<b><i> The Wayward Girls of Samarcand</i></b> is the true story of the sensational 1931 Arson Trial in North Carolina. Sixteen poor white teenage girls faced the death penalty for burning down two dormitories at the State Reform School for Girls. Crusading journalist, socialite, and attorney Nell Battle Lewis defended her clients by exposing sadistic treatment, deplorable conditions, and forced sterilization presided over by Samarcand superintendent Agnes B. MacNaughton. In this her first and last trial, Lewis saved the defendants from the electric chair.

The Wayward Girls of Samarcand

Biographies & Memoirs

McLaurin, Melton A.

RUSSELL, ANNE

Historical

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