The American state brought the battle tumult of World War I home. Its victims were women. As part of the campaign against venereal diseases among mobilized soldiers, it hunted down alleged prostitutes. Women faced denunciations, guardians of public morality, imprisonment, and abuse.
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The American state brought the battle tumult of World War I home. Its victims were women. As part of the campaign against venereal diseases among mobilized soldiers, it hunted down alleged prostitutes. Women faced denunciations, guardians of public morality, imprisonment, and abuse.