Home on the Rails: Women, the Railroad, and the Rise of Public Domesticity by Amy G. Richter

Home on the Rails: Women, the Railroad, and the Rise of Public Domesticity

Gender and American Culture

Amy G. Richter

296 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
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Recognizing the railroad's importance as both symbol and experience in Victorian America, Amy G. Richter follows women travelers onto trains and considers the consequences of their presence there.For a time, Richter argues, nineteenth-century Amer...

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