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SUMMARY:Book Club - The Woman They Could Not Silence - by Kate Moore
DESCRIPTION:1860: As the clash between the states rolls slowly to a boil\, Elizabeth Packard\, housewife and mother of six\, is facing her own battle. The enemy sits across the table and sleeps in the next room. Her husband of twenty-one years is plotting against her because he feels increasingly threatened – by Elizabeth’s intellect\, independence\, and unwillingness to stifle her own thoughts. So Theophilus makes a plan to put his wife back in her place. One summer morning\, he has her committed to an insane asylum. The horrific conditions inside the Illinois State Hospital in Jacksonville\, Illinois\, are overseen by Dr. Andrew McFarland\, a man who will prove to be even more dangerous to Elizabeth than her traitorous husband. But most disturbing is that Elizabeth is not the only sane woman confined to the institution. There are many rational women on her ward who tell the same story: they’ve been committed not because they need medical treatment\, but to keep them in line – conveniently labeled “crazy” so their voices are ignored. No one is willing to fight for their freedom and\, disenfranchised both by gender and the stigma of their supposed madness\, they cannot possibly fight for themselves. But Elizabeth is about to discover that the merit of losing everything is that you then have nothing to lose… \nLet rhonarobbin@yahoo.com know if you are planning to attend\, or if you want to be put onto the CHJ Book Club mailing list.
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