01802cmm a2200325 4500 214822524 TxAuBib 20120507120000.0 060322s2005||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780807876473 electronic bk. 080787647X electronic bk. (OCoLC)65183807 N$T eng N$T OCLCQ YDXCP OCLCQ TUU OCLCQ MERUC TxAuBib Richter, Amy G. Home on the rails [electronic resource] : women, the railroad, and the rise of public domesticity / Amy G. Richter. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2005. 1 online resource (xiii, 272 p.) : ill. Gender and American culture Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-255) and index. Narrative lines -- When spheres collide -- At home aboard -- A ladies' place -- Working for the railroad -- Nerves of steel. Amy G. Richter follows women travelers onto trains and considers the consequences of their presence. White men and women domesticated the railroad for themselves and paved the way for a racially segregated and class-stratified public space that freed women from the home yet preserved the railroad as a masculine domain. Railroads United States History 19th century. Railroads Social aspects United States History 19th century. Sex role United States History. Women United States History. Science Philosophy & Social Aspects. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING Social Aspects. Electronic books. Gender and American culture. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=147569 EBSCOhost