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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
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Born: November 11, 1836
Died: March 19, 1907 (aged 70)
Bio: Thomas Bailey Aldrich was an American literary figure notable for his long editorship of The Atlantic, during which he published works by Charles Chesnutt and for his poetry, including "The Unguarded Gates."
Known for:
- The Story of a Bad Boy (1869)
- The Stillwater Tragedy (1880)
- An Old Town by the Sea (1874)
- Ponkapog Papers (1903)
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