Progressivism, Prostitution, and Performance in the United States, 1888–1917
by
Barbara Antoniazzi
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2014
The Wayward Woman takes a fresh look at the Progressive Era, recasting the turn-of-the-century debate on gender roles and prostitution. Recapitulating and transcending extant studies of female delinquency, prostitution literature, and Progressive womanhood, this work understands “female waywardness”...