Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Charles Horne
Standard Name: Horne, Charles
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1783: Charles Horne in Serious Thoughts on the...
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1783
Charles Horne
in Serious Thoughts on the Miseries of Seduction and Prostitution claimed that women participating in the vanity trades (for example, dress-making) were more likely to be seduced into prostitution.
Henderson, Tony. Disorderly Women. Longman, 1999.
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8 December 1786: The Times (not yet using its final and best-known...
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8 December 1786
The Times (not yet using its final and best-known title) attributed the alleged rise in the number of prostitutes to the male takeover of traditionally female jobs (for example, milliner, dress-maker, stay-maker, and so on)....