The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear (Women's History Month, True Story about an Inspirational Woman)

From the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Radium Girls comes another dark and dramatic but ultimately uplifting tale of a forgotten woman whose inspirational journey sparked lasting change for women's rights and exposed injustices that still resonate today.

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560 pages

Average rating: 8.11

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DaileyBean
Aug 14, 2024
8/10 stars
We owe much of our women's rights to Elizabeth Packard!
Nina.bruja
Aug 05, 2024
10/10 stars
Kate Moore has such a wonderful way of making non-fiction sound like a story. Also fuck all those men. God bless Elizabeth
Jaidphoenix
Jul 06, 2024
10/10 stars
Just an amazing read. Cover to cover in 12 hours. Couldn't put it down
bookishkellier
Jun 25, 2024
10/10 stars
Very good read
NWinter
Jun 07, 2024
7/10 stars
The true story of a women who, in the early 1900’s, fought against long prevailing law & practice that allowed men to commit their wives, daughters, mothers or sisters to mental institutions for expressing their views, especially if different from the adult male in their family, without even as much as a court hearing. The reason for commitment could be as trivial as reading too much, asking too many questions or even talking too much. Many men of this and earlier ages used such accusations to simply rid themselves of unwanted wives, without as much as a right to a legal hearing. Elizabeth, our heroine, fought & succeeded in changing the laws & later became active in the women’s suffrage movement.

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