The Insane Sisters of Hannibal: Stranger than Fiction

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Lectures

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Adults (ages 18+)
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From the banks of the Mississippi comes a lost river story in which two sisters suffered dire consequences for taking on the law.  Ages 18+

Author and presenter, Gregg Andrews takes a fascinating look at how the intersection of gender, class, and law shaped the history and politics of Ilasco, Missouri. The book also sheds valuable new light on the wider consolidation of corporate capitalism and the use of guardianships and insanity to punish unconventional women in the early twentieth century.