| Their Sisters' Keepers |
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
| INTRODUCTION |
| PART ONE NINETEENTH-CENTURY PROSTITUTION: PROFILES AND PROBLEMS |
| 1 "The Terrible State of Society and Morals . . . in Unhappy New York" Nineteenth-Century Moralism and the Prostitution Problem |
| 2 "A Lady . . . Whom I Should Never Have Suspected" Personal and Collective Portraits of Prostitutes |
| 3 "No Work, No Money, No Home" Choosing Prostitution |
| PART TWO THE PUBLIC WORLD OF THE PROSTITUTE |
| 4 "Notorious Offenders" Prostitutes and the Law |
| 5 Notorious Defenders Prostitutes Using the Law |
| 6 "Thronged Thoroughfares" and "Quiet, Home-Like Streets" The Urban Geography and Architecture of Prostitution |
| • | 7 "Upon the Foot-Stool of God" Working Conditions of Prostitutes |
| PART THREE THE PRIVATE WORLD OF THE PROSTITUTE |
| • | 8 Friends and Lovers Relationships with Men |
| • | 9 "As a Friend and Sister" Relationships with Women |
| EPILOGUE |
| APPENDIX 1: HOUSE OF REFUGE COLLECTIVE INTAKE PROFILE, 1835 |
| APPENDIX 2: JEWETT CORRESPONDENCE |
| Notes |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| INDEX |
| • | A |
| • | B |
| • | C |
| • | D |
| • | E |
| • | F |
| • | G |
| • | H |
| • | I |
| • | J |
| • | K |
| • | L |
| • | M |
| • | N |
| • | O |
| • | P |
| • | R |
| • | S |
| • | T |
| • | U |
| • | V |
| • | W |