TY - BOOK AU - Hayden,Erica Rhodes AU - Jach,Theresa TI - Incarcerated women: a history of struggles, oppression, and resistance in American prisons SN - 1498542115 AV - HV9466 .I53 2017 U1 - 365/.973 23 PY - 2017///] CY - Lanham, Maryland PB - Lexington Books KW - Women prisoners KW - United States KW - 20th century KW - 19th century KW - fast N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-174) and index N2 - This collection examines the history of the experience of female inmates in American prisons from the early nineteenth century to the twenty-first century. The contributors analyze women's efforts to exert agency and control over their bodies and experiences, issues of race and class, and how women's experiences differed from those of male inmates. -- Provided by publisher ER -