Books to Borrow Williamsburg Public Library Recommends

TROUBLESOME WOMEN

Gender, Crime and Punishment in

Antebellum, Pennsylvania

By Erica Rhodes Hayden

Books that are given in memory or in honor of someone is a great way to help the library, by giving a gift that keeps on giving.

"Troublesome Women" was given in memory of a feisty woman, who loved history and talking about the feisty women in her family tree.

The author, Erica Rhodes Hayden, did undergrad work at Juniata College in Huntingdon, so here is a book with local connections. (spoiler alert: there is at least one local case discussed).

"Troublesome Women" traces the experiences of women...