This collection examines the history of the experience of female inmates in American prisons from the early nineteenth century to the twenty-first century. The contributors analyze women's efforts to exert agency and control over their bodies and experiences, issues of race and class, and how women's experiences differed from those of male inmates.
This collection examines the history of the experience of female inmates in American prisons from the early nineteenth century to the twenty-first century. The contributors analyze women's efforts to exert agency and control over their bodies and experiences, issues of race and class, and how women's experiences differed from those of male inmates.
Erica Rhodes Hayden is assistant professor of history at Trevecca Nazarene University. Theresa R. Jach is professor of history at Houston Community College.
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Introduction, Erica Rhodes Hayden and Theresa R. Jach Part I: Nineteenth-Century Prisons Chapter 1: "Secret Horrors": Enslaved Women and Children in the Louisiana State Penitentiary, 1833-1862, Brett Josef Derbes Chapter 2: "In the Care of the Supposed Powerful State": Women and Children in the Virginia Penitentiary, 1800-1883, Hilary L. Coulson Chapter 3: "Letters from Inside: Prison Writings from Eastern State Penitentiary in the 19th Century," Erica Rhodes Hayden Part II: The Progressive Era Chapter 4: "I thought if I got a chance I would do it": Sexual Negotiation by Black Women Convicts in Texas, 1875-1915, Theresa R. Jach Chapter 5: "I Beg for Your Mercy": The Business of Black Women's Bodies in the Carceral State, 1880s-1960s, Telisha Dionne Bailey Part III: Twentieth-Century Experiences and Current Issues Chapter 6: Discipline, Resistance, and Social Control at the Illinois State Reformatory for Women, 1930-62, L. Mara Dodge Chapter 7: Making Mothers: Teaching the Virtues of Motherhood at
Introduction, Erica Rhodes Hayden and Theresa R. Jach Part I: Nineteenth-Century Prisons Chapter 1: "Secret Horrors": Enslaved Women and Children in the Louisiana State Penitentiary, 1833-1862, Brett Josef Derbes Chapter 2: "In the Care of the Supposed Powerful State": Women and Children in the Virginia Penitentiary, 1800-1883, Hilary L. Coulson Chapter 3: "Letters from Inside: Prison Writings from Eastern State Penitentiary in the 19th Century," Erica Rhodes Hayden Part II: The Progressive Era Chapter 4: "I thought if I got a chance I would do it": Sexual Negotiation by Black Women Convicts in Texas, 1875-1915, Theresa R. Jach Chapter 5: "I Beg for Your Mercy": The Business of Black Women's Bodies in the Carceral State, 1880s-1960s, Telisha Dionne Bailey Part III: Twentieth-Century Experiences and Current Issues Chapter 6: Discipline, Resistance, and Social Control at the Illinois State Reformatory for Women, 1930-62, L. Mara Dodge Chapter 7: Making Mothers: Teaching the Virtues of Motherhood at
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