Chicago's Black Traffic in White Girls

"Chicago's Black Traffic in White Girls" by Jean Turner-Zimmermann is piece about the tragic reality of forced prostitution and the white slave trade in the United States during the early 1900s. The author brings to light the terrible experiences of many women coerced into prostitution, especially in cities like Chicago. She talks about how these women were taken advantage of and suffered after being tricked into a life of prostitution with promises of work. Turner-Zimmermann offers upsetting numbers and stories about the lives of these women, and she also criticizes the social systems that make this exploitation possible. She shares many true stories about how traffickers recruited these women, and how different parts of society, like politicians and the police, were involved in keeping this terrible business running. The story is a demand for people to wake up and start doing something, pushing people and communities to get rid of the prostitution that ruins the lives of young women, and saying that this fight is an important moral duty.