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Delinquent daughters : protecting and policing adolescent female sexuality in the United States, 1885-1920 /

Main Author: Odem, Mary E., (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Series:Gender & American culture
Subjects:
Teenage girls > Sexual behavior > United States > History.
Sexual ethics > History. > United States
Social problems > History. > United States
Social control > History. > United States
Middle class > Sexual behavior > United States > Attitudes > History.
Working class > Sexual behavior > United States > History.
Adolescentes > Sexualité > États-Unis > Histoire.
Morale sexuelle > Histoire. > États-Unis
Problèmes sociaux > Histoire. > États-Unis
Contrôle social > Histoire. > États-Unis
Classes moyennes > Sexualité > États-Unis > Histoire.
Travailleurs > Sexualité > États-Unis > Histoire.
PSYCHOLOGY > Human Sexuality.
SELF-HELP > Sexual Instruction.
Middle class > Attitudes.
Sexual ethics.
Social control.
Social problems.
Teenage girls > Sexual behavior.
Working class > Sexual behavior.
Meisjes.
Seksueel gedrag.
Overheidsbeleid.
Sociale problemen.
Sociale hervormingen.
Weibliche Jugend.
Sexualverhalten.
Soziale Kontrolle.
United States.
USA.
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Table of Contents:
  • "White slaves" and "vicious men": the age-of-consent campaign
  • Teenage girls, sexuality, and working-class parents
  • Statutory rape prosecutions in California
  • The "delinquent girl" and progressive reform
  • Maternal justice in the juvenile court
  • "This terrible freedom": generational conflicts in working-class families.

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