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Author	Stern, Scott W., 1993-
Title	The trials of Nina McCall : sex, surveillance, and the decades-long government plan to imprison "promiscuous" women / Scott Wasserman Stern.
Publication Info.	Boston : Beacon Press, [2018]
	©2018

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 3	396 S	IN LIBRARY

Description	ix, 356 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction: "Young lady, do you mean to call me a liar?" --" Willing to go to jail for such a cause: -- "Less fortunate sisters" -- "Waging war on the women" -- "Reaching the whole country" -- "It was too late" -- "Why should a woman be imprisoned for a disease?" -- "We will get even yet" -- "When righteous women arise" -- "Hunting for girls" -- "We defeat ourselves" -- "The situation seems to be getting worse" -- "A total war" -- "Venereal disease was not our concern."
Subject	McCall, Nina.
	Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Women's rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Women prisoners -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Women -- Institutional care -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Sexually transmitted diseases -- United States -- Prevention -- History -- 20th century.
	Quarantine -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Added Title	Sex, surveillance, and the decades-long government plan to imprison "promiscuous" women
ISBN	9780807042755 hardcover
	0807042757 hardcover

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