The Dark Side of Women’s History: How Female Serial Killers Defy the Narrative
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USC-Lancaster Native American Studies Center 119 South Main Street, Lancaster, South Carolina 29720
Deborah Rowell, USC Lancaster Instructor of Criminal Justice Ph.D. candidate will present “The Dark Side of Women’s History: How Female Serial Killers Defy the Narrative” Feb. 27 from noon to 1 p.m.
Women account for one in six serial killers in the United States, yet their presence in history is often minimized or misunderstood. While Aileen Wuornos is frequently cited as the first female serial killer, she stands near the end of a lineage that stretches all the way back to Agrippina the Younger of ancient Rome — a lineage scholars argue women may be uniquely equipped to conceal. Because society struggles to imagine men to be capable of such evil, let alone women, female serial killers have operated in ways that defy expectations and evade detection for centuries.
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