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Policing Sex in the Sunflower State

- The Story of the Kansas State Industrial Farm for Women

About Policing Sex in the Sunflower State

Tells the history of how, over a span of two decades, the Kansas detained over 5,000 women for no other crime than having a venereal disease. Nicole Perry offers a timely critique of a failed public health policy that was based on perceptions of gender, race, class, and respectability rather than a reasoned response to the social problem at hand.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780700631889
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 296
  • Published:
  • June 29, 2021
  • Dimensions:
  • 232x153x26 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 434 g.
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Expected delivery: November 9, 2024

Description of Policing Sex in the Sunflower State

Tells the history of how, over a span of two decades, the Kansas detained over 5,000 women for no other crime than having a venereal disease. Nicole Perry offers a timely critique of a failed public health policy that was based on perceptions of gender, race, class, and respectability rather than a reasoned response to the social problem at hand.

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