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Stern, Scott W., 1993-
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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.
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Stern, Scott W., 1993-
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.
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The trials of Nina McCall : sex, surveillance, and the decades-long government plan to imprison "promiscuous" women / Scott Wasserman Stern.
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Stern, Scott W., 1993-
Beacon Press, 2018.
Call #:
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.742
S839t
Subjects
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.
ISBN:
9780807042755 (hc.)
Description:
ix, 356 p. ; 24 cm.
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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.
Summary:
"The nearly forgotten story of the American Plan, one of the largest and longest-lasting mass quarantines in American history, told through the lens of one young woman's story. Nina McCall was one of many women unfairly imprisoned by the United States government throughout the twentieth century. The government imprisoned tens, probably hundreds, of thousands of women and girls -usually without due process simply because officials suspected these women were prostitutes, infected with STIs, or simply 'promiscuous'."
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