Alice's Dark Obsession
from Death Walks With Us
In 1892, women were not free to love who they wanted to. After being forced apart from her lover, Alice decided that Freda must die and began to plan her dismiss. Along with the brutal death of a young teenage girl. this episode includes little historical lessons on 1892 dynamics. Sources: Coe, Alexis, Alice and Freda Forever: A Murder in Memphis (Zest Books: 2014) Duggan, Lisa. "The Trials of Alice Mitchell: Sensationalism, Sexology, and the Lesbian Subject in Turn-of-the-Century America," Journal of Women in Culture and Society, Summer 1993, vol. 18, no. 4. (pp 791-814) LindQuist, Lisa J. "Images of Alice: Gender, Deviancy, and a Love Murder in Memphis," Journal of the History of Sexuality. 1995, vol. 6, no.1. (pp 30-61)
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