"Who Would Believe a Prisoner?" chronicles America's first separate prison for women

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She was sexually assaulted and contracted syphilis from a hospital steward in the prison. She stood up for herself and took it to court when she could. She even got women to come from the prison to testify on her behalf. The warden of the prison was the lawyer for the steward in the court hearing.

No words left. Thank you for posting about this book of incarcerated women’s voices.