The Underworld Sewer: A Prostitute Reflects on Life in the

The Underworld Sewer: A Prostitute Reflects on Life in the Trade, 1871-1909
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For twenty years Josie Washburn lived and worked in houses of prostitution. She spent the last twelve as the madam of a moderately fancy brothel in Lincoln, Nebraska. After retiring in 1907 and moving to Omaha, she turned to "throwing a searchlight on the underworld," including the "cribs" of Nebraskaâ€™s largest city. The Underworld Sewer, based on her own experience in the profession, blazes with a kind of honesty unavailable to more conventional moral reformers.
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Originally published in 1909, The Underworld Sewer asks why "the social evil" is universally considered necessary or inevitable. Washburn minces no words in exposing the conditions that perpetuate prostitution: the greed and graft of landlords, pimps, alcohol vendors, dope dealers, police officers, city administrators, and politicians; the competition for circulation by sensation-seeking newspapers; the indifference or intolerance of law-abiding, church-going citizens; the false modesty that prevents family discussion of venereal disease; the double standard that allows men to indulge their sexuality but punishes women who do so.
Country USA
Brand Bison Books
Manufacturer Bison Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber part_0803297971
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780803297975
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

The Underworld Sewer: A Prostitute Reflects on Life in the Trade, 1871-1909