The freedom of the streets: work, citizenship, and sexuality in a gilded age city
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Main Author: Wood, Sharon E. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press c2005
Series:Gender & American culture
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction : the Belva Lockwood club -- Women in the city : law, reputation, and geography -- Women's citizenship and the problem of employment -- A place in the city : the working woman's lend a hand club -- Lives without choices : prostitution as employment -- The police matron campaign and the reform of urban environments -- Sporting men and little girls -- Making the city safe for white men : regulated prostitution -- Protecting men by reforming girls : good shepherd homes -- Women, men, and the businesses of Bucktown -- Conclusion : the popular young lady in business life
Sharon E. Wood focuses on Davenport, Iowa, to explore the lives of working women and the prostitutes who shared their neighborhoods. She offers portraits of individual girls and women - both prostitutes and "respectable" white workers - seeking to reshape their city and expand women's opportunities
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 321 p.)
ISBN:0807876534
9780807876534

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