Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Sarah Malcolm
Standard Name: Malcolm, Sarah
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23 February 1733: A twenty-two-year-old washerwoman, Sarah...
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23 February 1733
A twenty-two-year-old washerwoman, Sarah Malcolm
, standing trial for murder, failed to persuade a jury (all-male, of course) that the blood on her shift was not the victim's but her own menstrual blood.
Magrath, Jane. “(Mis)Reading the Bloody Body: The Case of Sarah Malcolm”. Women’s Writing, Vol.
