The Women's House of Detention: Recovering the Queer History of a Lost New York Prison
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A historical account of the Women's House of Detention in New York City's Greenwich Village (1929-1974), exploring how this now-forgotten prison became a crucial site for understanding the policing of queer women, trans people, and radical political activists in the twentieth century. Historian Hugh Ryan reconstructs the lives of the tens of thousands of incarcerated individuals who passed through its cells, shedding light on the intersection of gender, sexuality, and the carceral system.
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· 3 pulledThe Women's House of Detention, a landmark that ushered in the modern era of women's imprisonment, is now largely forgotten.
When it stood in New York City's Greenwich Village, from 1929 to 1974, it was a nexus for the tens of thousands of individuals who inhabited its crowded cells.
Historian Hugh Ryan reconstructs the little-known lives of these incarcerated individuals.
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