INDEX
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A
Abortion, 23 , 59 , 141 , 235 -41;
laws against, and their enforcement, 237 , 241 , 388 n.66
Abuse, by parent or spouse, 76 , 270 , 321 -22, 325
Acton, William, 23 , 61 , 349 n.42
Adams, Maria (or Marie), 105 , 185 , 223 , 302 , 309 -10
Adultery, and laws against, 140 -41, 151 , 165 , 371 n. 103
Advocate of Moral Reform , 20 , 154
African Americans. See Black New York residents; Prostitutes: black; Prostitution: black and interracial; Racism
Age of consent, 52
Alcoholism, 76 -77. See also Prostitutes: and alcohol and drugs
Aldermen, and Board of, 135 -36, 154 -55, 157 ;
Police Department Reorganization Committee Report (1844), 30 , 124 , 136
Almshouse, 18 , 23 , 117 , 234 , 389 n.78
American Tract Society, 17
Andrews, Carolyn, 185
Andrews, Emma, 185 , 309
Anthony, Mary, 43 -44, 99 , 311
Anthony, Susan B., 138
Anti-feminism, 167
Anti-prostitution laws, 173 . See also Disorderly house/persons: law; Vagrancy law
Applegate, William, 292
Archer, Lawrence, 180
Arkley, Mary, 238 -39
Armstrong, Captain, 45
Arrest records, 53 , 119 , 127 , 351 n.63, 367 n. 20. See also Disorderly house/persons: arrests; Vagrancy law: arrests
Aspinwall, William H., 178
Assignation houses, 196 , 198 , 225 , 381 nn.60, 63, 382 n.65;
number of, 31 , 381 n.58;
mentioned, 42 , 44 , 45 , 50 , 137 , 165 , 193 , 230 , 275 , 313 -14
Association for the Improvement of the Condition of the Poor (AICP), 85 -86, 213
Astor House Hotel, 141 , 231
Austin, Kate, 58
B
Badger, Susan Matilda, 75 , 313
Bagioli, Antonio, 281 , 394 n.90
Bagioli, Teresa (Mrs. Dan Sickles), 281 , 394 n.90
Baker, Elizabeth, 167
Baker, Mrs., 271 -72
Balch, Mrs., 241
Ballard, Francis, 141
Ballard, Henry, 141 -42, 170
Baltimore, 272 , 274
Barnes, Mary Ann, 273
Barney, Ebenezer, 57
Barrett, Eleanor, 179 , 314
Barton, Frances, 302
Barton, Mary, 294 , 296
Battery, the, 187 , 209 -10, 266
Bawdy houses, 126 . See also Brothels
Beach, Moses Y. (editor of the Sun), 161
Beckett, James, 290
Bed houses, 199
Beekman, Henry, 35
Belle View, 316
Bellmire, Ellen, 170
Bellows, Rev. Dr. Henry W., 30
Belmont, Cary, 302
Bennett, James G. (editor of the Herald ), 161 -62, 374 n.38
Bennett, Mrs., 56
Betdell, James, 160
Berger, Patience, 43 , 44 -45, 64 , 154 , 311 , 313 ;
assets of, 44 , 99 -100, 105
Berry, Frank (Francis), 36 -37, 155 , 271 , 291 , 297 , 298 , 300
Berry, Mary (Mrs. Frank Berry, née Mary Cisco), 36 -37, 40 , 105 , 151 , 155 , 200 , 269 , 271 , 291 , 311 , 334 -35;
as madam of Jewett, 12 , 262 , 275 , 279 , 298 -301, 302
Birth control. See Contraception
Bishop, Mary, 248
Blackmail and extortion, 131 , 149 , 230 . See also Panel houses
Black Maria, 111
Black New York residents, 55 , 176 -77, 191 -92, 352 n.71
Blackwell, Elizabeth, 110
Blackwell's Island Hospital, 23 , 233
Blackwell's Island penitentiary and workhouse, 46 , 111 , 157
Blankman, Edmon, 103 , 282 , 284
Blaylock, Mary, 185
Blisset, Hannah, 200 , 297 -98, 300 -302
Bloodgood, Justice, 211
Boardinghouses, respectable, 93 , 180 , 197 ;
keepers of, 361 n.82, 382 n.65
Bonner, Mary, 315
Bowen, Eliza. See Jumel, Eliza
Bowen, Mary, 315
Bowery, the, 192 -93, 209 -10
Bowery Theatre, 199 , 200 , 202 , 205 , 271 , 294 , 301
Bowne, Walter, 178
Bowyer, Officer, 231
Box, Mary Jane, 42 , 76
Boyd, Ann, 185
Boyd, John, 167
Boyd, Mr. (Jewett's client), 13
Boyd's New York City Tax Book , 39
Brace, Charles Loring, 342 n.33
Brackett, Kitty, 157
Brakey, Eliza, 45 -46
Brandley, Harriet, 185
Brewer, Mary Ann, 301
Brewster, Honey, 239 , 249 -50
Bridewell (prison), 271
Briggs, Charlotte, 365 n.98
Briggs, John, 169
Brink, Dennis, 150 -51
Broadway, 209 -12;
hotels and theaters on, 198 -200;
mentioned, 31 , 95 , 109 -10, 112 , 115 , 145 , 171 , 177 , 178 , 186 , 193 -95, 207 , 282 , 301
Broadway Theatre, 200 , 382 n.68
Brothel addresses/prostitution locations Anthony Street (later Worth Street), 104 , 166 , 183 , 185 , 191 , 271 ; 28
Anthony, 35 , 183 , 185 , 191 , 295 ;
Bleeker Street, 210 , 307 ;
Bowery East area, 97 , 186 , 192 -93, 209 ;
Broadway West area, 97 , 186 , 193 -94;
Broome Street, 99 , 155 , 239 ;
Canal Street, 31 , 183 , 207 , 210 ;
Centre Street, 129 , 312 ;
Chapel Street (later West Broadway), 12 , 99 , 100 -101, 202 , 205 ;
Cherry Street, 187 -88;
Church Street, 39 , 43 , 44 , 55 , 64 , 99 , 104 , 131 , 133 , 153 , 157 , 167 , 169 , 183 , 185 , 241 , 315 , 316 , 363 n.90, 381 n.54;
Cotlears Hook (The Hook), 27 , 41 , 78 , 187 , 188 , 215 ;
Crosby Street, 183 , 315 ;
Cross Street, 104 , 183 , 191 , 221 ;
Desbrosses Street, 183 ;
Dock areas, 97 , 186 , 187 -88;
Duane Street, 12 , 36 , 39 , 99 , 101 , 110 , 155 , 157 , 169 , 183 , 220 , 271 , 284 ;
