Download or read book Heroes of Their Own Lives written by Linda Gordon and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2002-03-15 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this powerful and moving history of family violence, historian Linda Gordon traces policies on child abuse and neglect, wife-beating, and incest from 1880 to 1960. Drawing on hundreds of case records from social agencies devoted to dealing with the problem, she chronicles the changing visibility of family violence.