Pretty_Trainer

Pretty_Trainer t1_ix6qa9g wrote

Reply to 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

I think this will end up being downvoted to shit because apparently Rubenhold makes a lot of men angry but I 100% agree - this book is a must read. I couldn't believe how much information she was able to glean about the women's lives and how varied they were, and how inevitably dragged down by victorian society which just left you so few options if you were a woman. I loved that she restored their lives, their individuality, their dignity, their stories.

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Pretty_Trainer t1_ix6pxg6 wrote

Reply to comment by laconicflow 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

One difference is that it caused people ever since to stop there. Jack the ripper killed prostitutes. Cue a million crime dramas with the same storyline.

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This book is phenomenal. She restores their stories, their individuality, their dignity, and she indicts victorian society which is what led to these women sleeping rough, being murdered, and then being written off as "just prostitutes". Of course prostitutes don't deserve to be murdered. But this story is so much more interesting than that. I cannot recommend the book enough.

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