136 Duane, 102 , 104 , 185 , 228 ;
Elizabeth Street, 46 , 134 , 295 ;
Elm Street, 38 , 153 , 183 , 275 ;
Five Points, 18 , 49 , 95 -96, 97 , 119 , 186 , 188 -92, 206 -7, 215 , 254 , 287 -88, 295 , 307 , 380 nn.37, 40;
Fortieth, 186 , 195 ;
Fourteenth Street, 195 , 210 ;
Franklin House, 45 ;
Franklin Street, 71 , 74 , 88 ;
3 Franklin, 12 , 296 , 315 ;
Grand Street, 210 , 249 , 253 , 310 ;
Greene Street, 99 , 104 , 182 , 194 , 229 , 301 ;
Greenwich Street, 122 ;
Hotel de Wood, 220 ;
Houston Street, 182 -83, 208 ;
Laurence House, 12 ;
Laurens Street, 286 ;
Leonard Street, 99 , 102 , 104 , 151 , 159 , 161 , 171 , 183 , 185 , 212 , 215 , 232 , 280 , 315 ;
55 Leonard, 104 , 182 , 183 , 185 , 290 , 302 ;
Little Water Street, 191 ;
Mercer Street, 54 , 56 , 99 , 102 , 104 , 179 , 183 , 194 , 212 , 215 , 253 , 282 , 291 , 292 , 302 ;
Mott Street, 38 , 73 , 100 -101, 183 ;
Mulberry Street, 231 ;
Murray Street, 182 ;
Orange Street, 38 , 145 , 168 , 183 , 191 , 226 ;
Paradise Square, 190 ;
Prince Street, 35 , 210 ;
Reade Street (Reed), 38 , 130 , 168 , 183 ;
Rialto, 195 ;
Seven Sisters, 195 ;
Seventh Avenue, 168 , 195 ;
Staple Street, 183 ;
Tenderloin district, 192 , 195 ;
Thomas Street, 99 , 129 , 185 ;
41 Thomas, 12 , 34 -35, 64 , 129 , 220 , 322 , 325 ;
Thompson Street, 310 ;
Twelfth Street, 178 , 180 , 195 , 282 ;
Twenty-Fifth Street, 195 ;
Twenty-Fourth Street, 183 ;
Twenty-Second Street, 195 ;
Twenty-Seventh Street, 195 ;
Union Square, 195 ;
Walnut Street, 70 , 273 ;
Warren Street, 183 ;
Washington Square North area, 97 , 186 , 194 -95;
Water Street, 87 , 187 -88, 207 , 211 , 215 , 228 ;
West Broadway, 99 , 183 ;
White Street, 130 , 305 ;
Wooster Street, 99 , 194 . See also Battery; Bowery; Broadway; Five Points
"Brothel bullies," defined, 376 n. 58. See also "Bullies"
Brothelkeepers (madams, managers), 40 , 91 -94, 183 , 185 , 196 -97, 222 -26, 269 , 290 -92, 361 n.82, 365 n.98;
ages of, 48 , 50 ;
business and personal skills of, 223 -25;
as exploiters of prostitutes, 94 , 299 -300;
gender, race, and ethnicity of, 55 -58, 94 , 290 -92, 352 n.69, 361 n.83;
as "mothers" and friends, 224 , 299 ;
and personality of house, 222 -23;
profits of, 99 -103, 105 ;
and violence against prostitutes, 295 -96. See also names of individual brothelkeepers and madams
Brothels/prostitution boardinghouses: children in, 57 , 223 -24, 313 -15;
Creole, 55 -56;
directories and guidebooks, 25 , 31 , 55 , 56 , 179 , 194 , 214 -15, 253 , 302 ;
distribution patterns of, 31 , 96 , 97 , 178 -81, 183 , 185 , 186 -95, 362 n.88, 363 n.89;
fees to customer, 88 , 198 , 226 , 227 , 244 , 360 nn.70-71;
German, 221 , 291 ;
as home and family, 224 , 299 -300;
landlords of, 29 , 133 , 181 , 292 ;
long-term addresses of, 184 -85;
lower-class, 178 , 190 , 193 -94, 215 , 221 , 232 ;
and neighbors and community, 127 -30, 177 -81, 216 , 227 -28,
number of, 29 , 31 , 33 , 343 nn. 39-40, 345 n.49, 381 n.58;
as primary institution, 196 -99;
rents in, 88 -89;
rituals and practices of, 36 -37, 225 -27;
security of, 222 , 225 -26;
servants in, 57 -58, 89 , 223 -24;
and social role for men, 251 , 253 -54, 261 -62, 299 ;
theft in, 165 -66, 228 -29;
upper-class, 193 , 195 , 220 -21, 232 ;
as workplace, 195 -97, 219 -22 See also Assignation houses; Panel houses; Police/law enforcers; Prostitutes' relationships with men: as clients; Prostitutes' relationships with men: and violence
Brown, Charlotte, 309 -10
Brown, Jane, 228
Brown, Julia, 105 , 130 , 165 , 173 , 178 , 180 , 181 , 185 , 194 , 224 , 365 n.98, 386 n. 22, 396 n. 117
Brown, Lydia. See Norman, Amelia
Brown, Margaret, 105 , 180 , 302
Brown, Mrs., 155
Brown, Rachel, 314
Brown, Susan, 78
Browning, Mary and Jacob, 290
Buchanan, James, 102 , 268 , 281
Buchanan, Sarah, 74 , 313 , 357 n. 29
"Bullies," 167 -68, 269 , 271 , 362 n.84, 376 n. 58
Buntline, Ned (E. Z. C. Judson): Mysteries and Miseries of New York , 218 ;
Ned Buntline's Own , 161 . See also Judson, Edward Zane Carroll
Burgen, Elizabeth, 233
Burk, Ann, 270
Burke, Mary, 70
Burke, Mr. (Jewett's client), 13
Burke, Mr. (Mrs. Baker's client), 271 -72
Burr (Vidal), 11
Burr, Aaron, 282 -84
Bush, Margaret Ann, 311
Bushnell, Mrs., 185
Butler, Ann and Catherine, 310 , 311
Butler, Anne M., 349 n.44
C
Cabarets, 209
Cannon, Kate, 180
Carey, Matthew (Plea for the Poor ), 82 , 84 -85
Carlock, Jacob, 151
Carter, Enoch, 167
Censuses of 1850 and 1855, 31 -32, 56 , 59 , 61 , 192 , 301 -2, 308 -10, 313 -315, 345 n.49, 363 n.90
C[handler], Charles (Jewett's client), 261 , 265 , 333 , 335
Chapman, George, 129
Chapman, William, 204 , 383 n.85
Charities, 85 -86
Charles, Harriet, 124
Charles, James (ahas Green Jacket), 231
