Beatrice Claflin, the slave of a dry goods prince

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ladies' Philanthropic Society of Philadelphia

George de Benneville Keim Memorial Collection

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Sexual harassment of women--New York (State)--New York.

Sexual harassment of women.

Women sales personnel--New York (State)--New York--Biography.

Women sales personnel.

Physical Description:

19-64 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

[Philadelphia, Pa. : s.n., 1879?]

Summary:

From an unidentified host publication, this story, probably fictional but possibly biographical, relates the lengthy trials of Beatrice Claflin, a saleswoman who undergoes sexual harassment from her boss, Thomas Hilton, in 1870's New York City.

Contents:

Letter from the Ladies' Philanthropic Society of Philadelphia ... March 11th, 1879

Fatherless and penniless

Beatrice becomes a slave

Shop girls and their serfdom

Insult and humiliation

Gloom and sunshine

"Worse than death!"

Plotting and counter-plotting

Hilton's diplomatic schemes

A base conspiracy

Infamy triumphant

Two years in a mad-house

Restitution and retribution.

Notes:

Caption title.

In English; captions of ill. in English and German.

Local Notes:

From the George de Benneville Keim Memorial Collection, 1961.

OCLC:

33813256