Ebook: Scotch verdict : the real-life story that inspired "The children's hour"
- Tags: Woods Marianne -- Trials litigation etc., Pirie Jane -- Trials litigation etc., Cumming Gordon Helen -- Lady -- -1830 -- Trials litigation etc., Trials (Libel) -- Scotland -- Edinburgh., Homosexuality -- Law and legislation -- Scotland -- History., Cumming Gordon Helen -- Lady -- -1830., Pirie Jane., Woods Marianne., Homosexuality -- Law and legislation., Trials (Libel), Scotland., Scotland -- Edinburgh.
- Year: 2015
- Publisher: Columbia University Press
- City: Scotland., Scotland--Edinburgh
- Language: English
- epub
In 1810, a Scottish student named Jane Cumming accused her school mistresses, Jane Pirie and Marianne Woods, of having an affair in the presence of their students. Within days, the institution is deserted and two women are deprived of their livelihoods. Reconstructing the libel suit which resulted in a scotch verdict, or a verdict of inconclusive/not proven, Faderman builds a compelling narrative.
Abstract: In 1810, a Scottish student named Jane Cumming accused her school mistresses, Jane Pirie and Marianne Woods, of having an affair in the presence of their students. Within days, the institution is deserted and two women are deprived of their livelihoods. Reconstructing the libel suit which resulted in a scotch verdict, or a verdict of inconclusive/not proven, Faderman builds a compelling narrative