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Women and the Everyday City: Public Space in San Francisco, 1890–1915 (Architecture, Landscape and Amer Culture) Paperback – January 3, 2011

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In Women and the Everyday City, Jessica Ellen Sewell explores the lives of women in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. A period of transformation of both gender roles and American cities, she shows how changes in the city affected women's ability to negotiate shifting gender norms as well as how women's increasing use of the city played a critical role in the campaign for women's suffrage.


Focusing on women's everyday use of streetcars, shops, restaurants, and theaters, Sewell reveals the impact of women on these public places-what women did there, which women went there, and how these places were changed in response to women's presence. Using the diaries of three women in San Francisco-Annie Haskell, Ella Lees Leigh, and Mary Eugenia Pierce, who wrote extensively on their everyday experiences-Sewell studies their accounts of day trips to the city and combines them with memoirs, newspapers, maps, photographs, and her own observations of the buildings that exist today to build a sense of life in San Francisco at this pivotal point in history.
 

Working at the nexus of urban history, architectural history, and cultural geography, Women and the Everyday City offers a revealing portrait of both a major American city during its early years and the women who shaped it-and the country-for generations to come.
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  1. Part of series
    Architecture, Landscape and Amer Culture
  2. Print length
    280 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Univ Of Minnesota Press
  5. Publication date
    January 3, 2011
  6. Dimensions
    7 x 0.8 x 10 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    0816669740
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0816669745
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"Jessica Sewell's book contributes to gendered histories and city histories. . . Women and the Everyday City is an elegantly written analysis of the central role of gender and class in facilitating and changing the segregation ideals of nineteenth century culture." -- Karen Burns, Architectural Theory Review

"This compelling study of gendered urban landscapes offers innovative approaches to telling the history of complicated social, cultural, and architectural spaces." "Written with passion and enthusiasm." -- Aris Damadian Lindemans, Journal of Architectural Education

"Sewell deserves congratulations for uncovering a long overlooked slice of local history, and those interested in learning more about this great period of San Francisco are encouraged to read Women and the Everyday City -- Randy Shaw, Beyond Chron: San Francisco's Alternative Online Daily News

"This book makes a compelling argument for the necessity of considering the built environment into our understandings of gender, city development, and political movements, and should be read by all who are interested in these topics as well as in the history of San Francisco." -- Abigail Markwyn, Planning Perspectives

"Scholars interested in the history of the built environment, women, gender, and American cities are sure to find Women and the Everyday City insightful. . . Those concerned with the social history of California politics and urban political culture will find much food for thought within its pages." -- John Elrick, Urban Affairs Review

About the Author

Jessica Sewell is a member of the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ, and is soon to be an associate professor of architecture at Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool University in Suzhou, China.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Univ Of Minnesota Press (January 3, 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 280 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0816669740
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0816669745
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.12 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 0.8 x 10 inches
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Jessica Ellen Sewell, an interdisciplinary architectural and urban historian and gender scholar, is author of Women and the Everyday City: Public Space in San Francisco, 1890-1915. She is an Associate Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning and American Studies at the University of Virginia and Co-Director of the Center for Cultural Landscapes at UVA.

To take a self-guided tour of sites in downtown San Francisco in association with the book, go to http://jessicaellensewell.org/

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Maude
5.0 out of 5 stars A fresh perspective on the American city and how women interact with it
Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2015
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This is a very fascinating book which opens up a whole new way of looking at the American city and how women interact with it. I used the book for a research paper for a graduate university class (the history of popular culture) and I found it very useful and interesting. The focus of this book is on the upper-middle class but I think it would be a good read for anybody who is interested in city life and how women of different classes and ethnicities historically are able to use the public space. The author draws on many sources to create her narrative - I especially enjoyed the research that Sewell had done on ethnic newspapers in San Francisco. All in all, a great book which offers a fresh perspective. As a woman of today, it is interesting to see how women navigated the city in the old days and how women were far from able to go everywhere by themselves.
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camille thompson
5.0 out of 5 stars Careful mindbending observations and connections
Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2017
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Definitely thought provoking. A good book for a vacay when you can read...and a good book for just reading. So many observations and insights that make the book worth the price.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Shopping Appeal
Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2014
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Interesting history on women and public spaces. Aware of the subtle influence of design on places I frequent but didn't view it as a valid area of research-- just seemed to mundane.
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