Women Who Kill

By Ann Jones

"Stunning, revealing, provoking. . . . A powerful book, not only about women who murder, but also about how women have been perceived." Vogue

This legendary bestseller exposes the truths and consequences of women on the edges of societywomen driven to kill. From Lizzie Borden to Jean Harris to Aileen Wuornos, this riveting investigation will change the ways you think about crime and punishment. A new introduction by the author illuminates the conditions for women who killand are killednow.

• Language: English
• Publisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY
• Release date: Oct 1, 2009
• ISBN: 9781558616523

Ann Jones

Ann Jones is a journalist, a photographer, and the author of ten books of nonfiction. She has written extensively about violence against women, reported from Afghanistan, Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East on the impact of war upon civilians, and embedded with American forces in Afghanistan to report on the impact of war on soldiers. Her articles appear most often in the Nation and online at TomDispatch.com. Jones’s work has received generous support from the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History (both at Harvard University), the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and the US–Norway Fulbright Foundation.

Reviews for Women Who Kill

[readingover50 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

I read a lot of crime fiction, so I thought I would enjoy this. Unfortunately, it was a little too "text book" for me. The tales of the injustices perpetrated against women were definitely thought provoking, but were presented so matter of factly that it was hard to get into the book. It wasn't until over half way through, when the case of Lizzie Borden was presented, that I started to enjoy what I was reading.

This book certainly points out the inconsistencies in sentencing women throughout the past few hundred years. Political considerations swing from overly harsh punishments, to much too lenient. It was definitely eye opening. Unfortunately, this book was not very exciting to read.