Committee of Fifteen
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TheCommittee of Fifteenwas aNew York Citycitizens' group that lobbied for the elimination ofprostitutionandgambling.It was established in November 1900. The Committee hired investigators who visited city locations whereprostitutionandgamblingwas alleged to have taken place and filed reports on each site. The investigators visited bars,pool halls,dance halls,and tenements during the year 1901. The investigators posed as clients to determine the locations where prostitution took place.[1]
The Committee disbanded in 1901 after evaluating the investigations and reporting to GovernorBenjamin Barker Odell, Jr.It was succeeded by theCommittee of Fourteen.In 1902 the Committee of Fifteen's report,The Social Evil With Special Reference to Conditions Existing in the City of New Yorkwas released.[2]
Members in 1901[edit]
Source:[2]
- William H. Baldwin, Jr.(Chairman)
- Edwin R. A. Seligman(Secretary)
- Charles Stewart Smith
- Joel B. Erhardt
- John Stewart Kennedy
- Felix Adler
- George Haven Putnam
- Charles Sprague Smith
- George Foster Peabody
- Jacob H. Schiff
- Andrew J. Smith
- Austen G. Fox
- William J. O'Brien
- Alexander E. Orr
- John Harsen Rhoades
References[edit]
- ^"The Social Evil in Tenement Houses. Communication to Gov. Odell by the Committee of Fifteen. Approves Legislation Proposed by the Tenement House Commission, Making Landlords Directly Responsible".The New York Times.25 March 1901.Retrieved2008-06-13.
The Committee of Fifteen has sent to Gov. Odell a letter expressing approval of the legislation proposed by the Tenement House Commission in regard to the suppression of the social evil in tenement houses.
- ^ab"Committee of Fifteen records 1900-1901".The New York Public Library.RetrievedDecember 31,2022.
Further reading[edit]
- Committee of Fifteen Records, 1900–1901. Compiled by Melanie Yolles. New York: Manuscripts and Archives Section,New York Public Library