Wrong women

The existence of Monto – Europe’s biggest red-light district from 1860 to 1925 with up to 1600 sex workers at any one time – is not a secret, but what happened to the women at the end of their lives and after death is less clear. This account balances the historical origins of Monto, its expansion during the 1860s, the role of the British Army in providing the majority of customer and many other key moments in its 65-year span with an investigation into the inhumane and heartbreaking reality of the treatment of the women that worked there.