Chatham Theatre, 79 , 200
Chichester, John (Chichester gang), 167 -68
Children: abandonment of, see Infants, abandonment of; illegitimate, 59 , 312 ;
molestation and sexual abuse of, 51 , 351 n.58;
mortality rates, 59 , 312 , 354 n.90;
prostitution of, see Prostitutes, child
Children's Aid Society, 213
Cholera epidemic (1833), 45
Cisco, Mary. See Berry, Mary
Clark, Eliza, 39
Clark, Mary Louisa, 305 , 306
Clarke, Susan, 240
Class, role of, 2
Clients of prostitutes. See Prostitutes' relationships with men: as clients
Clifton, Emma, 180 , 302
Clinton, Mary, 302
Cochran, Catherine, 38 , 167 , 211
Coin, Adeliza, 295
Collect Pond, 190
Columbia College, 194 , 217
Committee of Fifteen, 340 n. 17
Common Council, 27 , 86 , 125 , 146 , 148 , 154 , 242
Concert saloons, 206 -7
Conch, 272 -73
Connelly, Justice Michael, 126 , 368 n.43
Consent, age of, 52
Contraception, 235 , 236 , 242
Cook, Caroline (C.C.), 179 , 223
Cook, Mr. (Jewett's client), 261 -63
Cooper, Rebecca, 185
Cooper, Sarah Ann, 295
Corlis, Charles, murder of, 165
Cornell, Mrs., 253 , 311 , 399 n.54
Corruption of law officials, 147 -50, 157 , 372 n. 10
Cory, E. T., 239
Cosine, Catharine, 289
Costello, Madame, 237
Cost of living, 84 -85
Courts:
of General Sessions, 116 , 126 , 127 , 151 , 160 ;
Mayor's Office as, 109 , 366 n.3;
of Special Sessions, 160 , 162 ;
Superior and Supreme, 123 , 134 , 160 , 182
Coyle, Mary Ann (Cole), 143
COYOTE (Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics), 400 n. 5
Crapsey, Edward, 219
Criminal underground, 21
Cross-dressing, 307 -8
"Cult of domesticity," 17
"Cult of true womanhood," 17 , 67
Cunningham, Mrs., 12
D
Dairey, Elizabeth, 155
Dale, Clara, 165
Daley, Judge C. P., 132 , 173
Dance houses/halls, 188 , 207 -8
"Dangerous classes," 385 n.4
Darragh, Elizabeth, 314
Darwin, Charles, 242
Davis, Gertie, 214
Davis, Rebecca, 130 -31
Davis, William, 239 -41, 249
Day, Frances, 74
Dean, Caroline, 396 n. 114
Death rates. See Children: mortality rates; Prostitutes: mortality and suicide of
Decker, Julia, 78 , 288 , 310
Decker, Miss (Mrs. Hamilton Dobbs), 288
Delaplaine, John F., 133 , 292 , 369 n.70
Demarest, Mary Ann, 305 -6
Demographic patterns, New York City, 176 -77
Denny, Sarah, 79
Devins, John, 134
Diamond, Dennis, 270
Diaries, 182 . See also Dunlap, William; Hone, Philip; Strong, George T.; Taylor, Robert
Dickens, Charles, 191 , 380 n.40
Disease. See Venereal disease
Disorderly house/persons:
arrests, 39 , 127 -28, 133 , 271 , 305 -6;
law, disorderly house, 126 -27, 131 -34, 151 -52, 155 ;
law, disorderly persons, 113 -14, 116 -17, 126 -33, 149
Divorce, 286 , 290 ;
testimony for, 151 , 159 , 165 , 182
Domestic servants, 48 , 59 , 82 , 83 -84, 340 n. 16, 352 n.64
Dory, Phoebe, 167 , 169 , 183
Double standard, 60 , 66 , 74 -75, 112 , 139 -40
Dowell, William, 160
Doyen (Dorrance), Dorcas. See Jewett, Helen
Drake, Mary, 295 -96
Dressmakers. See Seamstresses
Drinking (dram) establishments, 127 , 188 , 206
Drug addiction, 318
Dunlap, William, 182 , 282
E
East River, 187
Easy, Bill (George P. Marston), 261 -64, 335
Economic conditions, of nineteenth-century women, 81 -86. See also Prostitution: economic or occupational opportunity of
Edmonds, Judge J. W., 157
Edmonds, Matilda, 166
Edmonds, Sarah (Mrs. George), 305 -6
Edward (Jewett's client), 15 , 264 -65
Ellington, George, 219 , 230 , 244 -46, 270
Emily (Jewett's friend), 304 -5, 335
Employers, sexual exploitation by, 73 -74, 86 , 313
Englis, Jenny, 102 , 104
"English Ann," 198
"English Nance," 156
Erben, Alderman, 155
Erriott, Catherine, 305
Ethnic neighborhoods, New York City, 119 , 176 -77
Evangelical reform movement, 18 , 21
F
Family, nineteenth-century, 16 -17, 213
Farmer, Ann, 271 , 298 -99, 318 , 335
Farryall, Joseph, 49 -50, 71 -72, 74 , 291 , 356 n. 22
Fast Man's Directory and Lovers' Guide (H. D. Eastman), 55
Faulkner, Eliza and Catherine, 310
Felt, D., 264
Female Magdalen Society Home, 43
Feminists, 138
Fifth Avenue, 177 , 195 , 207
Fish, Hamilton (governor), 157
Fisher, Eliza, 57 , 165 -66, 231 -32, 317
Fisher, Sarah, 365 n.98
Five Points, 95 -96, 188 -92, 189 , 215 , 243 , 380 nn. 37, 40. See also Brothel addresses/prostitution locations: Five Points
Five Points House of Industry, 192
Ford, William, 170 -71
Foreign-born residents, 53 -54, 351 n. 63, 352 n.64. See also Immigrants/immigration
Forrest, Edwin and Catherine, 151 , 165 , 225
Foster, George G. (New York in Slices ;
New York by Gaslight ;
New York Naked ), 202 , 217 -18, 230
Foster, Mary Ann, 185 , 295
Fowler, Mary (Mrs. Joseph Fowler), 131 -33, 152 , 173 , 295
Fox, Margaret, 315
Frampton, Maria, 316
Frances, Jane, 56
Franklin Theatre, 205
Frisby, Emeline, 155
