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BL
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1027830
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b782200
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Cairns, Kathleen A.,1946-
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The enigma woman : : the death sentence of Nellie May Madison /\ Kathleen A. Cairns.
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| Publication Statement
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Lincoln :: University of Nebraska Press,, ©2007.
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| Series Statement
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Women in the west
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1 online resource (xi, 295 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) :: illustrations.
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| ISBN
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0803206925
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: 6610823790
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: 9780803206922
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: 9786610823796
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0803211414
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1280823798
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9780803211414
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9781280823794
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-288) and index.
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| Contents
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A girl from Montana -- Midnight alibi -- Outlaw woman -- Enigma Woman -- The ultimate penalty -- The people v. Nellie Madison -- The defense -- Lady Macbeth -- The verdict -- A condemned woman -- An abused woman -- The reprieve -- Life in prison -- A traditional woman.
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"Crack shot." "Enigma woman." "Good with ponies and pistols." "A much-married woman." What if such an unconventional woman - and the press unanimously agreed that Nellie May Madison was indeed unconventional - were to get away with murder? Shortly after her husband's bullet-riddled body was found in the couple's Burbank apartment, police issued an all-points bulletin for the "beautiful, dark-haired widow." The ensuing drama unfolded with all the strange twists and turns of a noir crime novel. In this intriguing cultural history, Kathleen A. Cairns tells the true tale of the first woman sentenced to death in California, Nellie May Madison. Her story offers a glimpse into law and disorder in 1930s Los Angeles while bringing to life a remarkable character whose plight reflects on the status of woman, the workings of the media and the judiciary system, and the stratification of society in her time.; An intriguing cultural history, Cairns' re-creation of the case from murder to trial to aftermath casts an eye forward to our own love-hate affair with celebrity crimes and our abiding ambivalence about domestic violence abuse as a defense for murder.
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Madison, Nellie May,1895-1953.
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Madison, Nellie May,1895-1953.
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Madison, Nellie May,1895-1953.
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Abused women-- California, Biography.
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Sex role-- United States-- History.
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Women murderers-- California, Biography.
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Abused women.
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HISTORY-- United States-- State Local-- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
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Sex role.
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Women murderers.
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California.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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364.152/3092B
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| LC Classification
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HV6248.M257C35 2007eb
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