{"product_id":"home-work-gender-child-labor-and-education-for-girls-in-urban-america-1870-1930-9780226844336","title":"Home Work: Gender, Child Labor, and Education for Girls in Urban America, 1870-1930","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow reforms to girlhood education in the Progressive Era cemented inequalities of gender, race, and class in urban school systems. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eHome Work\u003c\/i\u003e, historian Ruby Oram tells the story of how middle-class, white women reformers lobbied the state to implement various public education reforms to shape the lives of girls and women in industrial cities between 1870 and 1930. Women such as Jane Addams and Florence Kelley used education reform to target working-class communities and advocate for their middle-class ideals of girlhood and femininity, which could vary depending on the racial or socio-economic backgrounds of the girls. For example, reformers generally encouraged white girls to care for their future families, while pushing Black girls toward becoming domestic workers in others' homes. Using Chicago as a case study, Oram also explores how many of the reforms sought by white women were in response to evolving anxieties about immigration, health, and sexual delinquency. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An illuminating addition to the history of urban education in America, \u003ci\u003eHome Work \u003c\/i\u003eenriches our understanding of educational inequality in twentieth-century schools. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ruby Oram\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Historical Studies of Urban America\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.80w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226844336","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45606457639049,"sku":"9780226844336","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_1849dd5c-5848-4ccd-8247-69f26a3a0a81.jpg?v=1776752180","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/home-work-gender-child-labor-and-education-for-girls-in-urban-america-1870-1930-9780226844336","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}