Be Good, Sweet Maid: The Trials of Dorothy JoudrieWilfrid Laurier Univ. Press, 1999/10/25 - 275 ページ January 21, 1995: Dorothy Joudrie is arrested for attempting to murder her estranged husband. Soon after, Audrey Andrews begins to write her book. Audrey and Dorothy had known each other as children, but the identification of Andrews with Joudrie goes beyond merely the accident of a childhood acquaintance. It has to do with being subjected to the same societal constraints placed on girls and women during the years immediately following World War II, the years in which they had prepared for their adult lives. Expectations, placidly accepted then, are now seen as unrealistic and unreasonable. Did these expectations have some part in causing the tragedy in Dorothy Joudrie’s life? When Andrews attempted to understand why Dorothy Joudrie had tried to kill her husband, and to write Joudrie’s story, she began to examine her own life, her own expectations — those she had of herself and those others had of her. She also realized that telling the story of anyone is an intricate and often ephemeral pursuit. Any story she wrote could only be her version of Joudrie’s experience. Nevertheless, it was important to be as honest as she could about her interpretation of that life. She determined to show carefully and accurately the damage that had been done to one woman — damage that is still being done to many others — through prejudice, attitudes, traditions and the institutions that are still the foundation of our society, and of our lives, everyday. The result is a fascinating account of events leading up to the trial, the trial itself and the effect of Joudrie’s trial on the life of Audrey Andrews. |
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... behaviour . You are the good wife gone suddenly , mysteriously , awry . Why , they seemed to wonder , would you attack the one person who provides your very comfortable life , the one person who defines your cherished wifely role . I ...
... behaviour demonstrate this . Women like you , who apparently did exactly what society demanded of them , and who helped to create their husbands ' power and privilege certainly deserve to share it . Your wanting half of your husband's ...
... behaviour has put you firmly under your husband's and society's control . They , again , may determine your fate . Oh , Dorothy , how innocent we were — laughing , talking , eating graham wafers with honey , so long ago , in 1944 ...
... behaviour . The late British writer Angela Carter believed that " all the mythic versions of women , from the myth of the redeeming purity of the virgin to that of the healing , reconciling mother , are consolatory non- sense . " 17 ...
... behaviour would be different from those reported initially in the media . I thought that their reactions would reflect a more benevolent and wise awareness of women , and particularly of women of our age . But for the most part , I was ...