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HomeMy WebLinkAbout042623 FW_ What can we learn from a 1913 sex worker_ ________________________________ From: JeffCo Historical Society Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2023 9:00:13 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) To: Kate Dean Subject: What can we learn from a 1913 sex worker? ________________________________ ALERT: BE CAUTIOUS This email originated outside the organization. Do not open attachments or click on links if you are not expecting them. ________________________________ Find out at our First Friday Author Talk 📚 <https://jchsmuseum.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=11155357fd6e7ba31f3d5bf11&id=9d002cc298&e=73f4f21267> Program News from JCHS APRIL 26, 2023 <https://jchsmuseum.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=11155357fd6e7ba31f3d5bf11&id=133830c564&e=73f4f21267> Learn about labor rights, gender roles, and the history of sex work Join the award-winning authors of Alice: Memoirs of a Barbary Coast Prostitute First Friday Author Talk What can we learn about labor, class, and history from the memoirs of an anonymous sex worker? In 1913, the San Francisco Bulletin began publishing "A Voice from the Underworld," the serialized memoirs of an anonymous sex worker—all written under the pseudonym of Alice Smith. Hundreds of working class women and prostitutes wrote into the Bulletin in response to the stories. A century later, writers Ivy Anderson and Devon Angus set out to compile and contextualize Alice's memoirs for the first time. The result was Alice: Memoirs of a Barbary Coast Prostitute <https://jchsmuseum.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=11155357fd6e7ba31f3d5bf11&id=97dc300fa2&e=73f4f21267> , a richly illustrated volume containing Alice's stories, a selection of letters from her readers, and an examination of Alice's influence on the modern sex workers' rights movement. Ivy and Devon's work on the book earned them a 2015 California Historical Society Book Award. More recently, their ongoing research about the history of sex work and labor movements in the American West has revealed that most of Alice's stories took place in Spokane and across the Pacific Northwest. Join us Friday, May 5 at 7:00 PM in-person at Northwest Maritime Center and live online to learn about Alice's story, the history of sex work in our region, and some new research JCHS has started in collaboration with Ivy and Devon to learn more about the stories of sex workers in Jefferson County around the turn of the 20th century. REGISTER <https://jchsmuseum.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=11155357fd6e7ba31f3d5bf11&id=b661e3ba6c&e=73f4f21267> In-person capacity is limited to 75. All registered attendees will receive access to a recording of this talk after the program. Limited copies of Ivy and Devon's book will be available for purchase at this event. Suggested donation is $10 and all proceeds help us bring you more great programs like this author talk! 📚 Through collections, research, exhibits, and programs, we bring people together to share, learn, and be inspired by Jefferson County arts and heritage. BECOME A JCHS MEMBER <https://jchsmuseum.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=11155357fd6e7ba31f3d5bf11&id=add0379262&e=73f4f21267> <https://jchsmuseum.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=11155357fd6e7ba31f3d5bf11&id=798e121f8e&e=73f4f21267> <https://jchsmuseum.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=11155357fd6e7ba31f3d5bf11&id=922dbf984d&e=73f4f21267> <https://jchsmuseum.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=11155357fd6e7ba31f3d5bf11&id=e98682461e&e=73f4f21267> <https://jchsmuseum.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=11155357fd6e7ba31f3d5bf11&id=83f7bbbf10&e=73f4f21267> Were you forwarded this email? Want to make sure you don't miss the next one? SIGN UP TO RECEIVE OUR NEWSLETTER <https://jchsmuseum.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=11155357fd6e7ba31f3d5bf11&id=bfe128f402&e=73f4f21267> Copyright © 2023 Jefferson County Historical Society, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because have signed up to receive our bimonthly newsletters online, at our museum, or when you started a JCHS membership. Our mailing address is: Jefferson County Historical Society 540 Water Street Port Townsend, WA 98368 Add us to your address book <https://jchsmuseum.us18.list-manage.com/vcard?u=11155357fd6e7ba31f3d5bf11&id=5d54c4660f> Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences <https://jchsmuseum.us18.list-manage.com/profile?u=11155357fd6e7ba31f3d5bf11&id=5d54c4660f&e=73f4f21267&c=163032c57b> or unsubscribe from this list <https://jchsmuseu m.us18.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=11155357fd6e7ba31f3d5bf11&id=5d54c4660f&e=73f4f21267&c=163032c57b> . <http://www.mailchimp.com/email-referral/?utm_source=freemium_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=referral_marketing&aid=11155357fd6e7ba31f3d5bf11&afl=1> <https://jchsmuseum.us18.list-manage.com/track/open.php?u=11155357fd6e7ba31f3d5bf11&id=163032c57b&e=73f4f21267> UP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=JULIES