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San Francisco&;s Queen of Vice uncovers the story of one of the most skilled, high-priced, and corrupt abortion entrepreneurs in America. Even as Prohibition was the driving force behind organized crime, abortions became the third-largest illegal enterprise as state and federal statutes combined with changing social mores to drive abortionists into hiding. Inez Brown Burns, a notorious socialite and abortionist in San Francisco, made a fortune providing her services to desperate women throughout California. Beginning in the 1920s, Burns oversaw some 150,000 abortions until her trial and conviction brought her downfall.
In San Francisco&;s Queen of Vice, Lisa Riggin tells the story of the rise and fall of San Francisco&;s &;abortion queen&; and explores the rivalry between Burns and the city&;s newly elected district attorney, Edmund G. &;Pat&; Brown (father of the present governor of California). Pledging to clean up the graft-ridden city, Brown exposed the hidden yet not-so-secret life of backroom deals, political payoffs, and corrupt city cops. Through the arrest, prosecution, and conviction of Burns, Brown used his success as a stepping-stone for his political rise to California&;s governor&;s mansion.
Featuring an array of larger-than-life characters, Riggin shows how Cold War domestic ideology and the national quest to return to a more traditional America quickly developed into a battle against internal decay. Based on a combination of newspaper accounts, court records, and personal interviews, San Francisco&;s Queen of Vice reveals how the drama played out in the life and trial of one of the wealthiest women in California history.
 
In San Francisco&;s Queen of Vice, Lisa Riggin tells the story of the rise and fall of San Francisco&;s &;abortion queen&; and explores the rivalry between Burns and the city&;s newly elected district attorney, Edmund G. &;Pat&; Brown (father of the present governor of California). Pledging to clean up the graft-ridden city, Brown exposed the hidden yet not-so-secret life of backroom deals, political payoffs, and corrupt city cops. Through the arrest, prosecution, and conviction of Burns, Brown used his success as a stepping-stone for his political rise to California&;s governor&;s mansion.
Featuring an array of larger-than-life characters, Riggin shows how Cold War domestic ideology and the national quest to return to a more traditional America quickly developed into a battle against internal decay. Based on a combination of newspaper accounts, court records, and personal interviews, San Francisco&;s Queen of Vice reveals how the drama played out in the life and trial of one of the wealthiest women in California history.
 
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Lisa Riggin teaches history at California State University, Fullerton. 
 
 
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