The Career Girls Murders in New York

Paranoia about women’s safety grew in the 1960s

Janice Wylie (left) and Emily Hoffert (right), c. 1963. Edited and colorized by the author. From Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain).

Momentous events took place on 28 August 1963. On that day, America watched the March on Washington, during which a quarter of a million people gathered near the Lincoln Memorial to protest race inequalities in the USA. Some people were full of hope, while others were full of fear. In New York, three young women got ready…