{"product_id":"girl-problem-female-sexual-delinquency-in-new-york-1900-1930","title":"Girl Problem: Female Sexual Delinquency in New York, 1900-1930","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eGirl Problem: Female Sexual Delinquency in New York, 1900-1930\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eRuth M Alexander\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780801485770\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eCornell University Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1998\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eModerate edge wear. Binding good. May have marking in text. We sometimes source from libraries. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eDuring the Progressive Era, young working-class women were sometimes jailed for engaging in social and sexual activities that signaled their rejection of Victorian moral standards. These disadvantaged \"delinquents\" were subject to legal sanctions that were rarely applied to rebellious middle-class girls. As she traces the history of a social crisis that came to be known as the \"girl problem, \" Ruth M. Alexander reconstructs the stories of individual women incarcerated in reformatories who helped redefine female adolescence in the United States. Alexander draws on the rich case files of reformatories at Bedford Hills and Albion, New York. Bringing together writings by the young inmates, letters from their parents, and institutional records, she follows the histories of a hundred girls as they run afoul of the law, are incarcerated, and struggle to reenter society. From the interplay among girls, families, courts, and penal institutions emerges a fascinating picture of class inequality and culture conflict. Alexander finds that most delinquent young women eventually accepted the idea that freedom was best won by conformity and accommodation. In showing how a new social problem was identified and tackled, Alexander also documents the emergence of the modern professions of social work and mental hygiene. Reenacting a key chapter in the transformation of adolescence, The \"Girl Problem\" contributes to the history of sexuality and social reform through the Progressive Era and beyond.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Girl Problem: Female Sexual Delinquency in New York, 1900-1930 | Ruth M Alexander | Paperback | 9780801485770 | Used: Good | American History 1667386 (temp: 24)","offer_id":48918352822424,"sku":"1667386","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81URbBPDEKL.jpg?v=1776978979","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/girl-problem-female-sexual-delinquency-in-new-york-1900-1930","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}