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Marcia Biederman: The Disquieting Death of Emma Gill, Abortion, Death and Concealment in Victorian New England
In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, Marcia Biederman shares with Gabriella the choices she made while writing The Disquieting Death of Emma Gill, Abortion, Death and Concealment in Victorian New England.
Here’s what you’ll discover in this episode:
Why Marcia Biederman felt compelled to write The Disquieting Death of Emma Gill
The book’s relevance today, more than a century after the events occurred.
Why Marcia opens the book with a gruesome finding.
Why she portrays the abortionist Nancy Guilford as an antihero rather than as a villain, heroine or victim.
The meaning underpinning…
The skinny
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