The private war of Mrs. Packard
By: Barbara Sapinsley ; foreword by Eric T. Carlson.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Paragon House
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9781557783301
Copyright date: 1991
Subjects: Packard, E. P. W. 1816-1897.; Psychiatric hospital patients -- Illinois -- Biography.; Women social reformers -- Illinois -- Biography.; Insane -- Commitment and detention -- United States.; Husband and wife -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]) and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Eric T. Carlson; title: Preface; title: On trial; title: The stage is set; title: The blessings of marriage; title: The road to war; title: Skirmishes; title: Armistice; title: The first campaigns; title: Once more into the fray; title: Sounds and furies; title: The best and briefest victory; title: A reformer's work is never done; title: Striking the flag; title: Appendixes. Treatise on Calvinism, September 1862; title: Petition to the Massachusetts legislature to amend commitment laws, 1864; title: The Massachusetts Commitment Law as amended, May 1865; title: Petition to the Connecticut legislature to establish wives as partners to their husbands in family matters, 1866; title: "Personal Liberty Law" enacted March 1867; title: "Love letter" to Dr. McFarland, late 1862; title: Books by Mrs. Packard; title: Bill introduced in Congress to grant asylum inmates uncensored access to the mails, January 1875