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Women in the city in turn-of-the-century San Francisco.

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"Jessica Ellen Sewell takes her readers on an invigorating jaunt through women’s history. She shows more vividly than ever before how a generation of women took command of public space and moved decisively and exuberantly onto the streets, and all the way to the voting booths." —Mary Ryan, Johns Hopkins University


"Women and the Everyday City illuminates how the shifting geography of consumption transformed women’s physical experience of the city-scape and increased their comfort at exerting rights to public space. Sewell makes a significant new contribution to the understanding of urban space and power." —Sarah Deutsch, Duke University



Table of Contents
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Women in Public
1. Sidewalks and Streetcars
2. Errands
3. Dining Out
4. Spectacles and Amusements
5. Spaces of Suffrage
Epilogue: Everyday Landscapes
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
      Publication Date: 03/01/2011
      ISBN13: 9780816669745, 978-0816669745
      ISBN10: 0816669740
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      Gender studies: women and girls

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Women in the city in turn-of-the-century San Francisco.

      Trade Review

      "Jessica Ellen Sewell takes her readers on an invigorating jaunt through women’s history. She shows more vividly than ever before how a generation of women took command of public space and moved decisively and exuberantly onto the streets, and all the way to the voting booths." —Mary Ryan, Johns Hopkins University


      "Women and the Everyday City illuminates how the shifting geography of consumption transformed women’s physical experience of the city-scape and increased their comfort at exerting rights to public space. Sewell makes a significant new contribution to the understanding of urban space and power." —Sarah Deutsch, Duke University



      Table of Contents
      Contents
      Acknowledgements
      Introduction: Women in Public
      1. Sidewalks and Streetcars
      2. Errands
      3. Dining Out
      4. Spectacles and Amusements
      5. Spaces of Suffrage
      Epilogue: Everyday Landscapes
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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