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Historic Underground NYC

"Gentlemen's guides"
 Re-Print → ISBN 978-1-4290-9809-0; .

 


 * . The publication included a list of brothels, with descriptions of the women working there, and even mentioned where to find abortionists.


 * This publication invoked Victorian morality, justifying prostitution as a way to protect virtuous women: "These 'houses' by affording that gratification are the best safeguards to the virtue of maidens, wives and widows, who would otherwise be exposed to violence and outrage."



 
 * . "What strikes me is the understanding that "ladies of fashion" is a term for prostitutes. I didn't know that! I recall that high end courtesans and prostitutes in England were called "fashionable impures" in the early nineteenth century, but didn't know about this American usage." – Paula A. Baxter (bio)



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<li> ISBN 978-0-4050-4456-4; .</li> <li> ISBN 1-1658-1939-2; .</li></ol></ol>