Save the womanhood! vice, urban immorality and social control in Liverpool, c.1900-1976

The history of the women who travelled through Liverpool in search of work and adventure, and the women who tried to stop them. Save the Womanhood is a fascinating new history about promiscuity, prostitution and the efforts of local social purists to 'save' working-class women from themsel...

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Main Author: Caslin, Samantha
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Liverpool Liverpool University Press 2018, 2018©2018
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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