White Slave Play of Grim Power
This 1913 New York Times article discusses white slave play The Lure by George Scarborough, which featured a thrilling rescue scene of a white slave from a brothel. Elizabeth Robins’ […]
Category Archives: White Slavery
My Little Sister Reviews
Promoted as one of the most widely read books of 1913, My Little Sister received much press when it was published both in the U.S. and in the UK (Under […]
50,000 Girls Disappear a Year
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 […]
Frohman Announces Production of My Little Sister
New York Producer Charles Frohman announced in 1913 that he was staging Elizabeth Robins’ My Little Sister. His associate, Alf Hayman, made a well-publicized announcement after returning from Europe that he […]
My Little Sister Advertisements
Publicity for the book version of My Little Sister advertised it as “the story you can’t forget.” Another advertisement proclaimed the book to be “the most widely-discussed novel in New York to-day.” […]
Dealers in White Women Reviews
This 1904 melodrama by Martin Hurley portrayed the rescue of an unsuspecting daughter from the vice den of a white slaver. There are three reviews. Dealers in White Women […]
Rediscovering Kate Carew
Kate Carew was a reporter and caricaturist who reported on white slavery, among other topics, in 1910. […]
The Fight Publicity Materials
One of the most infamous censored brothel plays of the 1913 season.
The Inside of the White Slave Traffic (1913)
The Inside of the White Slave Traffic (1913) was produced by sociologist Samuel H. London who produced the film, as its intertitles state, from “facts gathered during his international investigation […]