This video details the case of Helen Jewett, who decided to leave her post as a servant girl to travel to New York City in the early part of the 19th Century, to seek her fortune. She ended up being a high class courtesan in a brothel, earning far more than a servant girl could ever imagine. But such a life is not without perils....as poor Helen was soon to find out.
This was an amazing story, so sad but not uncommon for the time.
Still today women are murdered who work in the sex Industry and they are often overlooked or demonized because of their occupation.
This was an amazing story, so sad but not uncommon for the time.
Still today women are murdered who work in the sex Industry and they are often overlooked or demonized because of their occupation.