| LC control no. | no2005025572 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Leigh, Carol (Sex worker) |
| Variant(s) | Big Red (Sex worker) Harlot, Scarlot Scarlot Harlot (Sex worker) Scarlet Harlot (Sex worker) Leigh, Carol, 1951-2022 |
| Other standard no. | 0000000053890597 48956712 Q2939842 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1951-01-11 |
| Death date | 2022-11-16 |
| Place of birth | Queens (New York, N.Y.) |
| Place of death | San Francisco (Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Prostitution Sex work |
| Profession or occupation | Feminists Sex workers--Civil rights |
| Found in | Unrepentant whore, c2004: t.p. (Carol Leigh) p. 66, etc. (lives in the San Francisco Bay Area; known also as Scarlot Harlot and Big Red; coined terms "sex work" and "sex worker"; since late seventies has written, performed and produced work in a variety of genres on women's issues and on her experiences in the sex industry; has rec'd. awards for her video documentaries) Autobiography of a whore, 1983: title page (Carol Leigh) New York times, 20 Nov. 2022: in an obituary on page 26 (Carol Leigh (a name she adopted when she moved to San Francisco; she kept her birth name private) born Jan. 11, 1951 in Queens [New York], died on Wednesday [16 Nov. 2022] in San Francisco [Calif.], aged 71; sought to change the image and treatment of sex workers -- a term she is generally credited with coining -- through both mainstream advocacy work and her colorful performances and writings under the name Scarlot Harlot) |
| Associated language | eng |
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