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Category Archives: Immigration

50,000 Girls Disappear a Year

February 19, 2015by Kathleen Johnson

An article in the New York Times in 1913 made the dubious claim that over 50,000 girls were abducted each year when they migrated to cities.  This is just one […]

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Immigration, Prostitution, White Slavery

The Italian (1915)

December 2, 2014by Tory Lowe

Prolific producer Thomas H. Ince’s 1915 film The Italian starred George Beban, a stage and film actor noted for playing Italian immigrants (despite the fact that he was himself of […]

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Film Clips, Immigration

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SEX FOR SALE: SIX PROGRESSIVE-ERA BROTHEL DRAMAS

Sisters in Sin: Brothel Drama in America, 1900 – 1920

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