LEADER 05813nam 2200877 450 001 9910780559303321 005 20230912163031.0 010 $a1-282-00304-6 010 $a9786612003042 010 $a1-4426-8269-8 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442682696 035 $a(CKB)2420000000004509 035 $a(EBL)4672191 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000311688 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11210752 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000311688 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10328686 035 $a(PQKB)11233279 035 $a(CaPaEBR)417596 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00600095 035 $a(DE-B1597)465060 035 $a(OCoLC)944177338 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442682696 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672191 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257869 035 $a(OCoLC)958565490 035 $a(OCoLC)288074815 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_105470 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/4nj84w 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/6/417596 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672191 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3250376 035 $a(EXLCZ)992420000000004509 100 $a20160923h19951995 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aToronto's girl problem $ethe perils and pleasures of the city, 1880-1930 /$fCarolyn Strange 205 $a2nd ed. 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1995. 210 4$dİ1995 215 $a1 online resource (324 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in Gender and History 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8020-7203-8 311 $a0-8020-0598-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""CONTENTS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 City Work, Moral Dilemmas""; ""3 Ruined Girls and Fallen Women""; ""4 The Social Evil in the Queen City""; ""5 Good Times and Bad Girls""; ""6 Temptations, Crimes, and Follies""; ""7 Citizens, Workers, and Mothers of the Race""; ""8 Conclusion""; ""APPENDICES""; ""Single Women and Toronto's Industrial Development, 1880a???1930""; ""Sex, Crime, and Policing, 1880a???1930""; ""NOTES""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""PICTURE CREDITS""; ""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O"" 327 $a""P""""r""; ""s""; ""t""; ""u""; ""v""; ""w""; ""y""; ""illustrations"" 330 $aWith the turn of the century came increased industrialization and urbanization, and in Toronto one of the most visible results of this modernization was the influx of young, single women to the city. They came seeking work, independence, and excitement, but they were not to realize these goals without contention. Carolyn Strange examines the rise of the Toronto 'working girl, ' the various agencies that 'discovered' her, the nature of 'the girl problem' from the point of view of moral overseers, the various strategies devised to solve this 'problem, ' and lastly, the young women's responses to moral regulation. The 'working girl' seemed a problem to reformers, evangelists, social investigators, police, the courts, and journalists - men, mostly, who saw women's debasement as certain and appointed themselves as protectors of morality. They portrayed single women as victims of potential economic and sexual exploitation and urban immorality. Such characterization drew attention away from the greater problems these women faced: poverty, unemployment, poor housing and nutrition, and low wages. In the course of her investigation, Strange suggests fresh approaches to working-class and urban history. Her sources include the census, court papers, newspaper accounts, philanthropic society reports, and royal commissions, but Strange also employs less conventional sources, such as photographs and popular songs. She approaches the topic from a feminist viewpoint that is equally sensitive to the class and racial dimensions of the 'girl problem, ' and compares her findings with the emergence of the working woman in contemporary United States and Great Britain. The overriding observation is that Torontonians projected their fears and hopes about urban industrialization onto the figure of the working girl. Young women were regulated from factories and offices, to streetcars and dancehalls, in an effort to control the deleterious effects of industrial capitalism. By the First World War however, their value as contributors to the expanding economy began to outweigh fear of their moral endangerment. 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