Gendered Justice in the American West: Women Prisoners in Men's Penitentiaries

by Anne M. Butler

Documents the physical and mental punishment of female prisoners in the West between 1865 and 1915, drawing on prison records and the women's own words to analyze the role of gender, race, class, and age in the women's maltreatment. UP.

262 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1997

Reviews

[Daniel · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good study of the female experience in western penitentiares during the late nineteenth century.

[Stephanie Whitson · Rating 4 out of 5]

An essential reference for me when I was writing the novel The Key on the Quilt, set in the 19th century at the Nebraska State Penitentiary.