Inspire

INSPIRE 211: POLICING SEX IN THE SUNFLOWER STATE

Season 2 Episode 11 | 28m 27s | Video has closed captioning.

We discuss Chapter 205, a WWI era quarantine law which allowed public health officials to incarcerate Kansans indefinitely for having a venereal disease. The law was rarely applied to men but resulted in thousands of women being incarcerated without due process. Guests: Kerry Wynn, Professor of History at Washburn University. Nichole Perry, author of "Policing Sex in the Sunflower State".

Aired: 04/15/22

Rating: NR

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