The Women’s House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison

Join NYC LGBT Historic Sites project manager Amanda Davis at Jefferson Market Library on Thursday, July 14, part of a week of in-person festivities organized by the New York Public Library: The Jefferson Market Jubilee.

Amanda will appear with author Hugh Ryan for a discussion on the Women’s House of Detention, the former occupant of today’s Jefferson Market Garden and subject of Ryan’s latest book: The Women’s House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison.