Toronto's Girl Problem : the Perils and Pleasures of the City, 1880-1930.

Toronto's Girl Problem : the Perils and Pleasures of the City, 1880-1930.

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The overriding observation is that Torontonians projected their fears and hopes about urban industrialization onto the figure of the working girl.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Strange, Carolyn
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1995.
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Studies in gender and history.
Subjects:
Single women > Employment > Ontario > Toronto > History.
Young women > Ontario > Toronto > Economic conditions.
Single women > Ontario > Toronto > Economic conditions.
Young women > Ontario > Toronto > Social conditions.
Single women > Ontario > Toronto > Social conditions.
Young women > Employment > Ontario > Toronto > History.
Femmes seules > Travail > Ontario > Toronto > Histoire.
Jeunes femmes > Ontario > Toronto > Conditions économiques.
Femmes seules > Ontario > Toronto > Conditions économiques.
Jeunes femmes > Ontario > Toronto > Conditions sociales.
Femmes seules > Ontario > Toronto > Conditions sociales.
Jeunes femmes > Travail > Ontario > Toronto > Histoire.
Single women > Economic conditions.
Single women > Employment.
Single women > Social conditions.
Young women > Economic conditions.
Young women > Employment.
Young women > Social conditions.
Ontario > Toronto.
Toronto.
History.
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505 0 |a Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1 Introduction -- 2 City Work, Moral Dilemmas -- 3 Ruined Girls and Fallen Women -- 4 The Social Evil in the Queen City -- 5 Good Times and Bad Girls -- 6 Temptations, Crimes, and Follies -- 7 Citizens, Workers, and Mothers of the Race -- 8 Conclusion -- APPENDICES -- Single Women and Toronto's Industrial Development, 1880-1930 -- Sex, Crime, and Policing, 1880-1930 -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- PICTURE CREDITS -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- ILLUSTRATIONS. 
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