| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 295 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Women in the west
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Women in the West.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-288) and index. |
| Contents |
A girl from Montana -- Midnight alibi -- Outlaw woman -- Enigma Woman -- The ultimate penalty -- The people v. Nellie Madison -- The defense -- Lady Macbeth -- The verdict -- A condemned woman -- An abused woman -- The reprieve -- Life in prison -- A traditional woman. |
| Summary |
"Crack shot." "Enigma woman." "Good with ponies and pistols." "A much-married woman." What if such an unconventional woman - and the press unanimously agreed that Nellie May Madison was indeed unconventional - were to get away with murder? Shortly after her husband's bullet-riddled body was found in the couple's Burbank apartment, police issued an all-points bulletin for the "beautiful, dark-haired widow." The ensuing drama unfolded with all the strange twists and turns of a noir crime novel. In this intriguing cultural history, Kathleen A. Cairns tells the true tale of the first woman sentenced to death in California, Nellie May Madison. Her story offers a glimpse into law and disorder in 1930s Los Angeles while bringing to life a remarkable character whose plight reflects on the status of woman, the workings of the media and the judiciary system, and the stratification of society in her time.; An intriguing cultural history, Cairns' re-creation of the case from murder to trial to aftermath casts an eye forward to our own love-hate affair with celebrity crimes and our abiding ambivalence about domestic violence abuse as a defense for murder. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Madison, Nellie May, 1895-1953.
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Madison, Nellie May, 1895-1953. |
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Madison, Nellie May, 1895-1953. |
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Women murderers -- California -- Biography.
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Women murderers. |
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California. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Abused women -- California -- Biography.
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Abused women. |
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Sex role -- United States -- History.
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Sex role. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Subject |
Gender roles. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cairns, Kathleen A., 1946- Enigma woman. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2007 9780803211414 0803211414 (DLC) 2006028848 (OCoLC)71322090 |
| ISBN |
9780803206922 (electronic book) |
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0803206925 (electronic book) |
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1280823798 |
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9781280823794 |
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9780803211414 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0803211414 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
| Sudoc No. |
U5000 T909 .0018 -2007 |
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