The Women's House of Detention : a queer history of a forgotten prison / Hugh Ryan.

"The Women's House of Detention, a landmark that ushered in the modern era of women's imprisonment, is now largely forgotten. But when it stood in New York City's Greenwich Village, from 1929 to 1974, it was a nexus for the tens of thousands of women, transgender men, and gender-nonconforming people...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ryan, Hugh, 1978- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Bold Type Books, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Women's House of Detention.
Reformatories for women > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Women prisoners > New York (State) > New York > Social conditions > 20th century.
Transgender prisoners > New York (State) > New York > Social conditions > 20th century.
Poor women > New York (State) > New York > Social conditions > 20th century.
Prison abolition movements > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Greenwich Village (New York, N.Y.)
Prisons de femmes > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Prisonnières > New York (État) > New York > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Femmes pauvres > New York (État) > New York > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Prison abolition movements.
Poor women > Social conditions.
Reformatories for women.
Women prisoners > Social conditions.
New York (State) > New York.
New York (State) > New York > Greenwich Village.
Queer women.
LGBTQ+ prisoners.
Transmasculine people.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
1900-1999
LGBTQ+ literature.
LGBTQ+ books.
History.
Genre:
LGBTQ+ literature.
LGBTQ+ books.
History.
Physical Description:ix, 357 pages ; 25 cm
Variant Title:
Queer history of a forgotten prison
Format: Book

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