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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: Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Confinement, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Torture
Minor: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Self harm
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: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Excrement, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Bullying, Death, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, Chronic illness, Classism, Physical abuse, Torture, Medical trauma, Racism, Sexism, and Violence
laurenkimoto's review against another edition
4.0
And we hate men
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Classism, Confinement, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexism, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Excrement, and Forced institutionalization
nerdglasses08's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, and Sexism
Moderate: Religious bigotry
Minor: Blood, Death, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
lpdx's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Ableism, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Sexism
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Violence
Minor: Blood, Excrement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Torture