The name typically refers to two very different, though both intriguing, historical subjects: a 1999 film exploring post-colonial identity and the grim true story of Mary Ann Cotton , Victorian Britain's most prolific female serial killer. The Film: A Tale of Identity
: When Lily cannot nurse the child, Mary secretly takes the infant to her own sister, Blossom—a wet nurse living in a poorhouse—to be fed. Cotton Mary
Directed by Ismail Merchant , the film Cotton Mary is set in 1954 India, shortly after British rule ended. The name typically refers to two very different,
