Who were the women who ran the world of Storyville, New Orleans' notorious, city-sanctioned prostitution district at the turn of the 20th century?
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Storyville's city-sanctioned brothel district is treated as social history, regulation, and scandal, with a grim edge.
Betwixt the Sheets follows Storyville into turn-of-the-century New Orleans, where Basin Street brothels operated in city-sanctioned space. It looks at a district shaped by regulation, social tolerance, and the women who worked and ran it, while also noting the rules, medical…
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Storyville and Basin Street, where New Orleans sanctioned sex work at the turn of the 20th century.
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