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Linnie12345 t1_ix4zcj3 wrote

Reply to comment by cannotfoolowls in Completely hooked by the writing style and research into "the Five" by Hallie Rubenhold. "There are two version of the events of 1887. One is very well known, the other is not." The five are the victims of Jack the Ripper and had always been labelled prostitutes, but they were not. by LJRGUserName

She gives some excellent arguments as to why they most likely weren't all prostitutes.

She also goes into some depth to explain the lodging system at the time and how you could still be forced to sleep on the street.

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laconicflow t1_ix5g69f wrote

You payed a penny for a bed, right? This is what scares me about certain topics, everyboedy has an agenda and a bias, at least if you know it going in, you can account for it.

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LiliWenFach t1_ix5uxfq wrote

Four pence per night. Which many of them didn't have.

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laconicflow t1_ix6c7ia wrote

Hence the street sleeping.

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LiliWenFach t1_ix7b9lj wrote

You said it was a penny for a bed. I explained it was four pence a night, which is four times dearer. A penny could be easily borrowed. Finding four pence for a bed every night was not so straightforward.

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