Nicholas L. Syrett is associate dean and professor of women, gender, and sexuality studies at the University of Kansas. A co-editor of the Journal of the History of Sexuality, he i...view moreNicholas L. Syrett is associate dean and professor of women, gender, and sexuality studies at the University of Kansas. A co-editor of the Journal of the History of Sexuality, he is the author of The Company He Keeps, American Child Bride, An Open Secret, and The Trials of Madame Restell. His writing has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Daily Beast. He lives in Lawrence, Kansas.view less