Women and the everyday city : public space in San Francisco, 1890-1915 / Jessica Ellen Sewell.

Main entry:

Sewell, Jessica Ellen.

Title & Author:

Women and the everyday city : public space in San Francisco, 1890-1915 / Jessica Ellen Sewell.

Publication:

Description:

xxxiii, 232 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Series:

Architecture, landscape, and American culture series

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. Women in public -- Sidewalks and streetcars -- Errands -- Dining out -- Spectacles and amusements -- Spaces of suffrage -- Epilogue. Everyday landscapes.

Summary:

"Focusing on women's everyday use of streetcars, shops, restaurants, and theaters, Sewell reveals the impact of women on these public places--what women did there, which women went there, and how these places were changed in response to women's presence. Using the diaries of three women in San Francisco (Annie Haskell, Ella Lees Leigh, and Mary Eugenia Pierce, who wrote extensively about their everyday experiences), Sewell studies their accounts of day trips to the city and combines them with memoirs, newspapers, maps, photographs, and her own observations of the buildings that exist today to build a sense of life in San Francisco at this pivotal point in history." -- Publisher's description

ISBN:

9780816669738 (hc ; alk. paper)
0816669732 (hc ; alk. paper)
9780816669745 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0816669740 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Architecture and women California San Francisco.
Public spaces Social aspects California San Francisco History 19th century.
Public spaces Social aspects California San Francisco History 20th century.
Women California San Francisco Social conditions 19th century.
Women California San Francisco Social conditions 20th century.
Architecture et femmes Californie San Francisco.
Espaces publics Aspect social Californie San Francisco Histoire 19e siècle.
Espaces publics Aspect social Californie San Francisco Histoire 20e siècle.
Femmes Californie San Francisco Conditions sociales 19e siècle.
Femmes Californie San Francisco Conditions sociales 20e siècle.
Architecture and women
Public spaces Social aspects
Women Social conditions
Women.
Womyn.
Architektur.
Frau.
Öffentlicher Raum.
Gesellschaft.
California San Francisco
San Francisco.

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Architecture, landscape, and American culture series.

Public space in San Francisco, 1890-1915

Holdings:

Location: Library main 271357
Call No.: BIB 204413
Status: Available

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