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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
42 reviews
loriley's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Eating disorder
gondorgirl's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
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
emilyferrise's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Confinement and Mental illness
Moderate: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse
Minor: Suicide
wordsofclover's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Misogyny
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Physical abuse
megnut's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, and Grief
Moderate: Suicide
ocoury23's review against another edition
4.0
This book was incredible to listen to and learn from, but also was incredibly long. Elizabeth Packard was a name I had never heard before, but her story is inspiring and I would highly recommend this for book for any adult-level readers (due to the sensitive content that is discussed). Truthfully, my main drawback to this was the length - I’m not sure if I would be able to work my way through this again without taking my time.
Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Suicide and Excrement
cmbohn's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Ableism, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting
Minor: Eating disorder, Slavery, Suicide, Excrement, 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
sarahmarie094's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Mental illness and Sexism