For 10 points, name this profession in Victorian England, held by lower-class women subject to the Contagious Diseases Act.
Multiple members of this profession identified Lord Arthur Somerset in the Cleveland Street Scandal, and appear in a novel published under the pseudonym "Jack Saul." In 1993, a mass grave consisting of 133 corpses from members of this profession was discovered in Dublin. William Acton produced a landmark 1857 study on workers in this profession. These people were targeted by a series of laws passed in 1864, 1866, and 1869, which forced many of them to be placed in lock hospitals. William (*) Gladstone personally donated large sums of money to reduce the number of people working in this profession. Many members of this profession were committed to Magdalene laundries. Josephine Butler actively campaigned on behalf of workers in this profession, five of whom were the universally-acknowledged victims of Jack the Ripper. For 10 points, name this profession in Victorian England, held by lower-class women subject to the Contagious Diseases Act.
Multiple members of this profession identified Lord Arthur Somerset in the Cleveland Street Scandal, and appear in a novel published under the pseudonym "Jack Saul."
prostitutes [accept less polite synonyms]