Smoke signals from Samarcand : the 1931 reform school fire and its aftermath /

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"In 1931, sixteen poor white teenage girls at Samarcand Training School for Girls in Moore County, North Carolina, were accused of burning down two buildings in protest against living conditions at the school. They were called incorrigible, troublesome, and vixens by the administration and the...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bennett, Barbara, 1959- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Lewis, Nell Battle, > 1893-1956.
Lewis, Nell Battle, > 1893-1956
State Home and Industrial School for Girls (Samarcand, N.C.) > History.
State Home and Industrial School for Girls (Samarcand, N.C.)
1900-1999
Trials (Arson) > North Carolina > History > 20th century.
Reformatories for women > North Carolina > History > 20th century.
Female juvenile delinquents > North Carolina > History > 20th century.
Poor girls > North Carolina > Social conditions > 20th century.
Procès (Crimes d'incendie) > Caroline du Nord > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Prisons de femmes > Caroline du Nord > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Jeunes délinquantes > Caroline du Nord > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Filles pauvres > Caroline du Nord > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Female juvenile delinquents
Reformatories for women
Trials (Arson)
North Carolina
History
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