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New Conscience and an Ancient Evil
Jane Addams
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Paperback. 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. The author offers accounts - drawn from the records of Chicago's Juvenile Protection Association - of young women coerced into lives of prostitution by men. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 11. Weight in Grams: 195.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252070921
SKU
V9780252070921
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99-15
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