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Life Stripped of Humanity: Using the Buffalo Department Store Strike of 1913 as a Case Study of Abused Pre-World War I Female Department Store Workers, 2019
Life Stripped of Humanity: Using the Buffalo Department Store Strike of 1913 as a Case Study of Abused Pre-World War I Female Department Store Workers, 2019
This paper argues that pre-World War I era female department store workers were an abused class that suffered as much as many of their female contemporaries.
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Life Stripped of Humanity: Using the Buffalo Department Store Strike of 1913 as a Case Study of Abused Pre-World War I Female Department Store Workers, 2019
Love for Sale: Prostitution and the Building of Buffalo, New York, 1820-1910
Love for Sale: Prostitution and the Building of Buffalo, New York, 1820-1910
Generally referred to as “the oldest profession in the world,” prostitution often earns nothing but derision when spoken about in mainstream media. Women who find themselves in this line of work are often thought to be classless, uneducated, and sexually promiscuous outside of their occupation, and are generally considered to be an example of morally unfit behavior. Despite evidence pointing otherwise, this view of prostitution is one which has unfortunately prevailed since the 1800s. On the American Frontier, prostitution was one of the only legal means a woman could survive, and in east c...
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Love for Sale: Prostitution and the Building of Buffalo, New York, 1820-1910