Description |
xiv, 372 p. : ill. |
Series |
Gender and American culture |
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Gender & American culture.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
To live a fuller and freer life : black women migrants' expectations and New York's urban realities, 1890-1927 -- The only one that would be interested in me : police brutality, black women's protection, and the New York Race Riot of 1900 -- I want to save these girls : single black women's protectors--the White Rose Home and the National League for the Protection of Colored Women, 1895-1911 -- Colored women of hard and vicious character : respectability, domesticity, and crime, 1893-1933 -- Tragedy of the colored girl in court : the National Urban League and New York's Women's Court, 1911-1931 -- In danger of becoming morally depraved : single black women, working-class black families, and New York State's Wayward Minor Laws, 1917-1928 -- A rather bright and good-looking colored girl : black women's sexuality, "harmful intimacy," and attempts to regulate desire, 1917-1928 -- I don't live on my sister, I living of myself : parole, gender, and black families, 1905-1935 -- She would be better off in the South : sending women on parole to their southern kin, 1920-1935 -- Conclusion: thank god I am independent one more time. |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
Subject |
African American women -- Employment -- New York (State) -- New York.
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African American women -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions.
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Sex role -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
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Women's rights -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
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Racism -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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ISBN |
9780807834244 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780807871621 (pbk : alk. paper) |
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9780807882320 (electronic bk.) |
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