Women of the Asylum Voices from Behind the Walls, 1840 - 1945

Name/Title

Women of the Asylum Voices from Behind the Walls, 1840 - 1945

Entry/Object ID

L2012.8.2

Description

Women of the Asylum: Voices from Behind the Walls, 1840-1945 is a compilation of twenty-six first-person accounts of women who were placed in mental institutions against their will. The book portrays life both behind and outside the asylum walls. 351/hardbound.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Psychiatry

Search Terms

Asylums, Mental Illness, Victorian womanhood, Mental Hospitals

Book Details

Author

Geller, Jeffrey L. and Maxine Harris

Place Published

City

New York City

State/Province

New York

Date Published

1994

Call No.

Psy GE

ISBN

0-385-47422-9

Notes

Copy No.: 1

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

May 8, 2012