A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil
Published in 1912 on the heels of Twenty Years at Hull-House and at the height of Jane Addams's popularity, A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil assesses the vulnerability of the rural and immigrant working-class girls who moved to Chicago and fell prey to the sexual bartering of what was known as the white slave trade.Addams offers lurid accounts -- drawn from the records of Chicago's Juvenile Protection Association -- of young women coerced into lives of prostitution by men who lurked outside hotels and sweatshops. Because they lacked funds for proper recreation, Addams argues, poor and socially marginalized women were susceptible to sexual…
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- ISBN: 978-0-252-07092-1
- EAN: 9780252070921
- Produktnummer: 9717871
- Verlag: University Of Illinois Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
- Seitenangabe: 144 S.
- Masse: H21.0 cm x B14.0 cm x D1.1 cm 195 g
- Gewicht: 195
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