{"product_id":"the-walnut-tree-untold-histories-of-violence-women-and-the-law-by-kate-morgan","title":"The Walnut Tree Untold Histories of Violence, Women and the Law by Kate Morgan","description":"A Waterstones Best History Book 2024 \u003cp\u003e'Compulsively readable' - Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'An outstanding work' - Philippa Gregory\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'A powerful narrative told with frankness and sensitivity' - Helen Fry, historian and author of Women In Intelligence\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'A woman, a dog and a walnut tree, the more they are beaten, the better they'll be.' \u003cp\u003eSo went the proverb quoted by a prominent MP in the Houses of Parliament in 1853. His words - intended ironically in a debate about a rise in attacks on women - summed up the prevailing attitude of the day, in which violence against women was waved away as a part and parcel of modern living - a chilling seam of misogyny that had polluted both parliament and the law. But were things about to change?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this vivid and essential work of historical non-fiction, Kate Morgan explores the legal campaigns, test cases and individual injustices of the Victorian and Edwardian eras which fundamentally re-shaped the status of women under British law. These are seen through the untold stories of women whose cases became cornerstones of our modern legal system and shine a light on the historical inequalities of the law.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWe hear of the uniquely abusive marriage which culminated in the dramatic story of the 'Clitheroe wife abduction'; of the domestic tragedies which changed the law on domestic violence; the controversies surrounding the Contagious Diseases Act and the women who campaigned to abolish it; and the real courtroom stories behind notorious murder cases such as the 'Camden Town Murder'.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExploring the 19th- and early 20th Century legal history that influenced the modern-day stances on issues such as domestic abuse, sexual violence and divorce, The Walnut Treelifts the lid on the shocking history of women under British law - and what it means for women today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780008559588\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mudlark","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43440804855871,"sku":null,"price":20.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/8626\/8223\/files\/429993482191.jpg?v=1782032547","url":"https:\/\/bookconnection.com.au\/products\/the-walnut-tree-untold-histories-of-violence-women-and-the-law-by-kate-morgan","provider":"The Book Connection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}