Portal:Prostitution/Anniversaries/February

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  • 7th
    • 2018: Death of Laura Lee, an Irish born prostitute and activist who initiated a judicial review against Northern Irelands Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Criminal Justice and Support for Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2015.
  • 9th
    • 1982: Death of Marthe Richard, a French prostitute and spy. She later became a politician and worked towards the closing of brothels in France in 1946.
  • 12th
    • 2009: Death of Domenica Niehoff, a German prostitute and activist. She appeared in television shows in the 1990s, where she campaigned for legalization of and regulation of the profession.
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  • 27th
    • 1914: Birth of Dulcie Markham, a prominent Sydney prostitute, brothel-keeper and associate of gangland figures in Sydney during the 1930s, 1940's and 1950s, when she was closely involved with the razor gang milieu of that era.
  • 28th
    • 1608: Execution of Margaret Fernseed, an English prostitute and brothel keeper who had murdered her husband.