Title Cry of murder on Broadway : a woman's ruin and revenge in old New York / Julie Miller

Published Ithaca : Three Hills, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2020

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations, maps Contents Prologue : Defending Amelia Norman -- I am Murdered -- Jersey Maid and Damn Yankee -- Go and Get Your Living -- An Awful Place -- A Great Heart -- The Trial Begins -- Verdict -- The Law of Seduction. -- Epilogue : A Harlot's Fate Summary "Amelia Norman challenged the idea that the fallen woman of the nineteenth century was inevitably 'ruined.' This book shows how the desperate act of this aspiring murderess came to momentarily embody the anger and anxiety felt by many people at a time of economic depression and expanding expectations for equal rights"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes In English Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 24, 2020) Subject Norman, Amelia, approximately 1818- Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880 -- Friends and associates SUBJECT Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880 -- Friends and associates Norman, Amelia, approximately 1818- Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880. fast (OCoLC)fst01727915 Subject Seduction -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century Attempted murder -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century Female offenders -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- New York (State) -- History -- 19th century TRUE CRIME -- Murder -- General. Attempted murder. Female offenders. Friendship. Moral conditions. Seduction. Social conditions. Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. SUBJECT New York (N.Y.) -- Moral conditions -- 19th century New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century Subject New York (State) New York (State) -- New York. Genre/Form Electronic books History. Form Electronic book LC no. 2020012521 ISBN 9781501751493 1501751492 9781501751509 1501751506

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