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Watch Anderson and Angus Discuss Alice, with Speakers from SWOP Bay Area, the Erotic Service Provider's Union, and US PROS Collective

April 25, 2017

Notes on the Underworld

Here you will find commentary from Ivy Anderson and Devon Angus touching upon all aspects of Alice Smith's story, from sex and gender at the turn of the century, to the history of journalism and today's sex worker rights movement.

You will also find a selection of letters written in response to Alice Smith's story in 1913, which up until now have gone unpublished.

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International Day of Sex Workers' Rights: 100 Years of Struggle for Sex Workers' Rights

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January 24, 2017

Alice and the 1917 Sex Worker Rights March

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Alice Has Arrived!

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"Jeane Hariot" recalls her time working as a brothel pianist, revealing many aspects of the shared experience between working class women and sex workers.

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September 20, 2016

Alma Greene, a 21 year old sex worker from San Francisco, writes into the San Francisco Bulletin in 1913

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