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"From the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journalbestselling author of The Radium Girlscomes another dark and dramatic but ultimately uplifting tale of a forgotten woman whose inspirational journey sparked lasting change for women's rights and exposed injustices that still resonate today. 1860: As the clash between the states rolls slowly to a boil, Elizabeth Packard, housewife and mother of six, is facing her own battle. The enemy sits across the table and sleeps in the next room. Her husband of twenty-one years is plotting against her because he feels increasingly threatened--by Elizabeth's intellect, independence, and unwillingness to stifle her own thoughts. So Theophilus makes a plan to put his wife back in her place. One summer morning, he has her committed to an insane asylum. The horrific conditions insidethe Illinois State Hospital in Jacksonville, Illinois, are overseen by Dr. Andrew McFarland, a man who will prove to be even more dangerous to Elizabeth than her traitorous husband. But most disturbing is that Elizabeth is not the only sane woman confined to the institution. There are many rational women on her ward who tell the same story: they've been committed not because they need medical treatment, but to keep them in line--conveniently labeled "crazy" so their voices areignored. No one is willing to fight for their freedom and, disenfranchised both by gender and the stigma of their supposed madness, they cannot possibly fight for themselves. But Elizabeth is about to discover that the merit of losing everything is that you then have nothing to lose... Bestselling author Kate Moore brings her sparkling narrative voice to The Woman They Could Not Silence, an unputdownable story of the forgotten woman who courageously fought for her own freedom--and in so doing freed millions more. Elizabeth's refusal to be silenced and her ceaseless quest for justice not only challenged the medical science of the day, and led to a giant leap forward in human rights, it also showcased the most salutary lesson: sometimes, the greatest heroes we have are those inside ourselves. "The glowin"--

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Author's Note -- List of Key Characters -- Prologue -- Part One: Knowledge -- 1. First Day -- 2. Wartime Warning -- 3. All Change -- 4. The Mysterious Maladies of Mollie Maggia -- 5. Girls Wanted -- 6. Mere Coincidence? -- 7. Radium Games -- 8. Strange Symptoms -- 9. "Something Going On" -- 10. Investigations Underway -- 11. Warning Shots -- 12. Lip... Dip... Paint -- 13. Truth and Lies -- 14. Hoffman Helps -- 15. Making History -- 16. Hope -- Part Two: Power -- 17. The List of the Doomed -- 18. Dead End -- 19. Until Death Do Us Part -- 20. Make or Break -- 21. "Fraud of Frauds" -- 22. In the Shadow of the Church Spire -- 23. Back from the Grave -- 24. The Trial of the Decade -- 25. On the Stand -- 26. "Far from Finished in This Fight" -- 27. Settlement? -- 28. The Chill of Fear -- 29. Happy Ending? -- 30. Midnight Machinations -- 31. A Cold, Cold Winter -- 32. Time-Bomb Tumors -- 33. A Very Big Mistake -- 34. The End of the Adventure -- 35. Brave Until the Last -- Part Three: Justice -- 36. Conspiracy? -- 37. "Very Suspicious" -- 38. Verdict -- 39. Fighting Back -- 40. A Desire for Justice -- 41. Legal Champion -- 42. A Long and Lonely Fall -- 43. Her Day in Court -- 44. Too Weak for Tears -- 45. Bedside Hearing -- 46. The Society of the Living Dead -- 47. One More Day -- Epilogue -- Postscript -- Timeline of Events -- Glossary -- Abbreviations -- Photo Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Back Cover.