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Published in 1912, on the heels of Twenty Years at Hull-House and at the height of Jane Addams' popularity, "A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil" assesses the vulnerability of the rural and immigrant working-class girls who moved to Chicago and fell prey to the sexual bartering of what was known as the white slave trade. Addams offers lurid accounts - drawn from the records of Chicago's Juvenile Protection Association - of young women coerced into lives of prostitution by men who lurked outside hotels and sweatshops. Because they lacked funds for proper recreation, Addams argues, poor and socially marginalized women were susceptible to sexual slavery, and without radical social change they would perhaps be "almost as free" as young men.In addition to promoting higher wages and better living conditions, Addams suggests that a longer period of public education for young women would deter them from the dangers of city life. Despite its appeal to middle-class readers eager for tales of sexual excess and the rape of innocence, the press and prominent intellectuals criticized "A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil" for being disproportionately hysterical to its philosophical weight. Katherine Joslin's introduction considers the controversial reactions to the book and the circumstances of its publication. Behind the sensationalism of the narratives, Joslin locates themes including the commodification of sex and the importance of marriage for young women. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Published in 1912, on the heels of Twenty Years at Hull-House and at the height of Jane Addams' popularity, "A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil" assesses the vulnerability of the rural and immigrant working-class girls who moved to Chicago and fell prey to the sexual bartering of what was known as the white slave trade. Addams offers lurid accounts - drawn from the records of Chicago's Juvenile Protection Association - of young women coerced into lives of prostitution by men who lurked outside hotels and sweatshops. Because they lacked funds for proper recreation, Addams argues, poor and socially marginalized women were susceptible to sexual slavery, and without radical social change they would perhaps be "almost as free" as young men.In addition to promoting higher wages and better living conditions, Addams suggests that a longer period of public education for young women would deter them from the dangers of city life. Despite its appeal to middle-class readers eager for tales of sexual excess and the rape of innocence, the press and prominent intellectuals criticized "A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil" for being disproportionately hysterical to its philosophical weight. Katherine Joslin's introduction considers the controversial reactions to the book and the circumstances of its publication. Behind the sensationalism of the narratives, Joslin locates themes including the commodification of sex and the importance of marriage for young women. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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In every large city throughout the world thousands of women are so set aside as outcasts from decent society that it is considered an impropriety to speak the very word which designates them. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
white slavery narrative, disreputable hotel, commercialized vice, new conscience, disreputable life, disreputable house, white slave traffic, vice commission Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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In every large city throughout the world thousands of women are so set aside as outcasts from decent society that it is considered an impropriety to speak the very word which designates them. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
white slavery narrative, disreputable hotel, commercialized vice, new conscience, disreputable life, disreputable house, white slave traffic, vice commission Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Clifford Roe New!
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- Women and Economics by Charlotte Perkins [Stetson] Gilman on 4 pages
- Jennie Gerhardt (University of Pennsylvania Dreiser Edition) by Theodore Dreiser in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Front Matter (3)
- Sister Carrie (Signet Classics) by Theodore Dreiser in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Jane Addams (Compass Point Early Biographies, 3) by Lucia Raatma in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Wretched Exotic: Essays on Edith Wharton in Europe (American University Studies Series Xxiv, American Literature) by Katherine Joslin in Back Matter
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- White Slave Crusades: Race, Gender, and Anti-vice Activism, 1887-1917 by Brian Donovan on 9 pages
- The Lost Sisterhood: Prostitution in America, 1900-1918 by Ruth Rosen on 8 pages
- Personal Property: Wives, White Slaves, and the Market in Women by Margit Stange on 4 pages
- Jane Addams and the Dream of American Democracy: A Life by Jean Bethke Elshtain on 4 pages
- Ethical Decision Making in Fund Raising by Marilyn Fischer on page 7, page 32, and Back Matter
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