Support your local independent bookstore, meet Rose Laws, and hear from sex workers' rights activists, all in one place: Uncharted Books, 2630 N. Milwaukee.

Thursday, August 2nd
Gold Coast Madam: The Secret Life of Rose Laws
with Rose Laws, Dianna Harris, and SWOP-Chicago
7-9 p.m.
FREE

Now living a quiet life of a typical Florida retiree (church, walks, grandchildren), Rose Laws, a vibrant 77-year-old, is itching to tell you her incredible life story of hardships, heartache, triumphs, and fun--especially about the decades she spent sexing up Chicago. She started arranging dates for men and women in the 1960s to earn enough money to get her children out of the orphanage they were put in after she left a violent marriage. She moved on to running the Addison Motel, offering the area's first advertised 4-hour rates. She ultimately moved downtown, went first class, and amassed a 5,000-person client list of the city and country's rich and powerful (politicians, judges, lawyers, pro athletes, movie stars), earning herself the media nickname "Gold Coast Madam." Come meet Rose Laws and her co-author Dianna Harris for a sneak preview of their new book, Gold Coast Madam: The Secret Life of Rose Law (Lake Claremont Press, November 2012) and feel free to ask them anything...You will be able to pre-order the book at a special price.

Sex Workers Outreach Project Chicago [SWOP-Chicago] is a grassroots organization dedicated to improving the lives of current and former sex workers in the Chicago area, on and off of the job.

-- Modified on 8/1/2012 10:19:06 PM

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