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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With the turn of the century came increased industrialization and urbanization, and in Toronto one of the most visible results of this modernization was the influx of young, single women to the city. They came seeking work, independence, and excitement, but they were not to realize these goals witho...

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Main Author: Strange, Carolyn, 1959- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, ©1995.
Series:Studies in gender and history.
Subjects:
Geschichte 1880-1930.
Sozialgeschichte 1880-1930.
Single women > Employment > Ontario > Toronto > History.
Young women > Employment > Ontario > Toronto > History.
Single women > Ontario > Toronto > Economic conditions.
Young women > Ontario > Toronto > Economic conditions.
Single women > Ontario > Toronto > Social conditions.
Young women > Ontario > Toronto > Social conditions.
Femmes seules > Travail > Ontario > Toronto > Histoire.
Jeunes femmes > Travail > Ontario > Toronto > Histoire.
Femmes seules > Ontario > Toronto > Conditions économiques.
Jeunes femmes > Ontario > Toronto > Conditions économiques.
Femmes seules > Ontario > Toronto > Conditions sociales.
Jeunes femmes > Ontario > Toronto > Conditions sociales.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
HISTORY > Canada > General.
Single women > Economic conditions.
Single women > Employment.
Single women > Social conditions.
Young women > Economic conditions.
Young women > Employment.
Young women > Social conditions.
Industrialisierung
Junge Frau
Berufstätigkeit
Soziale Situation
Alleinstehende Frau
Mädchen
Vrouwen.
Ontario > Toronto.
Toronto
Electronic books.
e-books.
History.
Livres numériques.
Table of Contents:
  • ""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, 1880â€?1930""; ""Sex, Crime, and Policing, 1880â€?1930""; ""NOTES""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""PICTURE CREDITS""; ""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""
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