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

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wood, Sharon E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2005.
Colección:Gender & American culture.
Temas:
1800-1899
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.
Femmes > Iowa > Davenport > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
Femmes > Travail > Iowa > Davenport > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Prostitution > Iowa > Davenport > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Rôle selon le sexe > Iowa > Davenport > Histoire > 19e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Feminism & Feminist Theory.
Prostitution
Sex role
Women > Employment
Women > Social conditions
Geschlechterrolle
Berufstätigkeit
Soziale Situation
Frau
Iowa > Davenport
Davenport, Iowa
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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