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Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
George Antheil
![George Antheil](/apics/george-antheil.jpg)
Born: July 8, 1900
Died: February 12, 1959 (aged 58)
Bio: George Antheil was an American avant-garde composer, pianist, author and inventor whose modernist musical compositions explored the modern sounds musical, industrial, mechanical of the early 20th century.
Known for:
- Ballet Mécanique (1924)
- The Pride and the Passion (1957)
- In a Lonely Place (1950)
- Dementia (1955)
- Knock on Any Door (1949)