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181 " in doing so they committed themselves to a career in prostitution. "
― Hallie Rubenhold , The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
182 " Shortly after Ruth and George’s marriage in 1842, a brother, George William Thomas, joined Annie and her parents. He was followed by Emily Latitia in 1844, Eli in 1849, Miriam in 1851, and William in 1854, bringing the number of children to six. "
183 " they are found interwoven in the statements of the powerful. "
184 " When a woman steps out of line and contravenes accepted norms of feminine behavior, whether on social media or on the Victorian street, there is a tacit understanding that someone must put her back in her place. "
185 " to continue to reinforce the values of madonna/whore. "
186 " By embracing him, we embrace the set of values that surrounded him in 1888, which teaches women that they are of a lesser value and can expect to be dishonored and abused. "
187 " The victims of Jack the Ripper were never “just prostitutes”; they were daughters, wives, mothers, sisters, and lovers. They were women. They were human beings, and surely that in itself is enough. "
188 " Throughout the nineteenth century, newspapers were accustomed to receiving this type of correspondence from the many adherents of the temperance movement, who sought to restrict the sale and consumption of alcohol. "
189 " Just before I was six years old, my father cut his throat, leaving my mother with five children, three girls older, and one [child] younger than myself,” the missive began. "
190 " but it is likely that Annie’s discovery of the pacifying effects of the bottle may have corresponded with the loss of her siblings and her placement in service shortly thereafter. "
191 " ladies saloon bars "
192 " Annie’s first child, Emily, appeared to be healthy as an infant, but by the time she was eight, she was suffering from epileptic seizures. "
193 " Annie needn’t have suffered. At every turn there had been a hand reaching to pull her from the abyss, but the counter-tug of addiction was more forceful, and the grip of shame just as strong. It was this that pulled her under, that had extinguished her hope and then her life many years earlier. What her murderer claimed on that night was simply all that remained of what drink had left behind. "
194 " Late-nineteenth-century science had already begun to uncover the links between maternal alcohol consumption and its danger to children. "