The Crimes of Womanhood: Defining Femininity in a Court of Law

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Index abortifacients, 122–23 abortion: as birth control, 117; criminalization of, 113, 121–22; debate over, as frame for courtroom narrative, 112; legal status of, in early nineteenth century United States, 117; male liability for, 133–34; narratives of, 114, 132–34; New York state, 111; opposition to, by religious and medical authorities, 115; quickening, as criterion for criminalization of, 117, 120, 122; racialization of, 129. See also antiabortion; Lohman, Ann Adams, Melvin, 169n4 agency (Burkean): Borden trial, 105–6; definition of, 101–3; gender and, 106, 108, 109 American Journal of Insanity, 47 antiabortion forces: inherent misogynism of, 135; rhetoric of, 115, 118, 132 antiabortion laws: inefficacy of, 123; men’s immunity to, 123, 128 Applegate, Mary, 120–21 Arnold, Isaac N., 73 Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane, 47, 66 asylums for the insane: commitment to, 23, 70–71, 82 Batavia (mental institution), 81–83 Beck, Theodric and John, Elements of Medical Jurisprudence, 45, 46 Beecher, Catherine, 7 Black, Ed, 8–9 Blatchford, Thomas, An Inaugural Dissertation on Feigned Diseases, 46 Blodgett, Caleb, 169n4 Bodine, Maria, 123; as icon of abortion narrative , 124–27; paramour of, 128. See also Lohman, Ann Borden, Abby, 87; murder of, 88; relationship with Lizzie Borden, 92 Borden, Andrew, 87; murder of, 88; relationship with Lizzie Borden, 95, 96 Borden, Emma, 85, 92–94 Borden, Lizzie Andrew: characterization of, 91–94, 99; conflicts of interest in murder trial of, 89, 104–7; family of, 87, 92, 100; gender expectations, in murder trial of, 99–101; medicated following parents’ murder and inquest, 101; news media accounts of, 89; possible alternative perpetrators , 102–3; relationship with parents, 95, 100; relationship with stepmother, 92–93; trial of, 85–110 Bradley, Joseph, 44, 49–50, 52–56, 62–63, 168n13 Bradwell, Myra: attorney, 70; defense of Mary Todd Lincoln, 81–84 Brady, James T., 171n5 bridging devices: defined, 149; gender and, 148–54; in narrative, 20; race and, 154 Brooks, Robert, 147 Burke, Kenneth: agency, 101–3; bridging devices, 149; burlesque narrative frame, 186 Index 26–27; categories, blurring of, 137; character in narrative, 116–17; dramatistic pentad, 90; framing of narrative, 26, 32; significance of, 154–55; symbols, 48, 75; teleology, applied to gender, 75–76; theory of discourse, 8, 17, 165–66; theory of symbol summarized, 18–20. See also bridging, representative anecdote Burroughs, Adoniram Judson: characterization of, 53; murder of, 43; relationship with Mary Harris, 41–42 Burroughs, John, 42, 43 capital punishment, 44 Carrington, Edward C., 49, 58–59, 168n6 character types, in narrative, 18 circumstantial evidence: dramatistic pentad as tool for investigating, 90; narrative and, 107 class (social): role in Borden murder case, 89 class and gender, narratives of, 104, 151–53. See also Rhinelander v. Rhinelander Cogan, Francis, 7 comic narrative frame, 26, 32, 36 Comstock, Anthony, 129–30 Comstock Law (1873), 130; negative effects for medical doctors, 134 Condit, Celeste, 3 contraception: opposition to, 129–30 crime: gender and, 11 Cult of True Womanhood, 6–7 Danforth, William, 77 Davis, Lee Parsons, 140 Davis, Nathan S., 78 Devlin, Louisa, 42, 51, 59 168n13 Devlin family (employers of Mary Harris), 43–44 Dewey, Justin, 89, 104–7, 109 domesticity, applied to Lizzie Borden trial, 94–95; characteristic used in court testimony , 36; as part of womanhood narrative , 31 dramatistic pentad, 90; gender and, 91 Du Bois, W. E. B., 139, 141 Edwards, Elizabeth Todd, 81–83 expert witnesses: influence on juries, 64; medical, 27, 28, 30, 33, 39–41, 53–58, 78–79; troublesome to lawyers, 45 Fall River, Mass., 85, 86 Fendall, William, 168n6 Fisher, Walter R., 2, 17 Fitch, Calvin, 54 forensic medicine, 45 framing, of narrative, 20, 26, 37–38, 124 Gates, Henry Louis, 136 gender expectations: Ann Lohman and, 119–20; double-edged nature of, 69, 83–84; insanity criteria, similarity to, 76, 79; Lizzie Borden and, 96–98, 99, 109–10, 170n8; male, 151–52, 153; manipulation of, in courtroom trials, 83, 100–101, 106–7, 151–52; Mary Todd Lincoln and, 71–72, 76, 78–80; racial, 143; spirituality, 77 gendered narrative. See narrative, “womanhood ” narrative, gender expectations Graham, David, 171n5 Harris, Mary: characterization of, 49–53, 61–63, episodes of mental illness, 67; relationship with Adoniram Judson Burroughs , 41–42; sequelae to trial, 168n13; trial of, 39–68, 159–60, 167n4 Hirshman, Linda, 163–64 Hoffman, Ogden, 171n5 Hughes, James, 51, 55, 168n6 Illinois: laws regarding commitment to asylums , 23–24 insanity: criteria for diagnosing, 21, 25, 48–49, 64...