DYK #JohnDRockefellerJr. funded the Bureau of Social Hygiene in 1911 to investigate “white slavery”. In ‘14, it published Abraham Flexner’s study on #SexWork—“Prostitution in Europe”, which put an end to the debate about U.S. regulation. #DecrimNow #SexWorkIsWork

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Image captured by Maggie Duval of a sign erected by the United Mine Workers of America honoring the children, women and men slaughtered by mine bosses during the 1914 strikes in Ludlow, Colorado.

Memorial erected by the United Mine Workers #UMW to the children, women, and men slaughtered by mine bosses in Ludlow, Colorado in 1914 during the strikes. Haunting. Lonely. Never forget. #Johndrockefellerjr
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludlow_Massacre