Collection on American Social Health Association survey of commercialized prostitution conditions. [1963]

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Collection on American Social Health Association survey of commercialized prostitution conditions. [1963]

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This collection is the Survey of Commercialized Prostitution in Bremerton, Wash. and its environs which include Bremerton Naval Station and the Survey of Commercialized Prostitution in Yakima, Wash. and environs, which included the Yakima Firing Range. This survey was published in March 1963 by the American Social Health Association and distributed to the responsible community leaders.

1 volume ; 29 cm.

Washington State Library, Office of Secretary of State

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Washington State Library, Office of Secretary of State

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At the beginning of the twentieth century venereal disease was a prevalent concern for social health organizations. Diseases such a syphilis and gonorrhea affected many people and the social stigma attached to sexually transmitted disease prevented most people from discussing or addressing means of treatment for venereal disease. In 1913, at a conference in Buffalo, New York, several organizations dedicated to fighting prostitution and venereal disease joined together to form the Am...