| Description |
1 online resource (315 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Note |
"A verdict of not proven that is allowed by Scottish law in some cases, or any inconclusive decision." |
| Contents |
The accusation -- The trial -- The review and appeal -- The settlement. |
| Summary |
In 1810, a Scottish student named Jane Cumming accused her school mistresses, Jane Pirie and Marianne Woods, of having an affair in the presence of their students. Dame Cumming Gordon, the wealthy and powerful grandmother of the accusing student, advises her friends to remove their daughters from the Drumsheugh boarding school. Within days, the institution is deserted and two women are deprived of their livelihoods. Award-winning author Lillian Faderman recreates the events surrounding this notorious case, which became the basis for Lillian Hellman's famous play, The Children's Hou. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Woods, Marianne -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Woods, Marianne. |
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Pirie, Jane -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Pirie, Jane. |
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Cumming Gordon, Helen, Lady, -1830 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Cumming Gordon, Helen, Lady, -1830. |
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Trials (Libel) -- Scotland -- Edinburgh.
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Trials (Libel) |
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Scotland -- Edinburgh. |
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Homosexuality -- Law and legislation -- Scotland -- History.
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Homosexuality -- Law and legislation. |
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Scotland. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Trials, litigation, etc.
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| Subject |
Homosexuality. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780231163255 0231163258 (DLC) 2012032785 |
| ISBN |
0231533241 (electronic book) |
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9780231533249 (electronic book) |
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9780231163255 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0231163258 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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