Notorious Woman The Celebrated Case of Myra Clark Gaines

Alexander, Elizabeth Urban

ISBN 10: 0807126985 / ISBN 13: 9780807126981

Published by Louisiana State Univ Pr, 2001

About this Item

Stated first printing hardcover. Fine condition. The DJ in mylar has minor shelfwear. ; Southern Biography Series; 9.4 X 6.3 X 1.2 inches.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Notorious Woman The Celebrated Case of Myra Clark Gaines
• Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807126985
• ISBN 13: 9780807126981
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

Notorious Woman brings us the complex story of the legal crusade of Myra Clark Gaines. When Gaines discovered she had been reared not by her biological parents, but instead by friends of Daniel Clark- her true father and one of the richest men in America- she returned to New Orleans where her deceased father's fortune remained. Gaines struggled to lay claim to her inheritance in a case that wound its torturous path through the United States legal system from 1834 until 1891. Though Gaines never recovered more than a tiny fraction of the rumored millions, Elizabeth Alexander asserts that Gaines helped instigate a new type of family law that provided special protection of women, children, and marriages.

About the Author

Elizabeth Urban Alexander is a visiting assistant professor of history and interdisciplinary studies at Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, TX. She is an alumnus of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN and Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, TX. She lives in Cleburne, Texas.