Gender and American Culture

Protecting and Policing Adolescent Female Sexuality in the United States, 1885-1920

By: Mary E. Odem

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Paperback | 11 December 1995 | Edition Number 2

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Delinquent Daughters explores the gender, class, and racial tensions that fueled campaigns to control female sexuality in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century America. Mary Odem looks at these moral reform movements from a national perspective, but she also undertakes a detailed analysis of court records to explore the local enforcement of regulatory legislation in Alameda and Los Angeles Counties in California. From these legal proceedings emerge overlapping and often contradictory views of middle-class female reformers, court and law enforcement officials, working-class teenage girls, and working-class parents. Odem traces two distinct stages of moral reform. The first began in 1885 with the movement to raise the age of consent in statutory rape laws as a means of protecting young women from predatory men. By the turn of the century, however, reformers had come to view sexually active women not as victims but as delinquents, and they called for special police, juvenile courts, and reformatories to control wayward girls. Rejecting a simple hierarchical model of class control, Odem reveals a complex network of struggles and negotiations among reformers, officials, teenage girls and their families. She also addresses the paradoxical consequences of reform by demonstrating that the protective measures advocated by middle-class women often resulted in coercive and discriminatory policies toward working-class girls.

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A book that could, and "should", be read by the beginner and the expert in a variety of fields."Choice" As we think freshly about juvenile justice and social policy, this book should be most welcome.Linda K. Kerber, coeditor of "U.S. History as Women's History: New Feminist Essays" A rich narrative work that is attentive to issues of gender, ethnicity, race, and class."Journal of Social History" A book that could, and "should," be read by the beginner and the expert in a variety of fields."Choice" A highly readable, lively, and accessible work."American Journal of Legal History" "As we think freshly about juvenile justice and social policy, this book should be most welcome.Linda K. Kerber, coeditor of "U.S. History as Women's History: New Feminist Essays"" "A rich narrative work that is attentive to issues of gender, ethnicity, race, and class."Journal of Social History"" "A book that could, and "should," be read by the beginner and the expert in a variety of fields."Choice"" "A highly readable, lively, and accessible work."American Journal of Legal History""

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Non-Fiction Psychology Sexual Behaviour Sociology & Anthropology History Regional & National History History of the Americas Society & Culture Social Issues & Processes Feminism & Feminist Theory Earliest Times to Present Day 20th Century History from 1900 to 2000

Specific Events & Topics in History Social & Cultural History Modern History from 1700 to 1900 Social Groups Gender Studies Gender Studies: Women and Girls

Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
'White Slaves' and 'Vicious Men' The Age-Of-Consent Campaign	p. 8
Teenage Girls, Sexuality, and Working-Class Parents	p. 38
Statutory Rape Prosecutions in California	p. 63
The 'Delinquent Girl' and Progressive Reform	p. 95
Maternal Justice in the Juvenile Court	p. 128
This Terrible Freedom Generational Conflicts in Working-Class Families	p. 157
Conclusion	p. 185
Appendix: A Note on Court Records	p. 191
Notes	p. 193
Bibliography	p. 227
Index	p. 255
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Gender and American Culture

Protecting and Policing Adolescent Female Sexuality in the United States, 1885-1920

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