Dangerous to know [[electronic resource] ] : women, crime, and notoriety in the early republic / / Susan Branson

• Autore: Branson Susan
• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (195 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.48/9623092274811; B
• Soggetto topico: Women - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia; Female offenders - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia; Women authors, American - 19th century; Sex role - United States - History - 19th century; Crime - United States - History - 19th century; Fame - Social aspects - United States - History - 19th century; Social status - United States - History - 19th century
• Soggetto geografico: Philadelphia (Pa.) Social conditions 19th century
• Soggetto non controllato: American History; American Studies; Gender Studies; Women's Studies
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-174) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- PREFACE -- 1. TWO WORKING WOMEN -- 2. MARRIAGE, MANHOOD, AND MURDER -- 3. THE "ENRAGED TYGRESS" -- 4. COURTING NOTORIETY -- 5. AN UNSUITABLE JOB FORA WOMAN -- 6. BETRAYAL AND REVENGE -- AFTERWORD -- NOTES -- INDEX -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• Sommario/riassunto: In 1823, the History of the Celebrated Mrs. Ann Carson rattled Philadelphia society and became one of the most scandalous, and eagerly read, memoirs of the age. This tale of a woman who tried to rescue her lover from the gallows and attempted to kidnap the governor of Pennsylvania tantalized its audience with illicit love, betrayal, and murder.Carson's ghostwriter, Mary Clarke, was no less daring. Clarke pursued dangerous associations and wrote scandalous exposés based on her own and others' experiences. She immersed herself in the world of criminals and disreputable actors, using her acquaintance with this demimonde to shape a career as a sensationalist writer.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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Dangerous to know
• ISBN: 0-8122-0142-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828969103321
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