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