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Sin In A Southern City: The Unearthed History Of Atlanta’S Postbellum-To-Progressive Era Prostitution Trade, Mandy J. Swygart-Hobaugh M.L.S., Ph.D., Allyson Stephens May 2022

Sin In A Southern City: The Unearthed History Of Atlanta’S Postbellum-To-Progressive Era Prostitution Trade, Mandy J. Swygart-Hobaugh M.L.S., Ph.D., Allyson Stephens

University Library Faculty Presentations

This presentation was given by Dr. Mandy Swygart-Hobaugh (Georgia State University Library faculty member) and Allyson Stephens (Georgia State University Sociology graduate student) at the 2022 Atlanta Studies Symposium. The presenters describe the methodology and share preliminary analyses of US Census data on Atlanta’s prostitution trade from 1880 through 1910. The presented research is a component of a larger project to reconstruct the lost history of the rise and fall of Atlanta’s prostitution trade from the Postbellum Era through the Progressive Era, drawing from newspapers, US Census data, city directories, property records, maps, and more. This site provides a …


You Throw Like A Girl, Alison Dees Apr 2015

You Throw Like A Girl, Alison Dees

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

No abstract provided.


The Aftermath Of The Temple Bombing: A Catalyst For Social Change During The Civil Rights Movement In The Deep South, Alaina D'Anzi, Sara Maxi Howel Apr 2015

The Aftermath Of The Temple Bombing: A Catalyst For Social Change During The Civil Rights Movement In The Deep South, Alaina D'Anzi, Sara Maxi Howel

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

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Black Women And Apartheid: Oppression, Resistance And The Post-Apartheid Struggle, Erika Levy Mar 2013

Black Women And Apartheid: Oppression, Resistance And The Post-Apartheid Struggle, Erika Levy

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

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Book Review - Supreme Court Decisions And Women’S Rights: Milestones To Equality (2nd Ed., C. Cushman (Ed.), Washington, Dc: Cq Press, 2011), Mandy J. Swygart-Hobaugh M.L.S., Ph.D. Apr 2011

Book Review - Supreme Court Decisions And Women’S Rights: Milestones To Equality (2nd Ed., C. Cushman (Ed.), Washington, Dc: Cq Press, 2011), Mandy J. Swygart-Hobaugh M.L.S., Ph.D.

University Library Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Book Review - "Pigs And Raunch: 21st-Century Feminism?", Mandy J. Swygart-Hobaugh M.L.S., Ph.D. Jan 2007

Book Review - "Pigs And Raunch: 21st-Century Feminism?", Mandy J. Swygart-Hobaugh M.L.S., Ph.D.

University Library Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Book Review - "(En)Gendering Cooking", Mandy J. Swygart-Hobaugh M.L.S., Ph.D. Jan 2005

Book Review - "(En)Gendering Cooking", Mandy J. Swygart-Hobaugh M.L.S., Ph.D.

University Library Faculty Publications

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Constructing The “Social Evil”: An Analysis Of Anti-Prostitution Crusades In Progressive-Era Chicago, 1907-1915, Mandy J. Swygart-Hobaugh M.L.S., Ph.D. May 2004

Constructing The “Social Evil”: An Analysis Of Anti-Prostitution Crusades In Progressive-Era Chicago, 1907-1915, Mandy J. Swygart-Hobaugh M.L.S., Ph.D.

University Library Faculty Publications

This study analyzes anti-prostitution crusades in Chicago during the Progressive Era, using a social constructionist theoretical perspective to explore how crusaders constructed prostitution as a social problem. My multi-faceted theoretical framework drew on both social constructionist theories as well as social movement theories examining collective action frames as master frames. For organizational purposes, the separate analytical chapters examine different groups of crusaders: the crusaders against “white slavery,” those battling “vice,” and a group of Hull House women crusading against the “social evil.” My analyses revealed the following: (1) broader discourses present during the Progressive Era shaped the contours of the …