HIST 3850 Lecture 5: October 7 Tutorial
7 Oct 2016
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Medical experts role and role of medical testimony. Change vs. continuity (interpretations of the law today vs 19th and 20th century) Do not talk about dna evidence (or the lack of dna evidence in the past) She does not make many references or analyses based on other analysis on this matter. Does a poor job placing the book in historiography context. Argument of lecture: notions of race, class and gender influence interpretations of womanly virtue and their influence on the law. Hilda blake stepped over her boundaries pertaining to class; she actively destroyed another woman"s virtue; she was hanged. Lizzie was not found guilty because she did not look like she could kill; she was white; she used unwritten law to her advantage. Ideas of race are always tied to ideas of nationalism during this time period. Massey"s family origin: methodist all around toronto. Ideas of women"s justice are dictated by their morality and virtue.
