Reasons for Women's Admission to Mental Asylums in the 19th Century

Explores the various reasons why women were admitted to mental asylums in the 19th century, including activities like wearing pants and reading novels, as well as general femalehood. It also discusses other reasons such as postnatal depression, overwork, abortion, and religious fervor, highlighting the lack of legal protection and how husbands would use asylums to assert control over their wives.