The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison

Name: The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison
ISBN: 9781541601192

Stonewall Book · 2023 · Winner

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Bold Type BooksMay 17, 2022History NonfictionISBN 9781541601192

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Stonewall Book Award	2023	Winner	“Nonfiction co-winner”

About This Book

Hugh Ryan's history of the Greenwich Village Women's House of Detention — destroyed in 1974 — recovers the stories of the LGBTQ women and gender-nonconforming people who were imprisoned there. Co-winner of the Stonewall Book Award for Nonfiction.