Women and the Everyday City: Public Space in San Francisco, 1890-1915

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.