Deadly Australian women /
Saunders, Kay, 1947-,
Deadly Australian women / Deadly Australian women : stories of the women who broke society's greatest taboo. Kay Saunders. - Sydney, N.S.W. : ABC Books / HarperCollins, 2013. - 359 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
"Stories of the women who broke society's greatest taboo"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-355) and index.
Introduction -- 1. Lethal Abortion in the Nineteenth Century -- 2. Lethal Abortion in the Twentieth Century -- 3. Baby Killers in the Nineteenth Century -- 4. Baby Killers in the Twentieth Century -- 5. A Baffling Case : Keli Lane -- 6. The Deadly Baby Farmers -- 7. Child Killers in the Nineteenth Century -- 8. The Wicked Stepmother : Martha Rendall -- 9. Child Killers in the Twentieth Century -- 10. Poisoners of the Nineteenth Century -- 11. The Thallium Killers -- 12. Deadly Manoeuvres in the Nineteenth Century -- 13. Killing of Partners in the Twentieth Century -- 14. Eugenia Falleni, The ‘Man—Woman' Killer -- 16. Deadly Lovers' Pacts in the Nineteenth Century .
Following the success of her first book, NOTORIOUS AUSTRALIAN WOMEN, historian Kay Saunders turns to the women who have killed in Australia - their motivations, their lives, their psychology.
9780733332104 (paperback) :
Women murderers.
Criminals.
Female offenders.
Female offenders--Australia.
Female offenders--Australia--Biography.
Women murderers--Australia.
Criminals--Australia.
Australia.
Australian History (Australasia) Crime & criminology (Australasia) Women's studies (Australasia)
364.1523
Deadly Australian women / Deadly Australian women : stories of the women who broke society's greatest taboo. Kay Saunders. - Sydney, N.S.W. : ABC Books / HarperCollins, 2013. - 359 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
"Stories of the women who broke society's greatest taboo"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-355) and index.
Introduction -- 1. Lethal Abortion in the Nineteenth Century -- 2. Lethal Abortion in the Twentieth Century -- 3. Baby Killers in the Nineteenth Century -- 4. Baby Killers in the Twentieth Century -- 5. A Baffling Case : Keli Lane -- 6. The Deadly Baby Farmers -- 7. Child Killers in the Nineteenth Century -- 8. The Wicked Stepmother : Martha Rendall -- 9. Child Killers in the Twentieth Century -- 10. Poisoners of the Nineteenth Century -- 11. The Thallium Killers -- 12. Deadly Manoeuvres in the Nineteenth Century -- 13. Killing of Partners in the Twentieth Century -- 14. Eugenia Falleni, The ‘Man—Woman' Killer -- 16. Deadly Lovers' Pacts in the Nineteenth Century .
Following the success of her first book, NOTORIOUS AUSTRALIAN WOMEN, historian Kay Saunders turns to the women who have killed in Australia - their motivations, their lives, their psychology.
9780733332104 (paperback) :
Women murderers.
Criminals.
Female offenders.
Female offenders--Australia.
Female offenders--Australia--Biography.
Women murderers--Australia.
Criminals--Australia.
Australia.
Australian History (Australasia) Crime & criminology (Australasia) Women's studies (Australasia)
364.1523
