03785cam a2200589 4500 901210246 TxAuBib 20230727120000.0 ||||||s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781250856265 1250856264 e5ebaf8b-cc5b-49d3-bd1d-77fdf8c84cd9 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 6524792 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Sweet, John Wood. The Sewing Girl's Tale [Libby Audiobook] : A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America. Macmillan Audio, 2022. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 305MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 305MB. historical biographies. American legal history. female empowerment. narrative history. womens studies. Social Justice. books on tape. Prostitution. sexual abuse. audio books. us history. True Crime. Nonfiction. audiobooks. seamstress. court room. feminists. Sociology. feminism. brothels. New York. rapist. rape. HTML:<p><b><i>New York Times</i></b> <b>Editors' Choice</b><br /> <b>Winner of the Bancroft Prize</b><br /> <b>Winner of the New York Society Library's New York City Book Award</b><br /> <b>A riveting Revolutionary Era drama of the first published rape trial in American history and its long, shattering aftermath, revealing how much has changed over two centuries—and how much has not</b><br /> On a moonless night in the summer of 1793 a crime was committed in the back room of a New York brothel—the kind of crime that even victims usually kept secret. Instead, seventeen-year-old seamstress Lanah Sawyer did what virtually no one in US history had done before: she charged a gentleman with rape.<br /> Her accusation sparked a raw courtroom drama and a relentless struggle for vindication that threatened both Lanah's and her assailant's lives. The trial exposed a predatory sexual underworld, sparked riots in the streets, and ignited a vigorous debate about class privilege and sexual double standards. The ongoing conflict attracted the nation's top lawyers, including Alexander Hamilton, and shaped the development of American law. The crime and its consequences became a kind of parable about the power of seduction and the limits of justice. Eventually, Lanah Sawyer did succeed in holding her assailant accountable—but at a terrible cost to herself.<br /> Based on rigorous historical detective work, this book takes us from a chance encounter in the street into the sanctuaries of the city's elite, the shadows of its brothels, and the despair of its debtors' prison. <i>The Sewing Girl's Tale</i> shows that if our laws and our culture were changed by a persistent young woman and the power of words two hundred years ago, they can be changed again.<br /> <b>A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Co.</b></p>. Nonfiction. Sociology. History. Law. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-07-26 20:00:03. Zackman, Gabra. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=e5ebaf8b-cc5b-49d3-bd1d-77fdf8c84cd9&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=e5ebaf8b-cc5b-49d3-bd1d-77fdf8c84cd9&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)