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Lillian Faderman

Scotch verdict: Miss Pirie and Miss Woods v. Dame Cumming Gordon

Miss Pirie and Miss Woods v. Dame Cumming Gordon

Quill (1983)

9780688020545

| Paperback

320 pages | eng

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Dewey 345.411/0253

LC Classification KDC188.W6 .F32 1983

LC Control No. 83008620

Genre

History

Subject

Trials (Libel) - Scotland

Plot

Noted feminist, Lillian Faderman provides a spellbinding story as she recounts the famous trial from the 1800's in which two school mistresses are accused by one of their students of displaying a sexual relationship with each other. In the libel suit that ensued, the result was a scotch verdict, meaning the charge was inconclusive or not proven.