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Pearl "Polly" Adler (April 16, 1900 - 1962) was a Russian-born madam and author. · Can we improve this biography or this incorrect? Post your own bio in the forums. Explore books and films about Adler, Polly.

"The women who take husbands not out of love but out of greed, to get their bills paid, to get a fine house and clothes and jewels; the women who marry to get out of a tiresome job, or to get away from disagreeable relatives, or to avoid being called an old maid -- these are whores in everything but name. The only difference between them and my girls is that my girls gave a man his money's worth."

Adler, Polly on Prostitution
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"What it comes down to is this: the grocer, the butcher, the baker, the merchant, the landlord, the druggist, the liquor dealer, the policeman, the doctor, the city father and the politician -- these are the people who make money out of prostitution, these are the real reapers of the wages of sin."

Adler, Polly on Prostitution
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