Progressive Ambivalence: Upholding and Upending Tradition in Philadelphia’s First Public Bathhouse

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dc.contributor.advisorDorsey, Bruce
dc.contributor.authorHearn-Desautels, Gabriel
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-17T21:09:50Z
dc.date.available2020-07-17T21:09:50Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractPhiladelphia’s first, charity-run public bathhouse was established in 1898 by the Public Baths Association of Philadelphia. By the turn of the century, bathing had become inexorably linked to a series of social beliefs, particularly regarding hygiene, morality, and domesticity. In this paper I examine the development of these beliefs and discuss the ways in which the PBA’s first bathhouse became a site in which they were simultaneously upheld and challenged. In doing so, I hope to shed light on the relatively ambivalent nature of bath reformers’ feelings toward the city’s poor.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipSwarthmore College. Dept. of Historyen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10066/22544
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsFull copyright to this work is retained by the student author. It may only be used for non-commercial, research, and educational purposes. All other uses are restricted.
dc.rights.accessSwarthmore College Community only until January 1, 2021en_US
dc.titleProgressive Ambivalence: Upholding and Upending Tradition in Philadelphia’s First Public Bathhouseen_US
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