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Family History Research
New findings from T. Hager and co-researchers in the area of family history research described
May 3rd, 2008
According to recent research from Tel Aviv, Israel, "This article reconstructs the evasive tales of two lower-class rural English mothers, Ellen Harper and Selina Wadge, who killed their offspring in the 1870s." "Investigating depositions, other legal documents prepared for their trials, and reports of inquests and trial proceedings ( when existent) in local and national newspapers, it interprets incoherent remnants of their life stories and through them the attitude of the English legal system toward mothers who killed their offspring in the late nineteenth century. Selina's and Ellen's personal experiences are related in concrete detail and read in the light of...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-05-03)
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