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The Lost Sisterhood: Prostitution in America, 1900-1918 (Paperback)

by Ruth Rosen (Author) "Never before had Americans exhibited such widespread concern over prostitution..." (more)
Key Phrases: vice commission, many female reformers, organized womanhood, New York, United States, San Francisco (more...)

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"Rosen has broken entirely new ground in what will surely remain the definitive study of urban prostitution in America for many years to come." -- Times Literary Supplement

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"Rosen has broken entirely new ground in what will surely remain the definitive study of urban prostitution in America for many years to come."--'TLS'

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Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press (June 1, 1983)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0801826659
ISBN-13: 978-0801826658
Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 13 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

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vice commission, many female reformers, organized womanhood, prostitute population, social purity reformers, social hygienists, entering prostitution, vice report, new prostitutes, commercialized vice, abatement act, urban prostitution, white slave traffic, white slavery, first sexual contact, most prostitutes, white slave trade, few prostitutes, segregated district, one reformer, parlor houses, immigration commission, social evil

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New York, United States, San Francisco, Progressive Era, Maimie Pinzer, Vice Commission of Chicago, Fanny Howe, Jane Addams, American Plan, New Orleans, Pauline Tabor, George Kneeland, Maude Miner, Emma Goldman, Lulu White, Sally Stanford, Bridgeport Vice Commission, Kansas City, The Lost Sisterhood, Donaldina Cameron, George Kibbe Turner, Hattie Rose, Illinois Senate Committee, Josie Arlington, William Sanger

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4.0 out of 5 stars simply fascinating, January 11, 2002

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The Lost Sisterhood is a fascinating account of prostitution at the turn of the last century. It is also a marvelous glimpse at the challenges and difficulties faced by lower class women - persons who had many careers and doors closed to them, prostitution one of the few ways an independent (ie. unmarried) woman could earn a living.

Far from a sordid or judgemental account, Rosen explores the factors behind the profession, its tolerance (especially in the growing cities of the West), and the attitudes of contemporary Americans towards the trade and those who plied it. I recommend the book for its straightforwardness on a challenging topic, as well as for its honest treatment of the subject and scholarship.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Intriguing women's history, March 30, 2000

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Anyone interested in American women's history and the history of the progressive period will be fascinated by this engrossing book. Rosen explains prostitution within the context of a rapidly growing United States, showing how concerns over prostitution dovetailed with concerns about problems of industrialization and urbanization and immigration. Rosen explores the various attitudes of progressive reformers toward prostitution and explores the lives and works of the prostitutes themselves. There are a few interesting photos included in the book, too.

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