Talk with you like a woman : African American women, justice, and reform in New York, 1890-1935

Talk with you like a woman : African American women, justice, and reform in New York, 1890-1935 / Cheryl D. Hicks.

Author/creator	Hicks, Cheryl D., 1971-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2010.
Description	xiv, 372 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Subject(s)	African American women--Employment --New York (State) --New York. African American women--New York (State) --New York --Social conditions. Sex role--New York (State) --New York --History --19th century. Women's rights--New York (State) --New York --History --19th century. Racism--New York (State) --New York --History --20th century.

Series	Gender and American culture Gender & American culture. ^A228874
Contents	To live a fuller and freer life : black women migrants' expectations and New York's urban realities, 1890-1927 -- The only one that would be interested in me : police brutality, black women's protection, and the New York Race Riot of 1900 -- I want to save these girls : single black women and their protectors, 1895-1911 -- Colored women of hard and vicious character : respectability, domesticity, and crime, 1893-1933 -- Tragedy of the colored girl in court : the National Urban League and New York's Women's Court, 1911-1931 -- In danger of becoming morally depraved : single black women, working-class black families, and New York State's Wayward Minor Laws, 1917-1928 -- A rather bright and good-looking colored girl : black women's sexuality, "harmful intimacy," and attempts to regulate desire, 1917-1928 -- I don't live on my sister, I living of myself : parole, gender, and black families, 1905-1935 -- She would be better off in the South : sending women on parole to their southern kin, 1920-1935 -- Conclusion: thank god I am independent one more time.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2010027107
ISBN	9780807834244 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0807834246 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780807871621 (pbk : alk. paper)
ISBN	0807871621 (pbk : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	F128.9.B53 H53 2010	✔ Available	Place Hold