"What Shall We Do with the Young Prostitute? Reform Her or Neglect Her?": Domestication as Reform at the New York State Reformatory for Women at Bedford, 1901-1913

Research conducted at the New York State Reformatory for Women at Bedford under the direction of founding superintendent Katharine Bernent Davis produced some of the most influential data on prostitution in the Progressive Era. While Davis and Bedford have figured prominently in histories of the wom...

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