Lynchings of Women in the United States: The Recorded Cases, 1851-1946

by Kerry Segrave

Between 1850 and 1950, at least 115 women were lynched by mobs in the United States. The majority of these women were black. This book examines the phenomenon of the lynching of women, a much more rare occurence than the lynching of men. Over the same hundred year period covered in this text, more than 1,000 white men were lynched, while thousands of black men were murdered by mobs. Of particular importance in this examination is the role of race...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786458984
• ISBN13: 9780786458981
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 195 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher