Cry of Murder on Broadway By Julie Miller To Be Published: October 2020

Don't let the title fool you-while you will be told of the cry of murder on Broadway that is the result of a woman's ruin and revenge in old New York, what you are also getting is a meticulously researched and simply presented story of how one person's small action can contribute to huge changes.  This is the butterfly effect told through the lens of the Amelia Norman case.  While the crime of the story is the impetus, it's really the story of how the laws of this country are set up by men to protect men.  While this story focuses on how the laws disenfranchise women specifically, it is easy to see how the same attitudes led to laws that disenfranchised other populations as well; and how even when those laws are changed, seemingly to the advantage of the disenfranchised, it is really still to the advantage of the ones making the laws.  Julie Miller lays out the facts and the history in a simple straight forward manner, and it is because of this simplicity that the facts, the history and the injustices (that unfortunately are still VERY MUCH in existence today) are so effectively, powerfully and stunningly conveyed.