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“adopting and performing masculinity, playing on conventional ideas about femininity and protection, employing violence, and creating mutually beneficial relationships and alliances with a host of urbanites”
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“With its flexible and fluid structure, the informal labor sector offered employment and economic opportunities that complemented black women’s desire to secure occupational mobility”
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“She relied upon her own survival skills to earn a living wage, illustrating a sense of individuality and commitment to self-preservation”
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“Games of chance fell outside the boundaries of urban reformers’ definitions of respectable labor and amusement”
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“But for some women, individual desire for economic stability, material consumption, and personal pleasures compelled them to dismiss the advice of loved and concerned ones and ignore the countless stories about fallen urban women”
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Heather’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Heather’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
274 books
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90 friends
532 books
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50 friends
683 books
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94 friends
180 books
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77 friends
492 books
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127 friends
1,231 books
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312 friends
156 books
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113 friends
222 books
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65 friends
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