https://padlet.com/leeagallimore/i5szxzmcaeihmp0d By T.S. Eliot en-us 2020-10-19 17:52:33 UTC 2025-11-09 13:57:52 UTC hello@padlet.com leeagallimore https://padlet.com/leeagallimore/i5szxzmcaeihmp0d/wish/842203933 Born September 26, 1888, St. Louis, MO]]> 2020-10-19 17:57:13 UTC https://padlet.com/leeagallimore/i5szxzmcaeihmp0d/wish/842203933 leeagallimore https://padlet.com/leeagallimore/i5szxzmcaeihmp0d/wish/842212360 Started in mid to late 1800s, but immigration and the migration of poor Southern people caused an explosion of those in the factory workforce in the early 1900s.]]> 2020-10-19 17:58:55 UTC https://padlet.com/leeagallimore/i5szxzmcaeihmp0d/wish/842212360 leeagallimore https://padlet.com/leeagallimore/i5szxzmcaeihmp0d/wish/842715765 Eliot's poem was influenced by the way urban life became gritty and nasty in the 20th century. City life had become a daily grind and at night there was prostitution and other ugliness. ]]> 2020-10-19 20:19:35 UTC https://padlet.com/leeagallimore/i5szxzmcaeihmp0d/wish/842715765 leeagallimore https://padlet.com/leeagallimore/i5szxzmcaeihmp0d/wish/842731118 Prostitution became illegal in most places in America because Helen Jewlett was murdered by one of her customers. During the 1920's it was considered a major crime, to be a prostitute and not follow the rules. ... Prostitutes often worked around night clubs, cabarets, and saloons.  Prohibition officially went into effect on January 16, 1920. ... As organized crime syndicates grew throughout the Prohibition era, territorial disputes often transformed America's cities into violent battlegrounds. Homicides, burglaries, and assaults consequently increased significantly between 1920 and 1933.]]> 2020-10-19 20:25:09 UTC https://padlet.com/leeagallimore/i5szxzmcaeihmp0d/wish/842731118