| 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 |
| • | Extent of Prostitution in New York City, 1830-1870 |
| 2 "A Lady . . . Whom I Should Never Have Suspected" Personal and Collective Portraits of Prostitutes |
| • | Personal Profiles |
| • | The Collective Profile |
| 3 "No Work, No Money, No Home" Choosing Prostitution |
| • | The Causes |
| • | Achieving the Dream |
| PART TWO THE PUBLIC WORLD OF THE PROSTITUTE |
| 4 "Notorious Offenders" Prostitutes and the Law |
| • | The Laws and Prostitution |
| 5 Notorious Defenders Prostitutes Using the Law |
| • | Prostitutes and Law Enforcers |
| • | Prostitutes As Legal Citizens |
| 6 "Thronged Thoroughfares" and "Quiet, Home-Like Streets" The Urban Geography and Architecture of Prostitution |
| • | The Dock Areas |
| • | The Five Points |
| • | The Bowery East |
| • | Broadway West |
| • | Washington Square North |
| • | The Prostitute's Workplace |
| • | 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 |
| • | Inventory of the Correspondence |
| Notes |
| • | INTRODUCTION |
| • | 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 |
| • | 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 |
| • | 8 Friends and Lovers Relationships with Men |
| • | 9 "As a Friend and Sister" Relationships with Women |
| • | EPILOGUE |
| • | APPENDIX 2: JEWETT CORRESPONDENCE |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| Primary Sources |
| • | Manuscripts |
| • | Published Reports and Documents |
| • | Newspapers and Journals |
| • | New York City Directories and Maps |
| • | Other Contemporary Printed Sources |
| • | Secondary Sources |
| INDEX |
| • | A |
| • | B |
| • | C |
| • | D |
| • | E |
| • | F |
| • | G |
| • | H |
| • | I |
| • | J |
| • | K |
| • | L |
| • | M |
| • | N |
| • | O |
| • | P |
| • | R |
| • | S |
| • | T |
| • | U |
| • | V |
| • | W |
