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Gallier Gatherings Book Club: Brothels, Depravity, and Abandoned Women

  • Rosa F. Keller Library 4300 South Broad Street New Orleans, LA, 70125 United States (map)

Join us for an evening of conversation at a new location: Rosa F. Keller Library! Presented in partnership with the New Orleans Public Library. 

***This event was originally to be held at Nora Navra Library but has been relocated to Rosa F. Keller Library due to unforeseen circumstances. Thank you for your understanding!

Hermann-Grima + Gallier Historic Houses (HGGHH) is excited to host an evening of conversation as part of our Gallier Gathering series, in partnership with the New Orleans Public Library (NOPL)! At our June 12th event, registered guests will meet to discuss the book, Brothels, Depravity, and Abandoned Women: Illegal Sex in Antebellum New Orleans, by Judith Kelleher Schafer, scholar of Antebellum Louisiana history. To read more about Brothels, Depravity, and Abandoned Women, please visit: https://lsupress.org/9780807137154/brothels-depravity-and-abandoned-women/

 You can check out a copy of the book through the NOPL:

https://neworleans.polarislibrary.com/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.1&pos=3&cn=391204)

Limited copies of the book are also available at a discounted price of $11 through HGGHH as an optional purchase along with your free ticket.

The discussion will be led by HGGHH Director of Educational Programming, Dr. Amy Katherine Medvick.

This event will be held offsite at Rosa F. Keller Library (4300 S Broad St, New Orleans, LA 70125).