The freedom of the streets : work, citizenship, and sexuality in a gilded age city / Sharon E. Wood.
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TextSeries: Gender & American culturePublication details: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2005.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 321 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 0807876534
- 9780807876534
- 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
- Women
- Prostitution
- Sex role
- 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
- Iowa -- Davenport
- Geschlechterrolle
- Berufstätigkeit
- Prostitution
- Frau
- Soziale Situation
- Davenport <Iowa>
- 1800 - 1899
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- HQ1439.D8 W66 2005eb
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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.
Print version record.
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.