Synopses & Reviews
MURDER MORALITY AND MADNESS: Women Criminals in Early Oregon takes a look at an often overlooked part of Western history. The Victorians were quite adept at keeping immoral or bad behavior a secret. Goeres-Gardner does a wonderful job in uncovering the secret past of abuse, neglect, murder and betrayal that has been kept out of the history books for far too long.
Turning these pages will allow you to discover what drove normally proper Victorian women to murder. You'll learn about women's trials, the all-male juries that they faced and the horrid conditions of the all-male prisons that they were sent to.
It is said that the truth is more interesting than fiction and that phrase has never been more true than in the truths revealed in this book.
Synopsis
Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton PressThis book takes a peek at an often overlooked part of Western history. The Victorians were quite adept at keeping immoral or bad behavior a secret. Goeres-Gardner does a wonderful job of uncovering the secret past of abuse, neglect, and double standards for women criminals.
About the Author
Diane Goeres-Gardner is a fifth-generation Oregonian whose ancestors came to the region in 1852, settling in Tillamook County. A retired reading instructor, school administrator and mother of two, Diane lives in Umpqua Valley with her husband and "my litt