Lizzie Borden Research Paper

Who was the girl before the murder of her dad and stepmom? Lizzie Borden was born in River Fall, Massachusetts on July 19, 1860. Lizzie Borden was born to Andrew Jackson Borden and Sarah Anthony Morse Borden. Lizzie had an older sister named Emma Borden. They were raised in a wealthy family thanks to their fathers shrewd business decisions and being able to save money. Lizzie was known well in the church community. She was a Sunday school teacher, and she also helped with a Christain organization. Lizzie Borden was a well rounded person who was liked by everyone. The planning of a murder of two innocent people. Early on, in Lizzie Borden's life, her biological mother Sarah Anthony Morse Borden passed away. Three years later Lizzie's father Andrew Borden remarried to a woman named Abby Durfree Gray. People talked about Lizzie and Abby not getting along with each other. At the beginning, Andrew Borden age 70, and Abby Borden age 65 were found murdered in their home. Lizzie Borden was the main suspect, …show more content…
In fact, several papers wrote about how Lizzie Borden killed her father and stepmom with a hatchet. The papers wrote from the first day of the murders to the end of the trial, they also wrote about the evidence used against Lizzie Borden, and the weapon she used. For this reason, Lizzie Borden had a short poem wrote about what she done, and QUOTE "Lizzie Borden took an ax, and gave her mother forty whacks, when she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one." Although Lizzie's parents were not killed with an ax or had that many blows, the person who wrote the poem needed it to rhyme so that person used ax and wacked. This rhyme has been said through out many childhoods. In fact, the paper wrote it in the article, they also wrote about the reaction of the people and the town. The paper wrote cruel articles about Lizzie Borden. Some papers stated that she was an odd