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Jeanne Daniels Carpenter

Known today for a detailed early-20th-century study of urban sanitation, this writer helped document how American cities handled waste, street refuse, and public cleanliness at a time of major civic change.

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Municipal housecleaning : the methods and experiences of American cities in collecting and disposing of their municipal wastes—ashes, rubbish, garbage, manure, sewage, and street refuse

Municipal housecleaning : the methods and experiences of American cities in collecting and disposing of their municipal wastes—ashes, rubbish, garbage, manure, sewage, and street refuse

by William Parr Capes, Jeanne Daniels Carpenter

About the author

Jeanne Daniels Carpenter is credited as the co-author of Municipal Housecleaning, a 1918 work written with William Parr Capes. The book looks closely at how American cities collected and disposed of garbage, ashes, sewage, manure, and street refuse, making it a practical snapshot of public health and city management in the Progressive Era.

Reliable biographical details about Carpenter herself are limited in the sources I could confirm. Based on the records available here, her lasting place in print comes from this substantial nonfiction work, which has remained accessible through library and public-domain listings and continues to interest readers looking at the history of sanitation, reform, and everyday urban life.