Name/Title
The Sewing Girl's TaleEntry/Object ID
2022.208Description
"On a moonless night in the summer of 1793, a crime was committed in the back room of a New York brothel - the kind of crime that even victims usually kept secret. Instead, seventeen year old seamstress Lanah Sawyer did what virtually no one in US history had done before: she charged a gentleman with rape. Her accusation sparked a raw courtroom drama that threatened both Lanah's and her assailant's lives. The trial exposed a predatory sexual underworld, sparked riots in the streets, and ignited a virogous debate about class privilege and sexual double standards."Collection
Richard W. Woolworth Library, BooksBook Details
Author
Sweet, John WoodDate Published
2022