Do New York Woman and On Our Backs deal with the same subject matter?
On Our Backs On Our Backs was the first women-run erotica magazine and the first magazine to feature lesbian erotica for a lesbian audience in the United States. ("On Our Backs" is also a book written by Rosita Sweetman, which looks at sexual attitudes in 1980s Ireland.)
Julia Brown Julia Brown was an American madam and prostitute active in mid-nineteenth century New York City. Brown has been described as "the best-known prostitute in antebellum America". She became a popular subject of tourist guidebooks, and her name appears often in diaries from the period.