Forbidden Love, Fatal End: Alice Mitchell & Freda Ward

In 1892 Memphis, a secret romance between two young women unraveled in tragedy. This episode traces the story of Alice Mitchell and Freda Ward — from their plannedelopement to a public murder and a sensational trial — and examines how their case shaped early conversations about same-sex love, gender norms, and mental health in America.Source Materials:The Trials of Alice Mitchell: Sensationalism, Sexology, and the Lesbian Subject in Turn-of the-Century America Author(s): Lisa Duggan. Source: Signs, Vol. 18, No. 4, Theorizing Lesbian Experience (Summer, 1993), pp. 791-814 Published by: TheUniversity of Chicago Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3174907 .Images of Alice: Gender, Deviancy, and a Love Murder in MemphisErotomania and Murder in Memphis | by Alexis Coe | The Awl | MediumGirl Slays Girl: An Excerpt From Alice + Freda ForeverA Love Gone South in 'Alice + Freda Forever' - Deep South MagazineAlice & Freda: In 1892, Memphis girls' young love ends tragically, creates national headlines | Focus LGBT+ MagazineMurder by Gaslight: "Girl Slays Girl."Alice Mitchell: Passion, Murder, and a Scandal That Shook America – True Crime ArchivesMitchell, Alice | Encyclopedia.com