Criminal Seduction and Women's Citizenship in Iowa, 1865-1879
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21290831 |
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| Authors | Sharon Elizabeth Romeo (corresponding author), Sharon Romeo |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 79 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 35-55 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of Iowa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-4827 • E-ISSN: 2473-9006 |
| Publisher | The University of Iowa (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.17077/0003-4827.12637 |
| OpenAlex | W3091861369 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
her to engage in sexual intercourse. At the time of her seduction, Haygood was a 20-yearold resident of Mills County, Iowa. The couple lived about a mile from each other and had become engaged earlier that year. According to Haygood, Bell had pursued her for sexual intercourse over the course of several months before she eventually capitulated to his wishes. When Bell was tried for felonious seduction, Haygood told the court that she believed him when he promised that "he wouldn't harm me and wanted me to have confidence in him." The jury in the case ultimately convicted Bell and sentenced him to a "term" in the penitentiary. eduction cases such as State v. Bell illustrate how criminal seduction laws promoted a concept of gendered citizenshipthe legal logic that demanded that men and women be allocated the rights and obligations of citizenship based on their sex. Iowa's
Citizenship · Criminology · Political science · Politics · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · American History and Culture · Gender Studies · Law · Race, History, and American Society
| Highly cited | No |
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