THE DOUBLE STANDARD SPORTING HOUSE

A NOVEL

The wit and wisdom of ‘fallen’ women resisting the tyranny of Tammany Hall in 1868 New York

Title page of George Ellington’s 1869 book

The Blonde Belles Burlesque Troupe

Lydia Thompson as Ixion

Peter Barr Sweeney

Judge George C. Barnard

Diamond Jim Fisk

Oakey Hall

Thomas Nast's "Twas Him," Harper's 1871

Pfaff's Bar, by Frank Bellew, February 6, 1864 issue of Demorest's New York Illustrated News

Charles Dana, who inspired Asa Vanderpoel

Junius Henry Browne

Dr. Marie Zakrzewska

Dr. J. Marion Sims

Thomas Nast's N'Stop Thief!, 1871

Matron Florence Foster

The Tombs