Policing Sex in the Sunflower State: The Story of the Kansas State Industrial Farm for Women

by Nicole Perry

Book Overview

Policing Sex in the Sunflower State: The Story of the Kansas State Industrial Farm for Women is the history of how, over a span of two decades, the state of Kansas detained over 5,000 women for no other crime than having a venereal disease. In 1917, the Kansas legislature passed Chapter 205, a law that gave the state Board of Health broad powers to quarantine people for disease. State authorities quickly began enforcing Chapter 205 to control...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700631887
• ISBN13: 9780700631889
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"