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"Palace of mirrors," 157 , 220
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 ;
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
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
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 )
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 ;
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;
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;
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 ;
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