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Prostitution Timeline

1868
Kansas state law makes it illegal to keep a brothel.

1910
United State Congress passes the Mann Act in an attempt to stop forced prostitution.

1917
During World War 1, Kansas begins the quarantine of persons with venereal diseases.

1971
Nevada legalizes its first brothel.

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