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A European Feminist Decries Sex Trafficking in the Ottoman Empire
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Constantinople [Istanbul], April 8, 1911 Dear Mrs. N., I hear unanimously and consistently that the market [for prostitution—Eds.] in Constantinople is ninety percent Jewish women, that almost all…

Contributor:

Bertha Pappenheim

Places:

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)

Date:

1911

Subjects:

Sexual violence, Prostitution, Women, Human rights, Sephardi

Categories:

Political Culture, Letters, Firsthand accounts
A Bintel Brief
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Dear Editor,I am one of those unfortunate girls thrown by fate into a dark and dismal shop, and I need your counsel.Along with my parents, sisters and brothers, I came from Russian Poland where I had…

Contributor:

The Forward

Places:

New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)

Date:

1907

Subjects:

Sexual violence, Profession, Sexism, Migration

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Reportage, Letters