In 1932, the Women's House of Detention—New York City's first women's prison—opened in the heart of Greenwich Village. It was opened to make "wayward" women quiet, private, and properly feminine. And the building had one unique feature originally meant to be a sort of kindness—a special kind of window that the women inside could open. Roman Mars and historian <a href="https://www.hughryan.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Hugh Ryan</a> trace how those special windows had an impact that nobody could have predicted—helping to build a mecca of gay America and, ultimately, a movement.
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