18 Tiny Deaths
The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics
Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks, [2020]
Format: Book
Description: xv, 351 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
"Frances Glessner Lee, born a socialite to a wealthy and influential Chicago family in the 1870s, was never meant to have a career, let alone one steeped in death and depravity. Yet she developed a fascination with the investigation of violent crimes and made it her life's work. Best known for creating the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death, a series of dioramas that appear charming-until you notice the macabre little details: an overturned chair, a blood-spattered comforter. And then, of course, there are the bodies-splayed out on the floor, draped over chairs-clothed in garments that Lee lovingly knit with sewing pins. Lee developed a system that used the Nutshells dioramas to train law enforcement officers to investigate violent crimes, and her methods are still used today. 18 Tiny Deaths is the story of a woman who overcame the limitations and expectations imposed by her social status and pushed forward an entirely new branch of science that we still use today"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects:
Lee, Frances Glessner, 1878-1962.
Forensic scientists -- United States -- Biography.
Forensic sciences -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Crime scenes -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Criminal investigation -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Lee, Frances Glessner, 1878-1962.
Forensic scientists -- United States -- Biography.
Forensic sciences -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Crime scenes -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Criminal investigation -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9781492680475
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BIOGRAPHY Lee, Frances Glessner | Sandhills Indoors | Biography | Held |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-322) and index.