Livingston, Rose E., 1885-1948

Rose E. Livingston; b. 1885?; worked as a prostitute, which led to her being abducted, developing a drug problem, and being forced into sex slavery in New York City's Chinatown; After escaping, she spent much of her life working to free prostitutes and victims of human trafficking; known as the "Angel of Chinatown."; In 1910, she helped pass the Mann Act, which made interstate sex trafficking a federal crime; 1912, attacked while trying to rescue a prostitute; 1914, her life was threatened after a gang offered a $500 reward for her death; Livingston was also a suffragist, believing that fewer women would work as prostitutes if they could vote; took part in one of the Suffrage Hikes from Manhattan to Albany, 1914; received a gold medal from the National Institute of Social Science, 1929; received a silver cup from Edith Claire Bryce of the Peace House, 1937;

Rose Livingston (b. around 1948-d. 1948); known as the Angel of Chinatown; suffragist who worked to free prostitutes and victims of sexual slavery; with Harriet Burton Laidlaw worked in New York City's Chinatown to rescue young white and Chinese girls from forced prostitution; helped pass the Mann Act to make interstate sex trafficking a federal crime; publicly discussed her past as a prostitute