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The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear by Kate Moore
5 reviews
isleofwoman's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Torture
Minor: Self harm, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
jhbandcats's review against another edition
4.25
That said, Wow. What a book. How is it that Elizabeth Packard is not a household name? She was extraordinary. Committed to an insane asylum because her husband found her outspokenness troublesome, she worked for three years to be freed, then worked the rest of her life to achieve equality for women, safety for mental patients, and the right of a mother to have custody of her children.
The author relies on diaries, letters, newspapers, and trial transcripts. Everything she writes has been thoroughly researched. Her work here is exceptional.
Having found Radium Girls equally important, I hope that Kate Moore continues to write. Her works are essential to understanding the history of the ordinary American in the late 18th - early 19th centuries.
Graphic: Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
laurenkimoto's review against another edition
4.0
And we hate men
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Dementia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Classism
nerdglasses08's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Religious bigotry
Minor: Death, Self harm, Suicide, Blood, Excrement, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail
lpdx's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Ableism, Confinement, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting
Minor: Torture, Blood, Excrement, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis