Imagine a time when women could be committed to an insane asylum for the perfidy of disagreeing with their husbands. In the mid 1800's it was the law in several states in the US that, if a wife disagreed with her husband about just about anything, it was an obvious sign of insanity and she could be committed.
I just got home from seeing Mrs. Packard at First Presbyterian Theater and it's a very intense presentation of just such a circumstance based on a true story. I highly recommend it, and it's playing for one more night.
It will make you glad you live now (at least if you're a woman).
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