The primary appeal of the early movement seems to have been romantic, even sentimental religious fervor.
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Mary Elizabeth NaugleMarion in the Gilded Age
I wanted to see the town that Lizzie saw, see the waters of Buzzards Bay, walk down the same streets as she.
Sherry ChapmanLizzie’s Fall River
Yet, today’s Fall River isn’t really all that different from the days of Ms. Lizzie. We still have different social classes divided by the location of the piece of dirt you own, if you own dirt at all.
Mark AmarantesThe Borden Murder Trial from The Illustrated American, 1893
Reprint of June 24, 1893, Illustrated American, on the Lizzie Borden murder trial in New Bedford, MA.
Stefani KooreyNaked Victorian Rage: The Legend of Lizzie Borden
Just forget the long list of tedious questions. She did it all by herself without an accomplice.
Eugene HoseyLost in Translation
What happens when an English phrase is translated (by computer) back and forth between 5 different languages?
Why Emma Left
I was in Fall River last summer, passing through on my way to Boston on a business matter. I live quite a distance from there, and I had always told myself that if I should ever be in the state of Massachusetts I would...
A Talk with Lee-ann Wilber: New Owner of 92 Second Street
Interview with Lee-ann Wilber, co-ower of the Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast, 92 Second Street.
Bristol County Courthouse, October, 2004: A Photo Essay
The Bristol County Courthouse is, of course, the location of the trial of Lizzie Borden in 1893.
Dear Abby, February/March, 2005
Dear Abby is a humorous series that purports that people wrote into the Fall River newspaper and Abby Borden responded with sage advice—well, sometimes.
