Bertha’s Bookshelf: Spectacular Wickedness

📖 Finishing up the amazing read! Spectacular Wickedness by Emily Epstein Landau examines the social history of this famed district by looking at prostitution through the lens of patriarchy and demonstrates how gendered racial ideologies proved crucial to the remaking of southern society in the aftermath of the Civil War. In doing so, she reveals that Storyville’s salacious and eccentric subculture played an important role in the formation of New Orleans’s identity in the New South era.

📅 Join us on April 4, 2026  at 10 AM for an engaging discussion that brings this overlooked chapter of women’s history into sharp focus.

💻 Can’t join us in person? No problem! Simply fill out the Contact Us form on our website, and we’ll send you the link to attend the event online. But that’s not all… 🎉 We’ll also be revealing and discussing our brand-new book pick for May

💃A powerful read for those interested in women’s history, social justice, and the untold stories of America’s past. See you there.