Fuller, Hannah, 170 -71
Furman, Adelia. See Miller, Adeline
Furman, Mary Ann, 165
G
Gage, Dr. Thomas E., 239 -41, 249
Gale, George, 167
Gallagher, Ellen, 239 -41, 388 n.73
Gallagher, Mary, 100 , 102 , 105 , 299
Gamble, Mary, 169
Gambling, 188
Gardner, M., 223
Gender, role of and biases, 2 , 112 -13, 139
The Gentleman's Directory: The Gentleman's Companion, New York City in 1870 , 214 , 215
German immigrants, 54 , 84 , 180 , 352 n.64. See also Brothels/prostitution boardinghouses: German; Prostitutes: foreign-born
Gilfoyle, Timothy J., 255
Goldman, Marion, 308
Goldstreng, Antoinette, 165
Goodrich, Augustus, 152
Goodrich, Lizzie, 232
Goodwin, Clara, 309
Gordon, Clara, 102 -4
Graham, Jenny. See Western, Jane Graham
Graham, Mary E., 280 -81
Grand juries related to prostitution, 30 , 125 , 162
Green, Matilda, 185
Green, Mr., 44
Grey, Jenny, 180
Grey Nunnery, 70
Griscom, John, 137
Groggeries. See Drinking establishments; Saloons
Groneman-Pernicorn, Carol, 192
Grovenor, Mary Ann, 170
H
Habeas corpus, writs of, 111 , 120 -21
Hadden, Angela, 73 -74
Hall, Eliza, 306
Hall, Sarah, 295
Halliday, Samuel B., 192
Hamet, Charles, 124 , 126
Hamilton, Ellen, 102
Hannington's Diorama, 85
Harassment. See Prostitutes: harassment of
"Harpies," 262 , 391 n.26
Harrington, Mr. and Mrs. William, 312
Harry Hill's Dance Hall, 208
Harvey, Delilah, 79
Harvey, Officer, 153
Haslem, Robert, 307
Hastings, Catherine "Kate," 102 -5, 150 , 159 -64, 169 , 223
Hathaway, Caroline, 100 -101, 223
Havens, Henry, 230 -31
Hawhurst, Lydia Ann, 312
Hazard, Clara, 204 , 272 -73, 293 , 297 -98, 304 , 311 , 317 , 335
Henriques, Virginia, 56
Hentwish, Joe, 289
Hill, Jane, 56 , 314
Hill, Shannon E., xiv
Hoag, Alexander and Melinda, 121 -23, 291 , 368 n.34
Hobson, Barbara, 68 , 352 n.69, 354 n.99, 355 n.10
Hoffman, Catherine (Mrs. Shay Hoffman), 291 , 295 -96
Hoffman, Ogden, 151 , 376 n.69, 396 n.117
Hoffman's Bar, 295
Holland, John (alias Marquis), 165 , 249
Holly, Ellen, 170
Home for the Friendless, 39
Homosexuality and lesbianism, 306 -8
Hone, Philip, 18 , 178 , 182 , 191 , 200 , 254 , 282 , 374 n.38, 377 n.69, 398 n.78
Hook, the. See Brothel addresses/prostitution locations: Corlears Hook
"Hooker," 379 -80n.34
Hopson, Justice, 211
House of Refuge, 24 , 25 , 42 , 49 , 61 , 73 , 77 , 78 , 87 , 139 , 213 , 266 , 285 , 287 , 289 , 301 , 327 ;
mentioned, 40 , 41 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 88 , 205 , 234 , 280 , 281 , 310 , 312 , 313 , 315 , 316
Howard, Emma, 157
Howard, Fanny, 133
Howard, Mary, 185
Howard, Mrs., 275
Howell, Anna, 314
Hoyt, Christine and Caroline, 310
Hubbard, Mariah, 74 , 88
Huckstering, 209 , 251
Huson, Phebe, 77
Hyer, Thomas, 170
I
Illegitimacy, 59 , 312
Immigrants/immigration, 45 -46, 176 , 352 n.64, 354 n.99, 377 n.6;
laws related to, 134 ;
percentage of prostitutes foreign-born, 53 -54, 55 , 352 n.69;
public disdain for, 52 -53, 191 -92;
mentioned, 71 , 73 , 82 , 84 , 95 , 118 , 125 -26, 171 , 193 , 194 , 212 . See also
New York City population: immigrants and ethnic clusters
Incest, 77
Indentures, 41 -43, 64 , 74 , 213 , 289 , 301
Infants:
abandonment of, 242 , 316 , 389 n.78;
and infanticide, 241 -42, 316 ;
mortality rates, 242
Infertility, 242
Ingersoll, Caroline, 105 , 151 -52, 165 , 182 , 225
Inquests, 159 , 165 , 233 , 242 , 331 , 395 n.92
Intelligence offices, 72 -73
Interfacial sex. See Prostitution: black and interfacial
Irish immigrants, 53 -54, 84 , 352 n.64
J
Jackson, Dr. Charles, 237 -38
Jackson, Jane Ann, 168 , 185
Jackson, Mrs., 291
Jeffreys, Elizabeth, 167
Jewell, Mary, 166
Jewett, Helen, 9 -16, 10, 14 , 184 , 276 , 277 , 322 , 325 , 339 n.11, 391 nn.22-23;
clients of, 254 -66, 334 -36;
correspondence of, 15 -16, 25 -26, 203 -4, 214 , 256 -66, 271 -80, 293 , 297 -302, 304 , 311 , 318 -19, 322 , 331 -36;
earnings of, 13 , 88 , 339 n.10;
murder and trial, 9 -16, 34 , 35 , 63 , 150 , 172 , 234 , 254 , 274 , 280 , 375 n.55
J.J.A.S. (Jewett's client), 335
Jocelin, Dr. Benjamin A., 275
"John," 390 n.3. See also Prostitutes' relationships with men: as clients
John Allen's Dance Hall, 208
Judson, Edward Zane Carroll (Ned Buntline), 131 , 161 -65, 169 , 218 , 373 n.12
Jumel, Eliza Bowen (Mrs. Stephen Jumel, Mrs. Aaron Burr, alias Eliza Brown), 282 -84, 283
Jumel, Stephen, 282
Juvenile justice, 139
K
Kane, Jane, 399 n.57
Kanth (Kranth), Louisa and Charles, 291
Kelly, Mary, 295
Kelly, Miss, 185
Kelly, Rhoda, 314
Kemp, Mary, 234
Ketchum, Justice, 153
Kidd, Keziah Anne, 287 , 301
Kinmon, John, 226
Kissner, Captain, 109
L
Ladies Home Mission Society, 192
"Lallah Rook," 261
Landlords, of prostitution, 133 -34. See also Delaplaine, John F.; Livingston, John R.
