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Alice Mitchell was an American woman who gained notoriety for the murder of her lover, Freda Ward. On February 23, 1892, the 19-year-old Mitchell cut the throat of Ward, then 17 years old. Mitchell was subsequently found insane by means of a jury inquisition and placed in a psychiatric hospital until her death in 1898. The case, exploited by sensationalist press, and focused attention of the sexual attachments of women and drew out into the public discourse discussions of lesbianism. The case was headlined as "A Very Unnatural Crime" across the country. The case influenced the popular literature of the era which began to depict lesbians as "murderous" and "masculine". One identity that came to be through lesbians was the "mannish lesbian" creating dialogue of gender expression.
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Alice Jessie Mitchell 26 November 1872 Memphis, TN,USA
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31 March 1898 (aged 25) Bolivar, Tennessee,USA
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| Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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