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Title
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A Safe Haven for Former Prostitutes
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Description
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Veronica's Voice, an organization founded by Kristy Childs, received an anonymous donation to establish a new home (location undisclosed) called Magdalene Manor as a safe haven for women and girls trying to escape the commercial sex trade.
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Date
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2011-01-09
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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You're Not Going to Jail, You're Going to Prison
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Description
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Law enforcement plans to crack down on prostitution found on Independence Boulevard with stiffer penalties for those caught and convicted.
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Date
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2000-06-14
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Prostitution Crackdown
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Description
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Update on the continuing problem of prostitution along Independence Avenue in the Northeast area. Report of a recent police sting operation. "Operation Streetsweep: Taking Back Our Streets" has both short-term plans and long-term solutions for this issue.
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Date
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2002-08-21
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Preventing Prostitution In Neighborhoods
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Description
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Community organizers, police officers and concerned citizens recently met in the Don Bosco Senior High Gymnasium to discuss the issue of prostitution on Independence Avenue. Community organizer, Bobbi Baker-Hughes, explained issues concerning the problem.
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Date
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2002-07-31
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Prostitution in Kansas City
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Description
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Booklet contains the calling cards and some photographs of women believed to be madames or prostitutes working in Kansas City around the turn of the twentieth century. Item has been photocopied and a typed name and address index has been included with the photocopy. The book has 35 names listed. Some notations, indicating whether the person was listed in the city directory, have been attached to some of the entries.
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Date
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1905~
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Independence Days
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Description
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Article describes the work of Samantha Steeves and Kristy Childs to rehabilitate prostitutes in Kansas City through an organization called Veronica's Voice.
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Date
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2003-01-30
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Annie Chambers' High-Toned Brothel
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Description
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Article about the brothels or bordellos in Kansas City and similar frontier towns in the middle to late 19th century, describing them in general as well as Kansas City brothels and the practice of prostitution in particular, including the "resort houses" of Annie Chambers "(nee Leanna or Leannah Loveall)," Eva Prince, and Madam Lovejoy, with a photo and an 1896 map of Annie Chambers's resort at 3rd and Wyandotte Streets. Description of the movement of the brothels with the southward direction of growth of the city from 1870 to 1905, with photos of madams and their ads and calling cards.
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Date
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1997
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Kansas City Women of Independent Minds
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Description
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Photo and bio of Annie Chambers (1843-1935), a prostitution resort owner and manager in Kansas City. She was born in Kentucky as Leanna Loveall, marrying William Chambers, becoming his widow and moving to Kansas City in about 1870. She opened "her first house of prostitution," in the early 1870s near Eva Prince and Madame Lovejoy, marrying and divorcing William Kearns, and living to the age of 92.
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Date
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1992
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Object Type
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Book
