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A review by cedrisc
The Woman They Could Not Silence: The Timeless Story of an Outspoken Woman and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear by Kate Moore
4.0
I enjoyed this book, but it also made me angry and sad.
I am so grateful I live in these times and not back in the 1800s. Sadly not all women are free to do what they want or be what they want to be, but we can only hope that equality is coming for all.
To think that men really did believe that women were dumb, and they were insane if they didn't love their husbands. It actually goes to show that men believed what they wanted to believe, to excuse their own behaviour. The fact that men could dump their wives in an asylum for no reason is horrific.
One of the saddest parts of this story for me is that with all the work that Elizabeth Packard did in developing bills and laws, she is pretty much forgotten in history like so many other women.
Elizabeth was brilliant and would have been a lawyer or politician in this day and age.
I am so grateful I live in these times and not back in the 1800s. Sadly not all women are free to do what they want or be what they want to be, but we can only hope that equality is coming for all.
To think that men really did believe that women were dumb, and they were insane if they didn't love their husbands. It actually goes to show that men believed what they wanted to believe, to excuse their own behaviour. The fact that men could dump their wives in an asylum for no reason is horrific.
One of the saddest parts of this story for me is that with all the work that Elizabeth Packard did in developing bills and laws, she is pretty much forgotten in history like so many other women.
Elizabeth was brilliant and would have been a lawyer or politician in this day and age.