PRIVATE WAR OF MRS. PACKARD

Paragon House. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1991. Ex LIBRARY HARDCOVER; 1098765432 pt line. Hardcover. 8.9 X 5.8 X 0.9 inches. GOOD CONDITION IN GOOD UNCLIPT(S19.95) DUST JACKET...quite nice, soild & bright copy with several library related stamps & pocket removal scar inner back cover & base of DJ spine ; DJ COVER SHOWS 1X2" OVAL OLD PHOTO OF PACKARD on tan & black dj...red titles.. Includes Index And Eight Appendices; 220 pages; life of the nineteenth century reformer who helped make it unlawful to commit the mentally ill without judicial approval...Packard's troubles began when her vocal deviation from the Calvinist thinking of her aptly named preacher-husband Theophilus became a decided embarrassment to him. Announcing that since she ``persistently refused my will or wishes...it must be that she is insane,'' he took advantage of the law that allowed a husband to have a wife committed to a lunatic asylum simply on his say-so- -plus the ever-ready consent of the admitting doctor. Released three years later through the efforts of her eldest son and subsequently declared sane in a sensational jury trial, Packard spent the rest of her life working to change the laws so that no other wives could be subjected to the same treatment. .