Museum Chat Live! E304 - Gender, Class & Social Control in Alias Grace

As a companion to our next Books & Brews read, Margaret Atwood's "Alias Grace", we interview Dr. Linda Mahood, history professor at the University of Guelph, about crime and criminal justice in 19th century Canada. We take a look at how the upper classes of the Victorian era used crime and criminal justice as a way to control the working class, and especially women. We also bring this conversation into the St. Catharines context and shed light on the types of inmates found at the Lincoln County Jail in 1867. Of course, the history of crime and social control in St. Catharines and Canada is incredibly complex and only very briefly touched upon in this podcast episode. We do hope we give further insight into "Alias Grace," and to Grace Marks herself. Please visit our blog, stcatharinesmuseumblog.com to view the footnotes to this episode.