“Lizzie Borden took an ax. Gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty one.”
Sophomore History Education Major Riley Kershner joins Hollie to talk about the infamous trial of Lizzie Borden and the role that gender and religous biases played in the investigation, trial, and media coverage.
Hollie depicted Lizzie Borden with her ax on Riley’s rough draft of the paper and Riley incorporated it into her final presentation. It is clear based on this drawing why Hollie is a historian, not an artist.
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Selected Bibliography:
Inquest Testimony of Lizzie Borden, August 9-11, 1892. Fall River Court Building. https://famous-trials.com/lizzieborden/1444-inquest.
Bartle, Ronald. Lizzie Borden and the Massachusetts Axe Murders. Waterside Press, 2017.
Porter, Edwin H. The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders. Press of J.D. Monroe, 2018.
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