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Witch Hunt in Wise County - The Persecution of Edith Maxwell (Hardcover, New) Loot Price: R2,219
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Witch Hunt in Wise County - The Persecution of Edith Maxwell (Hardcover, New): Gary D. Best

Witch Hunt in Wise County - The Persecution of Edith Maxwell (Hardcover, New)

Gary D. Best

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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.

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Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of origin: United States
Release date: October 1994
First published: October 1994
Authors: Gary D. Best
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-94892-4
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General
Books > Humanities > History > American history > General
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Alternative belief systems > Occult studies > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Political control & influence > Political oppression & persecution > General
Books > History > American history > General
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Alternative belief systems > Occult studies > General
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LSN: 0-275-94892-7
Barcode: 9780275948924

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