The Girl Problem: Female Sexual Delinquency in New York, 1900-1930 by Ruth M. Alexander

The Girl Problem: Female Sexual Delinquency in New York, 1900-1930

Ruth M. Alexander

216 pages first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
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During the Progressive Era, young working-class women were sometimes jailed for engaging in social and sexual activities that signaled their rejection of Victorian moral standards. These disadvantaged "delinquents" were subject to legal sanctions ...

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