Prostitution collection, 1834-1975.

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Prostitution collection, 1834-1975.

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This collection consists almost entirely of printed material such as newspaper clippings, articles, and pamphlets dating from 1834 to 1978. Most of the material pertains to the United States and England, though a few items focus on Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. There are only a few 19th century items including pamphlets on the "The Legislation of Female Slavery in England" by Annie Besant (1876) and "The Social Evil in Philadelphia" by Reverend Frank Goodchild (1896). There are also two books on trafficking of young girls written in 1899 and 1910. The bulk of the collection documents the changing relationships among prostitutes, the police, social and legal reformers, and the public over the course of the twentieth 20th century, as well as the impacts of the sexual revolution and the women's movement on attitudes about prostitution and attempts to legalize prostitution in the U.S. since the 1960's.

.5 linear ft. (1 box)

Smith College, Neilson Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7608980

Smith College, Neilson Library

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Butler, Josephine Elizabeth Grey, 1828-1906

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