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== The Advocate of Moral Reform, 1838 == | == The Advocate of Moral Reform, 1838 == | ||
| + | This pamphlet embodies so much of how I've been taught to conceptualize nineteenth-century moral societies; the image of a "respectable" girl from an established family who, in her naivety, trusted someone who turned out to be untrustworthy, and was led unknowingly into a brothel. This story is so reminiscent of all of the ones we've talked about and studied in history classes that I felt I practically could have written it myself. That fact begs the question -- was this a real girl? The number of vague references (she's from "[a] delightful western village;" where she ends up is never stated, nor is her age, name, or any particulars at all) makes me think that this story is almost certainly just that -- a story. Whether or not this was a real societal issue (young women lured into cities and then into prostitution), these overly-generic stories make the entire thing seem fabricated, like lurid stories to keep daughters in line. -- Nicole | ||
== Maria Stewart, 1831, “O, Ye Daughters of Africa, Awake!” in the Liberator. == | == Maria Stewart, 1831, “O, Ye Daughters of Africa, Awake!” in the Liberator. == | ||
