#26 - Polly Adler
Unruly Figures
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The Importance of Persuasion in Relationships
The upper west side was the district of loose women according to the notorious morality police, the committee of 14. For girls like Polly, Broadway was a dream because it was one of the few places that was equally welcoming to women and Jews as it was to Christian men. A lot of these girls supplemented their inner earnings by being mistresses to wealthy men. The parties were raucous filled with jazz, drugs and sex but she never took part in actual the drug use.
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