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Beatrice Claflin, the slave of a dry goods prince

From an unidentified host publication, this story, probably fictional but possibly biographical, relates the lengthy trials of Beatrice Claflin, a saleswoman who undergoes sexual harassment from her boss, Thomas Hilton, in 1870's New York City.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Ladies' Philanthropic Society of Philadelphia, George de Benneville Keim Memorial Collection
Format: Book
Language:English
German
Published: [Philadelphia, Pa. : s.n., 1879?]
Subjects and Genres:
Sexual harassment of women > New York (State) > New York.
Women sales personnel > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
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Table of Contents:
  • Letter from the Ladies' Philanthropic Society of Philadelphia ... March 11th, 1879
  • Fatherless and penniless
  • Beatrice becomes a slave
  • Shop girls and their serfdom
  • Insult and humiliation
  • Gloom and sunshine
  • "Worse than death!"
  • Plotting and counter-plotting
  • Hilton's diplomatic schemes
  • A base conspiracy
  • Infamy triumphant
  • Two years in a mad-house
  • Restitution and retribution.

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