Getting ready to do a series of posts about the women of the Paris vice squad secret archives "BB1"—The Book of the Courtesans. These were artists, actresses, gay artistocrats, journalists, activists, and other unruly women. Sign up here https://www.patreon.com/summerbrennan 
Getting ready to do a series of posts about the women of the Paris vice squad secret archives "BB1"—The Book of the Courtesans. These were artists, actresses, gay artistocrats, journalists, activists, and other unruly women. Sign up here https://www.patreon.com/summerbrennan 
Getting ready to do a series of posts about the women of the Paris vice squad secret archives "BB1"—The Book of the Courtesans. These were artists, actresses, gay artistocrats, journalists, activists, and other unruly women. Sign up here https://www.patreon.com/summerbrennan 
I'm translating their police files from the 1860s and 1870s, and doing additional research on each woman in newspaper and photo archives. Will include materials that aren't yet online. Should be fun!
Working on the first post for this, about the woman on page 1. She was an actress, so I bet there will be some good photos of her in the archives tomorrow. Found interesting newspaper references from the 1860s; now looking through the civil records for her birth and death đŸ•”ïž
Working on the first post for this, about the woman on page 1. She was an actress, so I bet there will be some good photos of her in the archives tomorrow. Found interesting newspaper references from the 1860s; now looking through the civil records for her birth and death
Working on the first post for this, about the woman on page 1. She was an actress, so I bet there will be some good photos of her in the archives tomorrow. Found interesting newspaper references from the 1860s; now looking through the civil records for her birth and death
Working on the first post for this, about the woman on page 1. She was an actress, so I bet there will be some good photos of her in the archives tomorrow. Found interesting newspaper references from the 1860s; now looking through the civil records for her birth and death
Working on the first post for this, about the woman on page 1. She was an actress, so I bet there will be some good photos of her in the archives tomorrow. Found interesting newspaper references from the 1860s; now looking through the civil records for her birth and death
FYI, here's a little blog post on this new series I'm doing on The Book of the Courtesans, a trove of criminal records of unruly women from the 19th century Paris vice squad https://www.summer-brennan.com/a-writers-notebook/2021/1/17/the-book-of-the-courtesans-a-new-series
The Book of the Courtesans: A New Series — Summer Brennan

I came across an amazing document in the Paris police archives. It was from the secret files of the 19th century vice squad. Inside this enormous leather-bound volume were the criminal records of an...

https://www.summer-brennan.com/a-writers-notebook/2021/1/17/the-book-of-the-courtesans-a-new-series
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