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Dangerous to know : women, crime, and notoriety in the early republic

Title
  1. Dangerous to know : women, crime, and notoriety in the early republic / Susan Branson.
Published by
  1. Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press
  2. ©2008.
Author
  1. Branson, Susan

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Description
  1. xi, 182 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
  1. "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
  1. Carson, Ann Baker
  2. Clarke, Mary, active 1815-1838
  3. Carson, Ann Baker
  4. Clarke, Mary, active 1815-1838
  5. Philadelphia PA
  6. 1800-1899
  7. Geschichte 1815-1838
  8. Women > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Biography
  9. Female offenders > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Biography
  10. Women authors, American > 19th century > Biography
  11. Sex role > United States > History > 19th century
  12. Crime > United States > History > 19th century
  13. Fame > Social aspects > History > United States > 19th century
  14. Social status > United States > History > 19th century
  15. Crime
  16. Fame > Social aspects
  17. Female offenders
  18. Sex role
  19. Social conditions
  20. Social status
  21. Women
  22. Women authors, American
  23. Soziale Schichtung
  24. Weibliche Kriminelle
  25. Geschlechterrolle
  26. Philadelphia (Pa.) > Social conditions > 19th century
  27. Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
  28. United States
  29. Philadelphia, Pa
Genre/Form
  1. Biography
  2. Biographies
  3. History
  4. Biographies.
Contents
  1. Two working women -- Marriage, manhood, and murder -- The "enraged tygress" -- Courting notoriety -- An unsuitable job for a woman -- Betrayal and revenge.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-174) and index.