The Edward Street baby farm / Stella Budrikis.
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TextPublisher: Fremantle, WA : Fremantle Press, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Description: 256 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781925816099; 1925816095Subject(s): Mitchell, Alice -- Trials | Infanticide -- Western Australia -- Perth | Women murderers -- Western Australia -- Perth | Trials (Infanticide) -- Western Australia -- Perth | Foster home care -- Western Australia -- Perth | Perth (W.A.) -- History -- 20th centuryGenre/Form: True crime stories. DDC classification: 364.15232 Summary: Early in 1907, Alice Mitchell was arrested for the murder of five-month-old Ethel Booth. During the inquest and subsequent trial, Perth's citizens were horrified to learn that at least thirty-seven infants had died in Mitchell's care in the previous six years. It became clear that she had been running a 'baby farm', making a profit out of caring for the children of single mothers and other 'unfortunate women'. But there was more to the story than the court case or the newspapers revealed. This true crime book looks at events leading up to the trial, and follows the lives of the key players in the tragedy: Alice Mitchell, health inspector Harriet Lenihan and children's specialist Dr Edward Officer.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Adult Nonfiction | 364.15232 BUD (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 02/05/2024 | 31111080021239 |
"The murder trial that gripped a city" --cover.
Bibliography: pages 235-238.
Early in 1907, Alice Mitchell was arrested for the murder of five-month-old Ethel Booth. During the inquest and subsequent trial, Perth's citizens were horrified to learn that at least thirty-seven infants had died in Mitchell's care in the previous six years. It became clear that she had been running a 'baby farm', making a profit out of caring for the children of single mothers and other 'unfortunate women'. But there was more to the story than the court case or the newspapers revealed. This true crime book looks at events leading up to the trial, and follows the lives of the key players in the tragedy: Alice Mitchell, health inspector Harriet Lenihan and children's specialist Dr Edward Officer.
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