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Relations of rescue : the search for female moral authority in the American west, 1874-1939 /

"In this study of late nineteenth-century moral reform, Peggy Pascoe examines four specific cases--a home for Chinese prostitutes in San Francisco, California; a home for polygamous Mormon women in Salt Lake City, Utah; a home for unmarried mothers in Denver, Colorado; and a program for America...

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Main Author: Pascoe, Peggy.
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1990.
Subjects and Genres:
Abused women > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
Women volunteers in social service > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
Women's shelters > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
Church work with abused women > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
Women social reformers > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
Christian ethics > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
West (U.S.) > Moral conditions.
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Call Number: HV1446.A17 P37 1990
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