Policing Immorality in a Virginia Girls' Reformatory.
This article examines the 1913 investigation into the reform practices of the all-white Virginia Home and Industrial School for Girls. Fueled by rumors of hard labor performed by inmates under the supervision of an African American man, this incident reveals the complexities in how progressive refor...
| Published in: | Southern Cultures Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 46 - 62 |
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