Women demonstrate against "Johns" and in support of legalizing prostitution and reducing high bail for prostitutes

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Women demonstrate against "Johns" and in support of legalizing prostitution

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Jean Powell of P.O.N.Y. (Prostitutes of NY) speaks to women at "prostitution rights" workshops women's fair

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

The social evil in Chicago: a study of existing conditions with recommendations by the Vice Commission of Chicago, a municipal body appointed by the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Chicago, and submitted as its report to the Mayor and City Council of Chicago

Preface -- Outline of study -- Resolution of appreciation -- Introduction and summary -- Proposed ordinance -- Recommendations -- Existing conditions in Chicago -- The social evil and the saloon -- The social evil and the police -- Sources of supply -- Child protection and education -- Rescue and reform -- The social evil and its medical aspects -- Appendices: Text of revised statutes of Illinois and ordinances of the City of Chicago ; Tables ; Exhibits.

Chinatown, San Francisco, California 1885 (Raster Image)

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Official map of Chinatown in San Francisco, prepared under the supervision of the special committee of the board of supervisors, July 1885, W.B. Farwell, John E. Kunkler, E.B. Pond. It was engraved & printed by Bosqui Eng. & Print Co. in 1885. Scale [1:480]. This image consists of images of a two sheet source map that have been stitched together using image editing software to create one image. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the California Zone III State Plane Coordinate System NAD83 (in Feet) (Fipszone 0403). All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This cadastral map shows features such as roads, buildings with street addresses and types of businesses, and more. Buildings colored to show: general Chinese occupancy, Chinese gambling houses, Chinese prostitution, Chinese opium resorts, Chinese Joss houses, and White prostitution. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from The Harvard Map Collection as part of the Imaging the Urban Environment project. Maps selected for this project represent major urban areas and cities of the world, at various time periods. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features at a large scale. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

Margo St. James, President of the San Francisco Prostitute Union, at the Battered Women's conference

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Judge Schwalb sentences high bail for prostitute in Court

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Margo St. James protesting outside the Democratic National Convention

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Margo St. James, President of the San Francisco Prostitute Union, and Nancy Borman of the Majority Report

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Women demonstrate at Court House to support of arrested prostitutes and protest against high bails

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Margo St. James, President of the San Francisco Prostitute Union

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.