Dangerous to know
Subtitle: women, crime, and notoriety in the early republic
By: Susan Branson.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
ISBN-13: 9780812240887
Subjects: Carson, Ann Baker; Clarke, Mary, -- fl. 1815-1838; Women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography; Female offenders -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography; Women authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography; Sex role -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Crime -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Fame -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Social status -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Genres: Biography.
Description: "In Dangerous to Know, Susan Branson follows the fascinating lives of Ann Carson and Mary Clarke, offering an engaging study of gender and class in the early nineteenth century. According to Branson, episodes in both women's lives illustrate their struggles within a society that constrained women's activities and ambitions. She argues that both women simultaneously tried to conform to and manipulate the dominant sexual, economic, and social ideologies of the time. In their own lives and through their writing, the pair challenged conventions prescribed by these ideologies to further their own ends and redefine what was possible for women in early American public life."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.