HIST 3850 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Hamilton Street Railway, Aurore Gagnon, Postpartum Depression
14 Oct 2016
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In 2001, she drowned her 5 young children in a bathtub. When the crime was initially reported, they considered her deranged, sick and. A normal woman is passive, loving, and more emotional and capable of empathy/sympathy- should have a mystical bond with her children. Essential gender traits are unnatural and rejected by feminists. Philom ne de fortierville (a small french/canadian village in quebec) Born on may 31 1909 and died on february 12 1920. Father t lesphore gagnon and mother marie-anne caron (d. 1918) Aurore was 10 (not an infant anymore)- passed the critical stage of childhood. Fell into a coma and died- no specific illness was diagnosed. Child"s body was covered in bruises and scars. Parents told people that she behaved badly, so she was beaten. Doctor called to deathbed confirmed aurore"s coma with bruises (*see powerpoint for the detailed account of what aurore"s body looked like)
