 | Dangerous to Know: Women, Crime, and Notoriety in the Early Republic Subjects: Carson Ann Baker; Clarke Mary fl. 1815–1838; Women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography; Female offenders -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography; Women authors American -- 19th century -- Biography; Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social conditions; This tale of kidnapping, betrayal, and murder follows the lives of two women on the margins of early nineteenth-century society, showing how they manipulated conventions to further their own ends while redefining what was possible for women in early American public life. Susan Branson is Associate Professor of American Studies at Syracuse University and the author of These Fiery Frenchified Dames: Women and Political Culture in Early National Philadelphia, also published by the University of Pennsylvania Press. |
