Title The freedom of the streets : work, citizenship, and sexuality in a gilded age city / Sharon E. Wood.

Publication Info.	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2005]
	©2005

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Description	1 online resource (xiii, 321 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Gender and American culture
	Gender & American culture.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Summary	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.
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Subject	Women -- Iowa -- Davenport -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
	Women.
	Iowa -- Davenport.
	Social conditions.
Chronological Term	19th century
Subject	Women -- Employment -- Iowa -- Davenport -- History -- 19th century.
	Women -- Employment.
	History.
	Prostitution -- Iowa -- Davenport -- History -- 19th century.
	Prostitution.
	Sex role -- Iowa -- Davenport -- History -- 19th century.
	Sex role.
Chronological Term	1800 - 1899
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Subject	Women.
	Womyn.
	Female prostitution.
	Prostitution.
	Gender roles.
Other Form:	Print version: Wood, Sharon E. Freedom of the streets. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2005 0807829390 0807856010 (DLC) 2004019083 (OCoLC)56371669
ISBN	0807876534 (electronic book)
	9780807876534 (electronic book)
	0807829390 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
	9780807829394 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
	0807856010 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
	9780807856017 (paperback ; alkaline paper)

Title The freedom of the streets : work, citizenship, and sexuality in a gilded age city / Sharon E. Wood.

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