Letters from The Maimte Papers edited by RUTH ROSEN and SUE DAVIDSON compiled, read and introduced by Carole Hayman
Maimie Pinzer was a Jewish prostitute from
Philadelphia. In 1910 she started writing to a Bostonian lady of letters. Fanny Quincy Howe. who was encouraging her to leave her life of prostitution. Through these letters emerges a picture of a remarkable woman of much humour whose struggle against great odds in no way diminished her spirit. Musical adviser DIANA CAPPLEMAN
Directed by KAY PATRICK BBC Manchester