Rockwood Lunatic Asylum: Kingston, Ontario, Canada But what about the thousands of Victorian-era women who were never accused of violence or specific crimes yet were nonetheless sentenced to ...

A failed asylum seeker who remained at large in Britain despite repeated crimes against women and first offending 17 years ago has been jailed after raping a sex worker – admitting having 'evil ...

Although the end of the Victorian era ushered in new rights for women including ... Geller, J. & Harris, M. (1994). Women of the Asylum: Voices From Behind the Walls, 1840-1945. New York: Doubleday.

"She fled a partner who threatened to kill her and held her captive." A federal judge temporarily blocked the deportation of eight asylum-seekers on Thursday, but the move was too late for one ...

The Victorian Ladies’ Detective Collective. Three intrepid lady detectives hatch a plan to free a perfectly sane woman explorer shut away in an asylum by her husband. If that weren’t enough ...