Gender, Race, and Reform, 1840-1900
by
Ashley Baggett
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2017
Ashley Baggett uncovers the voices of abused women who utilized the legal system in New Orleans to address their grievances from the antebellum era to the end of the nineteenth century. Poring over 26,000 records, Baggett analyzes 421 criminal cases involving intimate partner violence" physical...