Lizzie Borden Satire
Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother forty whacks, and when she saw what she had done she gave her father forty-one. A child’s nursery rhyme describing what a young woman, Lizzie Borden, did to her parents.
Lizzie Borden grew up in Fall River, Massachusetts with a wealthy father, step-mother, and older sister. She was born July 19, 1860, and died June 1, 1927. She went, and participated, in church, she went to high school, but eventually dropped out, and joined into other organizations that were common for young, single women her age. One of the only social flaws she had was her reputation of stealing, and the poor lifestyle her father made her live. She has a slop bucket and chamber pot in her room, and had no running water within her house. Her father also gave her and her sister a very little allowance, but gave more money to his wife. Some people even believe …show more content…
It took less than two hours for them to come to a final decision. Lizzie Borden was found “not guilty”. This isn’t surprising because at that time women were seen as “flowers”. Newspapers and many people were happy with this. Some people of course were not though. But still, there was not yet a person committed with the crime. Some people thought it was the laborer, or an illegitimate son, or even John Morse.
After the trials were done, Lizzie still lived in River Falls, but just changed her name to Lizbeth. Lizzie and Emma stayed close and bought themselves a house together and named it the “Maplecroft” and even opened it to people, such as artists and traveling actors. Lizzie might have had a relationship with Nance O’Neil, an actress. But in 1905, Emma moved out, and Lizzie lived there alone ever since then. She died June 1, 1927, at the age of 66 due to pneumonia. At her death she left $300,000 to the Animal Rescue League, which makes sense due to how many animals she and her sister took
Lizzie Borden grew up in Fall River, Massachusetts with a wealthy father, step-mother, and older sister. She was born July 19, 1860, and died June 1, 1927. She went, and participated, in church, she went to high school, but eventually dropped out, and joined into other organizations that were common for young, single women her age. One of the only social flaws she had was her reputation of stealing, and the poor lifestyle her father made her live. She has a slop bucket and chamber pot in her room, and had no running water within her house. Her father also gave her and her sister a very little allowance, but gave more money to his wife. Some people even believe …show more content…
It took less than two hours for them to come to a final decision. Lizzie Borden was found “not guilty”. This isn’t surprising because at that time women were seen as “flowers”. Newspapers and many people were happy with this. Some people of course were not though. But still, there was not yet a person committed with the crime. Some people thought it was the laborer, or an illegitimate son, or even John Morse.
After the trials were done, Lizzie still lived in River Falls, but just changed her name to Lizbeth. Lizzie and Emma stayed close and bought themselves a house together and named it the “Maplecroft” and even opened it to people, such as artists and traveling actors. Lizzie might have had a relationship with Nance O’Neil, an actress. But in 1905, Emma moved out, and Lizzie lived there alone ever since then. She died June 1, 1927, at the age of 66 due to pneumonia. At her death she left $300,000 to the Animal Rescue League, which makes sense due to how many animals she and her sister took