Lane, Catherine, 45
Langdon, Mrs., 301
Laraty, Mr. (Jewett's client), 13
Laudanum, 248
Lavoie, Felicite (alias Catherine Stone), 286
Law enforcers. See Police/law enforcers Laws. See Abortion' laws against; Adultery, and laws against; Disorderly house/ persons: law; Immigrants/immigration: laws related to; Landlords, of prostitution; Seduction laws; Tenement house laws; Vagrancy law
Lawson, M., 274
LeCompt (LeCount), Miss, 302
Lee, Colonel, 43
Legal system, male dominance of, 2 , 113 , 139 -40
Legislature, New York, 138 , 141 -42, 281
Lenox, James, 178
LeRoy, Bob, 282
LeRoy, Jake, 201 , 282 , 387 n.58, 395 n.92
Lesbianism, 306 -8
Leslie, Ann, 105
Leve, Jane, 312
Lewis, Elizabeth, 105 , 310
Lewis, Maria (Maggie), 310
Lewis, Mary, 180
Licensing of prostitutes. See Prostitution: licensing and regulation of; St. Louis, regulation of prostitution in
Livingston, John R., 129 , 292
Lloyd, Ann, 241
Lockwood, Charles, 178 , 180
Logue, Eliza, 170
Lord, Jane (Mrs. Jacob Lord), 314
Low, Cornelius, 178
Lowndes, Justice, 211
Ludlow, Eliza, 168
Lynch, Judge, 121
Lyon, Margaret and Sarah, 310
Lyon, Mrs., 185
M
McCabe, James D., Jr., 192 , 198 -99, 219 , 228 , 245 -46
McCord, Jane, 105 , 183
McCready, Irene, 165
McDermott, Margaret, 125 -26
McDowall, Rev. John, 9 , 17 -21;
1831 report by, 18 , 24 , 27 , 65 , 118 -19, 176 , 268 ;
estimates of prostitutes, 18 , 27 , 30 ;
method of calculating numbers of prostitutes, 343 n.39;
mentioned, 27 , 30 , 60 , 65 , 93 , 118 , 176 , 238 , 243 , 268 , 317 , 340 n.21
McDowall's Journal , 20 , 268 , 317 , 341 n.21
McNeal, Elizabeth, 73
Magdalen Asylum, 234
Magdalen Facts , 19
Magdalen Society of 1812, 27
Malloy, J. Ann, 183 , 309 -10, 317
Malloy, Mary., 309 -10, 317
Mangren (Mangin), Bridget, 49 , 78 , 350 n.51
Mansfield, Mary, 270
Maria, 169
Marshall, Cinderella, 170 , 185 , 223 -24, 249 -50, 396 n. 114
Marston, George P. See Easy, Bill
Martin, Arabella, 242
Matsell, Police Chief George, 29 , 30 , 51 , 213
May, Delia, 271
May Day, 28 , 182 -83
Meade, Abby (alias Abby Meyer), 43 , 105 , 164 , 166 , 185 , 348 n.35
Meadows, Julia, 171
Mechanics, 193 , 280 , 287
Men: authoritarian role of, see Patriarch-alism; and Victorian view of sexual nature, 66 , 69 , 70
Meyer (Myer), Abby. See Meade, Abby
Meyers, Captain, 43
Michigan Medical Center, University of: fertility study, 242
Miller, Adeline (alias Adelia Furman), 37 -40, 46 , 105 , 153 , 155 , 163 , 168 , 183 , 284 , 292 , 317 , 347 nn.20-21, 365 n.98, 385 n.18
Miller, Anne, 185 , 211
Miller, Henry, 37
Miller, Mary, 310
Miller, Nelson, 38 , 153 , 317
Miller daughters, 38 , 153 , 317
Millinery workers and establishments, 26 , 42 , 73
Mills, Frances, 295
Misogyny, 167
Missionaries, 18 , 228 , 386 n.35
Mitchell, Maria, 295 , 317
Mobility of citizens, 181
Moore, Mary, 155
Moral Education Society of New York, 138
Moralism, nineteenth-century, 11 , 24 , 64 , 86 , 134 , 139 , 144 , 147 , 213 , 215 , 247 , 322 -23
Moral reform/reformers, 154 , 228 ;
attitudes on prostitution, 11 , 65 -67, 86 -87, 90 , 140 , 355 n.10;
movement, 9 , 17 -21, 22 ;
societies, 18 , 20 , 66 , 311
Morphine, 246
Morris, Robert, 120 , 331 , 334 , 367 n.22
Mortality See Children: mortality rates; Prostitutes: mortality and suicide of
Mott, Lucretia, 138
Myers, Dorothy, 185
N
Nathan, Benjamin, 165
National Police Gazette , 333 -35
National Theatre, 165 , 194
Near, Rachel, 88
Ned Buntline's Own , 161
Neighborhoods, New York City. See New York City population
Newspaper editors, controversies of, 161 -62, 374 n.38
New York City population, 52 ;
demographic and geographic patterns, 175 -95, 378 nn.20-21;
immigrants and ethnic clusters, 52 -54, 118 -19, 176 -77
New York City residents. See Black New York residents; Foreign-born residents; "Respectable" residents
New York Daily Times , and Mayor Wood's reform program, 112 -15
New York Female Benevolent Society, 20
New York Female Moral Reform Society, 66 , 311
New York Herald , 9 -11
New York legislature, 138 , 141 -42, 281
New York Magdalen Society, 18 , 43 , 89 , 268 . See also McDowall, Rev. John: 1831 report by
New York Public Library, 178
New York Society for the Prevention of Paupers, 65
New York Society Library, 178
Niles, George, 230
Norman, Amelia (alias Lydia Brown), 141 -43, 170
Nosworthy, William, 171
O
O'Grady, Mary, 78
O'Kille, Francis (also Frances, Fanny), 105 , 185 , 290
Old Brewery (Five Points tenement), 189
Olympic Theatre, 200
Opium, 244 , 245
Orphans: as prostitutes, 72 , 76 , 357 nn.34-35;
as wards of prostitutes, 295 , 317
Osborne, Justice B. W., 109 -10
Ostrander, John, 156
Overseers of the Poor, 133
P
"Palace of mirrors," 157 , 220
Panel houses, 199 , 351 n.63;
panel thieves, 122 , 199 , 230 , 267 , 291
Parent-Duchatelet, A. J. B., 22 , 60 , 137 , 218 , 349 n.42
Paris, Catherine (alias Elizabeth Salters), 63 -64, 99 , 331 -32
Parker, Amanda, 223
Park Theatre, 134 , 171 , 200 -204, 266 , 294 -95, 382 n.68, 383 n.88, 391 n.22
Parlor houses. See Brothels
Paternalism, 113
Patriarchalism, 2 , 113 , 143 , 144 , 321 -23
Penitentiary hospital, 233
Penny, Virginia (How Women Can Make Money ), 81 -82
Penny press. See Popular press
Perkins, Ann, 129
Personal property, 36 -37, 39 , 44 , 63 -64, 95 , 102 -5
Pessen, Edward, 99 -100;
method of calculating property in current dollars, 346 n.10
Philadelphia. See Prostitutes: Philadelphia connections of
Phillips, Matilda, 295
Phillips, Mrs., 241
Phillips, Nancy, 310
Pierce, Maria, 35
Pimps/pimp system, 4 , 94 , 267 -68;
