UID:
edocfu_9959090001302883
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9780674240292
Content:
Popular culture assumes that women are born to shop and that cities invite their trade. But downtowns were not always welcoming to women. Emily Remus turns to Chicago at the turn of the last century to chronicle an unheralded revolution in women's rights that took place not at the ballot box but in the streets and stores of the business district.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Introduction --
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1. Moneyed Women and the Downtown --
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2. The Hoopskirt War of 1893 --
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3. Consumer Rights and the Theater Hat Problem --
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4. Tippling Ladies and Public Pleasure --
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5. Mashers, Prostitutes, and Shopping Ladies --
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6. The Traffic of Women --
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Conclusion --
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Notes --
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Acknowledgments --
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Index
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4159/9780674240292
URL:
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674240292