The freedom of the streets : work, citizenship, and sexuality in a gilded age city

The freedom of the streets : work, citizenship, and sexuality in a gilded age city /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wood, Sharon E.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2005.
Series:Gender & American culture
Subjects:
Women > Iowa > Davenport > Social conditions > 19th century.
Women > Employment > Iowa > Davenport > History > 19th century.
Prostitution > Iowa > Davenport > History > 19th century.
Sex role > Iowa > Davenport > History > 19th century.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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