development of system, 392 n.41;
use of term, 362 n.84
Pine Knot Bitters, 233
Place, Emma (alias Emma Allen), 157
Police/law enforcers, 28 , 109 , 114 , 124 , 132 , 145 -58;
abuse of prostitutes by, 155 -56;
corruption of, 147 -50, 157 , 292 , 372 n.10;
fee system of, 146 -51;
personalized/discretionary law enforcement by, 146 , 149 , 154 -55, 173 ;
records of, 26 , 27 ;
reform of, 148 , 152 , 372 n.7;
and reports and records mentioned, 26 , 27 , 29 , 31 , 119 , 127 , 133 ;
in variety of official roles, 146 -48, 154 ;
working with prostitutes, 150 -52, 156 -57, 231 , 292 . See also Disorderly house/persons: law; Matsell, Police Chief George; Vagrancy law
Popular literature of prostitution, 21 , 68 , 218 -19
Popular press (penny press), 21 , 27 -29, 119 , 121 , 141 , 142 , 160 -61, 237 ;
descriptions of prostitutes in, 13 , 35 , 162 , 288
Population changes. See New York City population: demographic and geographic patterns
Pornographic literature, 39 , 95 , 292
Porter, Rachel, 105 , 166
Potter, Julia, 247
Poverty: areas of, 177 , 186 -88, 191 -92;
as related to prostitution or vice, 46 , 51 -52, 65 , 117 , 119 , 126 , 178 , 182 , 212
Powell, Mrs., 295
Pratt, Elizabeth (Eliza), 105 , 163 , 239
Price, Mrs., 185
Prime, Rev. Samuel, 60 , 150 , 155 , 305
Prison, 18 , 116 , 118 , 126 -27, 142 , 156 , 165 , 247
Progressives, 5 , 340 n.17
Property assessments. See Tax: assessments
Property owners, female, 96 , 98 -99
Prostitutes: ages of, 33 , 48 -49, 50 , 62 ;
and alcohol and drugs, 80 , 243 -47;
as assertive citizens, 145 -49, 157 -72,
Prostitutes (continued )
173 , 174 , 224 , 315 ;
black, 45 , 55 -58, 62 , 169 , 295 , 314 , 317 , 352 n.70, 353 n.72;
character and credibility of, 11 , 35 , 65 , 131 , 172 -73, 217 ;
child, 24 , 49 -51, 205 , 209 , 212 -13, 234 , 350 nn.49, 58;
collective profile of, 47 -62, 349 nn.42, 44;
community attitudes toward, 3 , 11 , 112 -16, 139 , 322 -23;
in court hearings, 118 , 151 , 158 , 159 , 165 ;
economic situation of, 13 , 17 , 62 , 87 -92, 96 , 99 -106, 219 , 339 n.10;
emotional/psychological well-being of, 247 , 248 -50, 316 , 318 ;
exploitation of, 94 , 293 , 299 -300;
family background and relationships of, 60 , 75 -77, 90 , 213 , 308 -17;
foreign-born, 33 , 52 -55, 60 , 61 , 62 , 193 , 194 , 206 , 212 , 291 , 352 nn.64, 69, 354 n.99;
harassment of, 56 , 112 , 131 , 155 , 171 ;
legal status and treatment of, 2 , 3 , 112 -16, 369 n.66;
length of time in profession, 3 , 40 , 46 , 48 , 59 , 60 -61, 62 , 88 , 91 -93, 99 -100, 183 , 184 ;
lifestyle of, 62 , 77 , 89 -90, 243 -48, 298 , 302 -3, 323 , 398 n.30;
marriage and divorce of, 58 , 282 -91, 396 n.117;
medical examinations of, 111 , 137 -38, 232 , 370 n.84, 387 n.50;
mobility of, economic and social, 2 , 60 -61, 91 ;
mobility of, geographic, 181 -84, 379 nn.27,28;
mortality and suicide of, 61 , 248 , 316 , 318 ;
motherhood and pregnancy of (see also Contraception), 37 -38, 58 -59, 78 , 154 , 178 , 234 -37, 241 -42, 282 , 295 , 310 -18, 389 n.77;
name choice of, 249 -50;
numbers of, 18 , 26 -33, 345 nn.49,51;
occupational backgrounds of, 59 -60, 340 n.16;
personal profiles of, 9 -16, 34 -46;
Philadelphia connections of, 37 , 272 -73, 279 , 287 , 297 -300, 304 , 391 n.23;
soliciting customers, 203 , 208 , 209 -15, 302 ;
tolerance of, by community, 155 , 180 , 205 ;
as victims and victimizers, 11 , 21 , 65 -68, 74 -75, 80 , 133 , 140 , 218 , 322 -23;
as working women, 1 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 33 , 323 -24. See also Brothelkeepers; Brothels; Disorderly house/persons: law; Police/law enforcers; Prostitutes' relationships with men/women; Prostitution, causes of; Rape; Streetwalkers; Tax assessments; Vagrancy law; Venereal disease; and names of individual prostitutes
Prostitutes' relationships with men, 253 -92;
in business, 290 -92;
as clients, 57 , 139 , 218 , 219 -20, 226 -27, 249 , 253 -57, 292 , 299 , 386 n.28, 390 n.3;
as friends, 256 , 259 -67, 293 , 373 n.13;
and hostility, 255 -57, 391 n.7;
as lovers, 94 , 218 , 230 , 267 -82, 301 ;
in marriage, 52 , 281 -92;
as partners in crime, 114 , 230 -31, 351 n.63;
and violence, 151 , 160 , 171 , 173 , 202 , 229 -30, 240 , 241 , 255 , 257 , 270 -72, 280 , 305 , 314 -15, 375 n.55;
and violence by groups, 38 , 167 -69, 170 , 181 . See also Police/law enforcers; Rape
Prostitutes' relationships with women, 293 -319;
in contemporary stereotypes, 293 -94;
as friends, 78 -80, 100 -104, 293 -94, 296 -308, 315 , 318 -19;
in leisure activities, 298 , 302 -3;
as mothers and daughters, 36 , 78 , 178 , 282 , 310 -11;
in networking, 100 -103, 324 ;
as sisters and relatives, 78 , 308 -10;
and violence, 151 , 294 -96. See also Brothelkeepers
Prostitution:
black and interfacial, 55 -58, 191 -92, 194 , 254 -55, 353 nn.72,82;
dangers and disadvantages of, 3 , 23 , 90 , 211 , 227 -31, 232 -48;
definition of, 26 , 342 n.36;
economic or occupational opportunity of, 1 , 17 , 36 , 38 -40, 62 -63, 68 , 86 , 96 , 324 ;
European, 22 , 23 , 33 , 136 -37, 175 , 206 , 349 nn.42,44;
geographic distribution of, 31 , 95 -96, 97 , 175 -80, 186 -95, 362 n.87;
hierarchy of, 218 -22, 268 ;
licensing and regulation of, 21 , 23 -25, 132 , 135 -39;
moral reformers' responses to, 11 , 17 -21, 65 -68, 86 -87, 90 , 355 n.10;
primary and secondary institutions of, 196 -209;
public attitudes toward, 17 , 18 , 132 , 139 , 173 , 180 -81, 365 n.2;
studies of, 22 -25;
subculture, 248 -50, 306 , 318 ;
surveys and estimates of, 27 , 31 -33, 343 n.39, 344 n.43;
working
