuality, and control over women's bodies
- Mary Jane and Dr. Parvin at the Reformatory / Anastazia Schmid
- Johanna Kitchen : the grand lady of Stringtown / Anastazia Schmid
- The Duchess of Stringtown play / Michelle Daniel Jones and Anastazia Schmid
- Hazel at the Indiana Girls' School / Nicole Hayes
- "Feeble-minded" women at Harper's Lodge / Molly Whitted
- Part III: Indiana's House of the Good Shepherd
- Sisters / Cristina Kovats
- Billy / Natalie Medley
- "Poor stray sheep" / Rheann Kelly
- Minnie and Mamie / Lara Campbell
- Conclusion / Michelle Daniel Jones
- Afterword / Elizabeth Nelson.