Scotch Verdict: The Real-Life Story That Inspired "The Children's Hour" Paperback - 2013
by Lillian Faderman; Foreword by Judith Halberstam
Exploring the economic status of women in the 19th century, author Lilliam Faderman details the true-life case of two young Scottish schoolmistresses who were deprived of their livelihoods after being falsely accused of carrying on an affair in front of their students. Faderman examines the customs and attitudes of the era in relation to women today.
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The year: 1810. The place: Edinburgh, Scotland. A student, Jane Cumming, accuses her school mistresses, Jane Pirie and Marianne Woods, of having an affair in the presence of their students. Dame Cumming Gordon, the wealthy and powerful grandmother of the accusing student, advises her friends to remove their daughters from the boarding school. Within days, the school is deserted and the two women deprived of their livelihood. Lillian Faderman, award-winning author of Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers, gives an extraordinary rendering of the real-life story on which Lillian Hellman based her famous play, The Children's Hour. Faderman reconstructs the libel suit filed by Pirie and Woods that eventually resulted in a scotch verdict - a verdict of not proven or an inconclusive decision. Through court transcripts, judges' notes, and her personal reflections on the witnesses' contradictory testimony and the prejudices of the men presiding over the case, Faderman skillfully documents the social, economic, and sexual pressures that shaped the lives of nineteenth-century women. Provocative and compelling, not only does Scotch Verdict point to the marginalization of women by raising issues of class, gender, and sexuality with respect to Pirie and Woods, but also of race in its depiction of Jane Cumming, the half-Indian child who was born in India and out of wedlock to Dame Cumming Gordon's eldest son.
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- Title Scotch Verdict: The Real-Life Story That Inspired "The Children's Hour"
- Author Lillian Faderman; Foreword by Judith Halberstam
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Columbia University Press, New York
- Date 2013-01-08
- ISBN 9780231163255 / 0231163258
- Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
- Dimensions 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 in (22.61 x 14.99 x 2.03 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: British
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Sex & Gender: Gay
- Sex & Gender: Lesbian
- Library of Congress subjects Woods, Marianne - Trials, litigation, etc, Pirie, Jane - Trials, litigation, etc
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012032785
- Dewey Decimal Code 345.411
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