conditions of, 89 -90, 187 -88, 191 , 195 , 219 -22. See also Brothels; Laws; Police/law enforcers; Prostitutes; Streetwalkers; Third tier
Prostitution, causes of: double standard, 75 ;
economic rewards, 36 -40, 44 -45, 87 -106;
entrapment and trickery, 67 , 71 -74;
evil influences of literature, dress, and theater, 205 , 356 n. 17;
home and family life, 60 , 75 -80;
inclination and lifestyle choice, 77 , 80 -81;
influence of companions, 77 -80;
lack of alternatives, 17 , 67 , 82 -84, 87 , 319 ;
moral weakness, 65 ;
positive appeal, 68 , 81 ;
poverty/destitution, 66 , 81 -86;
Sanger survey, 72 ;
seduction and abandonment, 66 , 68 -71, 74 ;
twentieth-century analysis, 355 n.4, 358 nn.48, 50
Purity reform, 66 . See also Moral reform/reformers: movement
Purse, W., 271
R
Racism, 55 -57, 191 , 254 -55, 353 nn.72, 82, 398 n.45
Rape, 71 , 73 , 156 , 229 , 239 -40, 313 ;
cases pursued in court, 51 , 170 -71, 350 n. 58
Ray, Charles, 289
Ray, Mary Ann, 77
Real estate holdings, 105 . See also Landlords, of prostitution
Redding, Mrs., 223
"Red Drop," 233
Red light district, 95 , 137 , 268
Reed, Mrs. Francis, 286 , 315
Reffell, Mary, 271
Reformers:
evangelical/moral, 65 , 228 ;
Mayor Wood's reform program, 109 -14, 212 -13. See also Moral reform/reformers
"Respectable" residents, interacting with prostitutes, 18 , 29 , 35 , 133 , 134 , 191 , 194 , 202 , 203 , 210 , 378 n.13
Restelle, Madame (Ann Lohman), 23 , 141 , 237 -38, 240
"Restellism," 23
Rhinggold, Benjamin, 271
Rice, Elizabeth, 131
Rice, Hannah, 43
Richmond Hill Theatre, 200
Ridgeway, James, 292
Ridgley, Kate, 105 , 157 -58, 220 -21, 222 , 285 n. 18
Riots, in New York City, 147 -48
Roberts, Mary Jane, 313
Roberts, Nathan, 230
Robins, Mrs., 311
Robinson, Jane, 228
Robinson, Mary, 185
Robinson, Richard (alias Frank Rivers), 10 -11, 34 -35, 249 , 254 , 261 -64, 274 , 300 -301, 394 n.81;
correspondence of, 257 , 275 , 278 -80, 297 , 331 -35
Robinson, Solon (Hot Corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated ), 218
Rollough, George (alias Black Hawk), 231
Roper, Mr., 310
Rosen, Ruth, 4 -5, 33 , 349 n.44
Rosenzweig, Jacob, 237
Rowe, Harriet, 309 -10
Rowe, Kate, 180 , 309 -10
Rue, John, 270
Rural women. See Prostitution, causes of: entrapment and trickery; Women, nineteenth-century: as victims
Ryerson, Margaret, 151
S
Sage, Frances, 78 -79
Sailors, 187 -88, 193 , 255 , 314
St. Catherine's Church, 286
St. Louis, regulation of prostitution in, 139
Saloons, 147 , 187 -88, 196 , 206 -7
Salters, Elizabeth. See Paris, Catherine
Salvarsan, 232
Sands, Emma (Emma Sands v. People , 1838), 119 -21, 124
Sanger, Dr. William:
on abortion, 237 -38, 241 ;
on alcohol and drugs, 243 -44, 246 ;
on causes of prostitution, 69 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 76 , 78 -81;
description of study, 23 -25, 27 ;
on hierarchy and profile of prostitutes, 47 -49, 52 -53, 58 -62, 218 , 230 , 269 -70, 287 -88, 312 -13;
on legalization and regulation of prostitution, 137 -38;
on life expectancy of prostitutes, 60 -61;
on method of calculating number of prostitutes, 344 n.43, 345 n.51;
on number of prostitutes and houses, 29 -30, 31 , 32 ;
on profitability of prostitution, 88 -89, 96 ;
on
Sanger, Dr. William (continued )
relationships in community, 144 , 175 , 206 , 209 , 212 , 216 ;
on venereal disease, 227 , 232 -33
Sarles, Mrs. See Utter sisters
Saum, Lewis, 248
Savage, Lorenzo, 151
Scientific reformers and studies, 21 , 27 , 66 , 218
Scott, Susan, 185
Seamstresses, 26 , 42 , 59 , 82 -83, 85 -86, 141 , 305 -6, 340 n. 16
Seduction, 66 , 73 , 140 , 239 , 273
Seduction laws, 140 -43, 371 n.103
Seely, Catherine "Kitty" (Mrs. William Seely), 287 -88
Seigler, Phebe and Eliza, 310
"Separate spheres," 17 , 319
Sewally, Peter (alias Mary Jones, alias Eliza Smith), 307 -8
Sewing trades. See Seamstresses
Sex publications, 39 , 95 , 292
Sexual abuse, 113 ;
by employer, 73 -74, 86 , 313 ;
by police, 156
Sexual harassment, 155
Sexual nature of men and women, 66 , 69 , 70
Seymour, Mary, 316
Shannon, Susan, 169 , 173 , 185 , 291
Shott, Mrs., 185
Sickles, Daniel, 102 , 268 , 281 , 394 nn.88, 90
Simpson, Bishop Matthew, 30
Simpson, Edmund, 134 -35, 204 , 383 n.88
Sisterhood of women, 400 n. 5
Sloat, Dr. John, 241
Slums. See Five Points;
Tenements
Smith, Amanda, 315
Smith, Cecelia, 289
Smith, Dr. Charles, 23 , 29 , 47 -48, 50 , 60 , 136 , 200 , 217 , 218 , 232 , 247 , 269 -70;
on number of prostitutes, 343 n.41
Smith, Eliza, 129 , 140 , 185
Smith Harriet, 230 -31
Smith Isaac, 122 -23
Smith James (ahas "Mouse"), 231
Smith Jane, 166
Smith Julia Ann, 45
Smith Mary, 171
Smith Matthew Hale, 219
Smith, Susan, 238
Smith, Thomas, 284
"Social evil," 17 , 340 n. 17
Soule, Emma, 309 -10
Stafford, Lavinia, 185
Stansell, Christine, 5 , 285
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 138
Steen, Mary, 202 , 205
Stephens, Cyrenus, 291
Stephens, Moll, 169
Stevens, Ellen, 302
Stewart, Isabella, 166
Stewart, Mary, 170 , 273 -74
Stiles (Styles), Miss R., 185 , 302
Street, dangers of, 77 , 105 , 115 , 138 , 307
Street hucksters, 209 , 251
Streetwalkers/streetwalking:
areas of, 184 , 209 -10;
community response to, 209 , 211 , 212 -14;
dangers for, 211 , 244 ;
nativity of, 54 -55;
mentioned, 24 , 58 , 59 , 113 , 125 , 127 , 149 , 171 , 187 , 192 , 194 , 198 , 244 , 287 , 301 , 305 , 313
Striker, Susan, 74 -75, 289
Strong, George Templeton, 34 , 114 , 182 , 200 , 210 , 212 , 215 -16, 246 , 282 , 284 , 374 n.38, 377 n.69, 395 n.92
Suicide, 248 , 316 , 318
