Convict Lives: Women at Cascades Female Factory
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Tells the stories of 33 fascinating female convicts, providing historical context for the critical events in these women's lives. Reveals how the assignment and probation systems operated for female convicts in Van Diemen's Land, and how society at the time viewed and treated women, especially those whose morality was compromised by crime.
Author: Female Convicts Research Centre
Format: Paperback, 189 pages
Published: 2012, Convict Women's Press Incorporated, Australia
Genre: Local History, Names & Genealogy
Description
Tells the stories of 33 fascinating female convicts, providing historical context for the critical events in these women's lives. Reveals how the assignment and probation systems operated for female convicts in Van Diemen's Land, and how society at the time viewed and treated women, especially those whose morality was compromised by crime.
Convict Lives: Women at Cascades Female Factory