Oregon's others : Gender, civil liberties, and the surveillance state in the early twentieth century / Kimberly Jensen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jensen, Kimberly, 1958- author.

Series:

Emil and Kathleen Sick Book Series in Western History and Biography Series

Emil and Kathleen Sick book series in Western history and biography

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil rights--Oregon--History--20th century.

Civil rights.

Women--Oregon--Social conditions--20th century.

Women.

Electronic surveillance--Oregon--History--20th century.

Electronic surveillance.

Oregon--Social life and customs--20th century.

Oregon.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (350 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Seattle, Washington : University of Washington Press, [2024]

Summary:

"In the era of the First World War and its aftermath, the quest to identify, restrict, and punish internal enemy "others," combined with eugenic thinking, severely curtailed civil liberties for many people in Oregon and the nation. In Oregon's Others, Kimberly Jensen analyzes the processes that shaped the growing surveillance state of the era and the compelling personal stories that tell its history. The exclusionary and invasive practices ranged from multiple wartime registrations for women and the registration of "enemy aliens" to the incarceration of women with sexually transmitted diseases, the use of deportations, and forced sterilization at the Oregon State Hospital and other institutions. But some Oregonians resisted the restrictions and challenges to their civil liberties. Their fierce determination to maintain their rights and freedoms fueled movements for human rights, social justice, and dissent that still reverberate today. Oregon's Others examines the collision of civil liberties and persecution through the lens of gender, gender identity and presentation, ability, race, ethnicity, and class"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Eugenics and internal enemy others

Patriotic womanhood and internal enemies

Trouble at work

"Alien" enemies

Held for health

"Insane" or "unfit"

Japanese Oregonian women's resistance.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Jensen, Kimberly Oregon's Others

ISBN:

9780295752594

OCLC:

1422806847