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Taken from The Old and the Prudish: an Examination of Sex, Sexuality, and Queerness in Library of Congress Classification (2022).
Historical Sex Work
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The underworld sewer : a prostitute reflects on life in the trade, 1871-1909
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Madeleine; an autobiography
Alice: memoirs of a Barbary Coast prostitute
Working girls : an American brothel, circa 1892, the secret photographs of William Goldman
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Working sex sex workers write about a changing industry
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Books, journals, newspapers, and other print materials scanned by many of the largest research libraries in the US.
For a full list, see U.S. History Research Guide - Primary Sources.
bawdy-house, red light district, house of ill fame, procuress, bordello, disorderly house
the social evil, white slavery, lewdness, vice, soliciting, immoral purposes
public woman, crib girl, cottage girl, sporting girl, a woman of the town
