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Daughters of the State: A Social Portrait of the First Reform School for Girls in North America, 1856–1905

Barbara M. Brenzel

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Description:A rich and fascinating study of education, social reform, and women's history, Daughters of the State explores the lives of young girls who came to the State Industrial School for Girls in Lancaster, Massachusetts during its first fifty years. Brenzel skillfully integrates the complex lines of nineteenth-century social thought and policies formed around issues of work, sex roles, schooling, and sexuality that have carried through to this century. In the school's handwritten case histories and legislative reports, she uncovers institutional mores and biases toward the young and the poor and especially toward women. Brenzel also reveals the plight of the parents who were forced by their circumstances to condemn their children to such institutions in the hope of improving their futures.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Daughters of the State: A Social Portrait of the First Reform School for Girls in North America, 1856–1905. To get started finding Daughters of the State: A Social Portrait of the First Reform School for Girls in North America, 1856–1905, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: A rich and fascinating study of education, social reform, and women's history, Daughters of the State explores the lives of young girls who came to the State Industrial School for Girls in Lancaster, Massachusetts during its first fifty years. Brenzel skillfully integrates the complex lines of nineteenth-century social thought and policies formed around issues of work, sex roles, schooling, and sexuality that have carried through to this century. In the school's handwritten case histories and legislative reports, she uncovers institutional mores and biases toward the young and the poor and especially toward women. Brenzel also reveals the plight of the parents who were forced by their circumstances to condemn their children to such institutions in the hope of improving their futures.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Daughters of the State: A Social Portrait of the First Reform School for Girls in North America, 1856–1905. To get started finding Daughters of the State: A Social Portrait of the First Reform School for Girls in North America, 1856–1905, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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