Umfang:
Online-Ressource (xi, 387 p)
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ill. maps
ISBN:
1280539925
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9781280539923
Inhalt:
In the 70 years between the Civil War and World War II, the women of Boston changed the city dramatically. From anti-spitting campaigns and demands for police mothers to patrol local parks, to calls for a decent wage and living quarters, women rich and poor, white and black, immigrant and native-born struggled to make a place for themselves in the city. Now, in Women and the City historian Sarah Deutsch tells this story for the first time, revealing how they changed not only the manners but also the physical layout of the modern city. Deutsch shows how the women of Boston turned the city from
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-371) and index
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""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations""; ""INTRODUCTION: Reconceiving the City""; ""1 THE ""OVERWORKED WIFE"": Making a Working-Class Home and Negotiating Status, Autonomy, and the Family Economy""; ""2 WORK OR WORSE: Desexualized Space, Domestic Service, and Class""; ""3 THE MORAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE WORKING GIRL (AND THE NEW WOMAN)""; ""4 THE BUSINESS OF WOMEN: Petty Entrepreneurs""; ""5 LEARNING TO TALK MORE LIKE A MAN: Woman's Class-Bridging Organizations""; ""6 ""WE ARE GOING TO STAND BY ONE ANOTHER"": Shifting Alliances in Women's Labor Organizing""
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""7 A DEBUT OR A FIGHT?: Class, Race, and Party in Boston Women's Politics, 1920�1940""""CONCLUSION""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1280539879
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780195057058
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Women and the City : Gender, Space, and Power in Boston, 1870-1940
Sprache:
Englisch
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