Witch Hunt in Wise County: The Persecution of Edith Maxwell Contributor(s): Best, Gary D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0275948927 ISBN-13: 9780275948924 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $74.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1994 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory - Biography & Autobiography - History | United States - 20th Century |
Dewey: 305.420 |
LCCN: 94012351 |
Lexile Measure: 1360 |
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6" W x 9" (1.00 lbs) 192 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The southwest Virginia murder trials of a young schoolteacher named Edith Maxwell made her a cause celebre of the 1930s. No newspaper reader or radio listener could avoid hearing of her case in 1935 or 1936, and few magazines neglected to run at least one story on the case. In the media attention that it received, the Maxwell case rivaled the Scopes monkey trial of the 1920s, and for some it seemed to involve many of the same sociological issues--the conflict between modernism and tradition, between urban and rural values, between the sexes, and between generations. Feminist organizations like the National Women's Party and other women's business and professional organizations rallied to Edith's defense because women were not allowed on criminal juries in Virginia in the 1930s. |