Relations of Rescue: The Search for Female Moral Authority in the American West, 1874-1939 by Peggy Pascoe

Relations of Rescue: The Search for Female Moral Authority in the American West, 1874-1939

Peggy Pascoe

328 pages first pub 1990 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced

Description

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...

Read more

Community Reviews Summary of 5 ratings

Average rating

3.6

Content Warnings

This book doesn't have any content warnings yet!

If you're the author of this book and want to add author-approved content warnings, please email us at [email protected] to request the content warning form.