#also she showed that these were individual women with separate histories and personhoods
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I have to wonder if a large part of the controversy among ammature "ripperologists" when Hallie Rubenhold's The Five came out, was not only that she showed that three of the five canonical ripper victims were not and had never been sex workers, but that four of the women were middle aged to elderly, and homeless.
#the five#hallie rubenhold#a s fischer original#also she showed that these were individual women with separate histories and personhoods#it's a very confronting piece of scholarship#also really good
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