Flipboard Culture Desk on Nostr: In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, American cities were peppered with ...

In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, American cities were peppered with women's hotels — short-term residences in which one would rent a single room and a shared bath at the end of the hallway. "None of them held a unified definition of collective living. Few of them shared ideals. There were no Oneidans among them. Their heyday was briefer than that of the Shakers, and their legacy weaker," writes Daniel M. Lavery in his new book, "Women's Hotel." Here's an extract, published by LitHub.

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