Bowery Gals
My blogs
Blogs I follow
- BillMoyers.com
- Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle
- EV Grieve
- Open City: Blogging Urban Change
- OurChinatown
- Sara D. Roosevelt Park Coalition
- The Lo-Down
- The Villager
| Occupation | community organizer |
|---|---|
| Location | NY, NY, United States |
| Introduction | "[Bowery gals]...the emergence of an ebullient young workingwomen’s culture in 1840s New York. This young womanly culture was expressed most vibrantly in the figure of the Bowery Gal,... (otherwise known as the Bowery g’hal). This Gal was easily distinguished by her in-your-face sartorial dash and brash ways, and by her tendency to hang out in the cheap theatres, dance halls and on the pavements of the Bowery after-hours. ..." |
| Interests | art and justice |
| Favorite Music | Steve Elson |
| Favorite Books | Walt Whitman Leaves of Grass, Yeats, Harry Potter |