Kate Moore
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"1860: As the clash between the states rolls slowly to a boil, Elizabeth Packard, housewife and mother of six, is facing her own battle. The enemy sits across the table and sleeps in the next room. Threatened by Elizabeth's intellect, independence, and outspokenness, her husband of twenty-one years is plotting against her and makes a plan to put her back in her place. One summer morning, he has her committed to an insane asylum. The horrific conditions...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale/Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
Presents the story of the "young women exposed to the 'wonder' element of radium in early 20th-century American factories, [whose] courage and tenacity led to life-changing regulations, and ultimately saved hundreds of thousands of lives"--Amazon.com.