Suydam, Samuel A., 161
Sweet, Louis, 315 -16
Sweet, Sarah, 55 -56
Sweet, Susan "Jenny," 157 , 185 , 316
Swift, Ann, 180
T
Tait, William, 23 , 60 , 173
Tammany politics, 4 , 18 , 24 -25, 281 , 374 n.38
Tappan, Arthur, 18 -19
Tappan, Lewis, 18
Taverns, 196 , 206
Tax:
appeals, 163 -65;
assessments , 36 -37, 39 , 44 , 96 , 99 -100, 102 -3, 105 , 159 -60, 182 ;
records, 25 , 95 , 310 ;
value in current dollars, 346 n.10
Taylor, Eliza, 239 , 240
Taylor, John, 291
Taylor, Robert, 39 , 152 -53, 160 , 239
Temperance, 243 , 246 -47
Tenement house laws, 134
Tenements, 51 , 83 , 178 , 179 , 187 , 190 -92, 198
Theaters:
attempts to regulate, 134 -35;
as
secondary prostitution institution, 199 -206, 383 n.95;
violence in, 202 , 272 ;
mentioned, 302 , 383 n.90, 383 n.94. See also names of individual theaters ; Third tier
Theft, 275 , 307 . See also Brothels/prostitution boardinghouses: theft in
Third tier (in theaters), 134 -35, 199 -206, 201 , 271 , 294 , 301 , 382 n.70, 383 nn.90, 94, 95
Thomas, Ann, 163
Thompson, Agnes, J., 274
Thompson, Amelia, 166
Thompson, Ellen (Nelle), 105 , 223 , 314
Tombs, the (prison), 111 , 141 , 155
Tomlinson, Mr., 112
Townsend, Rosina (also Thompson, née Rebecca Rosana Brown), 34 -36, 129 , 150 -51, 220 -21;
aliases, 185 , 249 ;
assets, 36 , 105 ;
role as madam, 40 , 226 , 386 n.22;
testimony at Robinson trial, 172 , 225 , 274 , 331 ;
mentioned, 12 , 63 , 64 , 83 , 100 , 264 , 290 , 299 , 365 n.98
Tracy, Maria, 294
Treating, 36 -37, 225 -27
Tucker, Emily (alias Emily Tooker), 249
Turnbull, Captain, 109
Turner, Rosannah, 185
Tuttle, Sarah (madam), 102 -5, 159 -60, 163 , 185
Tuttle, Sarah (servant), 238
U
"Unfortunate's Friend," 233
Union Theological Seminary, 178
Urban changes, 146 -48, 192
Utter sisters, Ann Jeanette (Mrs. Sarles) and Mary Ann, 40 -42, 286 , 301 , 310 , 348 n.28
U.S. Hotel, Westpoint, 45
V
Vagrancy law, 113 -24, 144 , 159 , 365 n.2, 367 n. 20;
arrests, by ward, 120 ;
arrests, by year, 128 ;
challenges to, 119 -26;
defined, 117 -18;
as expedient tool, 118 -26;
as unconstitutional, 120 ;
vagueness of, 117
Vagrant/vagrancy, 114 -17, 119 -28, 211 , 212 , 233 ;
mentioned, 46 , 109 , 191 , 211 , 280 . See also Vagrancy law
Van Allen, Mrs., 312
Van Fost, Ellen and Robert, 314
Van Norden, Sarah, 42
Vanvorst, C. J., 314
Venereal disease, 23 -24, 136 -38, 227 , 232 -34, 289 , 387 nn.50, 55, 58;
by age, 234 ;
medical examinations for, 111 , 137 ;
medical treatment for, 232 -33;
mentioned, 21 , 43 , 111 , 241 , 242 , 280 , 287
Vice, 27 , 177 , 190 , 205 ;
equated with foreigners, poverty, and prostitution, 52 , 186 , 188 , 191 -92, 212
Vice Commission of Chicago, 340 n. 17
Victorian era: attitudes toward women, 5 , 51 , 66 , 133 , 322 . See Men: and Victorian view of sexual nature; Women, nineteenth-century: sexual nature of
Vidal, Gore (Burr ), 11
Violence. See Prostitutes' relationships with men/women: and violence; Rape
W
Wade, Henry, 111
Wade, Matilda, 109 -12, 114 , 120 -21, 125 -26, 171
Waiter girls, 207
Walker, Jane (alias James Walker, George Moore Wilson), 307 -8
Walkowitz, Judith, 4 , 218 , 241 , 349 n.44
Wall, Mary, 129 , 167 , 185
Wallack's Theatre, 204 , 383 n.86
Walling, George, 149 -50, 158
Walton, Grace, 309 -10
Wandering Willie, 261 , 265 -67, 332 , 335 , 401 n.5
Wards:
eighth, 53 , 54 , 95 , 96 , 109 -10, 114 , 176 -77, 186 , 193 , 194 ;
fifteenth, 194 ;
fifth, 53 , 54 , 95 , 96 , 114 , 150 , 176 -77, 186 , 194 ;
fourteenth, 109 , 110 , 193 ;
fourth, 187 ;
map of, 97 ;
personal property, female ownership by ward, 98 , 99 ;
seventeenth, 193 ;
seventh, 187 ;
sixth, 95 -96, 114 , 119 , 186 , 192 -93;
tenth, 193 ;
third, 113 , 186
Watchmen, 146 -47;
testimony of, 131 . See also Police/law enforcers
Waters, Jim, 171
Waters, John, 286
Water Street Home for Women, 285
Watson, Adeline, 280
Watson, Charles, 122 , 123
Wealthy citizens, 177 -78, 187 , 195
Webb, J. G., 374 n.38
Webb, James W. (editor of the Courier and Enquirer ), 161
Weber, Eliza, 50
Weldon, Ann, 185
West, Mrs. Phebe, 71 , 291 , 296
West (American), prostitution in the, 337 n.1, 349 n.44
Western, Jane Graham (alias Jane "Jenny"
Weston, Jenny Graham), 105 , 168 , 249 , 294
Western, Madame (Philadelphia), 274
Weston, Jane. See Western, Jane Graham
Weston, Judge Nathan, 12
Weyman, Rebecca, 100 -101, 105 , 314
White, Fanny, 102 -5, 153 , 163 , 165 , 201 , 268 , 281 -82, 284 , 395 n.92
Wife abuse. See Abuse
Wilkes, George (editor of the Police Gazette ), 161
Williams, Elizabeth, 229
Williams, Ellen, 230
Williams, Jane, 169 , 171 , 185
Williams, Maria, 301
Williams, Sarah, 88
Williamson, Phoebe, 321 -22, 325
Willis, Charlotte, 78 , 311
Willis, Rebecca, 105
Wilson, Ann, 295
Wilson, Catherine, 145
Wilson, Jane, 185
Wilson, Louisa, 200
Wilson, Lydia, 294
Winslow, Jane (Jenny), 185 , 223 , 302 , 309
Womanhood:
"cult of true womanhood," 17 , 67
Women, nineteenth-century:
in control of prostitution, 94 ;
economic situation of, 67 ;
legal position of, 95 , 112 ;
nature of, 217 , 322 ;
occupations of, 81 -85;
as poor, 112 , 113 -14, 126 ;
rights movement, 17 , 138 , 323 ;
sexual nature of, 66 , 69 , 70 ;
"sphere" of, 17 , 112 -13, 318 ;
as victims, 67 -68;
working-class, occupations and wages of, 81 -86
Wood, Mayor Fernando, 52 , 109 , 112 , 114 , 125 , 138 , 212 , 213 , 351 n.63, 365 n.2
Woods, Kate (Hotel de Wood), 220 -21
Working class, 193 , 219 ;
views of prostitution, 285 , 312 . See also Women, nineteenth-century: working-class
World Whores Conference, 400 n.5
Wyman, Justice, 57 , 173 , 233