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"Disease and Delinquency Know No Color": Syphilis and African American Female Delinquency

College of Social Work, University of South Carolina, Columbia

This article explores the nuances of female delinquency, as it was labeled, during the early 1900s from a medical and social perspective, particularly its manifestation among African American girls. It also examines the efforts made by African American women in early 20th-century North Carolina to address what was deemed female delinquency, as well as syphilis, among these young girls.

Key Words: African Americans • cult of true womanhood • female delinquency • Progressive Era • syphilis

Affilia, Vol. 20, No. 3, 300-315 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0886109905277753


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