Maimie Pinzer,Ruth Rosen,Sue Davidson
In 1910, a remarkable correspondence began between a wealthy and distinguished Bostonian philanthropist, Fanny Quincy Howe, and Maimie Pinzer, a Jewish prostitute living in Philadelphia and recovering from a morphine addiction developed after the loss of an eye. ,The Maimie Papers, is Maimieâ€™s side of that correspondence, offering an unprecedented and still unique account of the life of a woman of the streets and her inspiring transformation.,An afterword by Ruth Rosen traces the elusive trail of Mamieâ€™s life following the end of her correspondence, from an elegant apartment in Chicago to a new life in the glamorous Southern California of the late 1920s. ,The Mamie Papers, introduces an unforgettable woman with a powerful writerâ€™s voice, of whom the ,New York Times Book Review, says, â€œMamie writes like a dream. . . . An astonishing book.â€
Nonfiction,History,Feminism,Sex Work,Prostitution
The Maimie Papers: Letters from an Ex-Prostitute