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A New Book About the Women's House of Detention in Greenwich Village
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All Of It
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WNYC Studios
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audio
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Publication Date |
May 10, 2022
Episode Duration |
00:31:21

A new book tells the story of the Women's House of Detention, a prison that operated in Greenwich Village from 1929 until 1971, before being demolished in 1974. The facility, which today is the Jefferson Market Library, was a women's prison that held women, transgender, and gender non-conforming people, often for just being poor or not compliant with gender standards of the time. Author Hugh Ryan joins to discuss this history and his book, called, The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison.

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