ISBN:
9781493050994
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 online resource (267 pages)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.742097809034
Schlagwort(e):
Prostitutes
Kurzfassung:
As settlements and civilization moved West to follow the lure of mineral wealth and the trade of the Santa Fe Trail, prostitution grew and flourished within the mining camps, small towns, and cities the nineteenth-century Nevada and Utah. Whether escaping a bad home life, lured by false advertising, or seeking to subsidize their income, thousands of women chose or were forced to enter an industry where they faced segregation and persecution, fines and jailing, and battled the other hazards of their profession. Some dreamed of escape through marriage or retirement, and some became infamous and even successful, but more often found relief only in death. An integral part of western history, the stories of these women continue to fascinate readers and captivate the minds of historians today. Nevada and Utah each had their share of working girls and madams who remain notorious celebrities in the annals of history, like Kate Flint and Dora Topham, but Collins also includes the stories of lesser-known women whose roles in this illicit trade help shape our understanding of the American West.
Kurzfassung:
Intro -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Naughty Nevada -- Chapter 2 Coquettes of Carson City -- Chapter 3 Rosa May and Erni Marks -- Chapter 4 Not So Virginal Virginia City -- Chapter 5 Cad Thompson, the "Good Sport" -- Chapter 6 The Murder of Julia "Jule" Bulette -- Chapter 7 The Elusive Ladies of Ely -- Chapter 8 The Tarts of Tonopah -- Chapter 9 Good Time Girls of Goldfield -- Chapter 10 The Tragic Tale of Mona Bell -- Chapter 11 Viva Las Vegas -- Chapter 12 The Good Time Girls of Utah -- Chapter 13 Sin in Salt Lake City -- Chapter 14 Ada Carroll, Inaugural Strumpet of Salt Lake City -- Chapter 15 Kate Flint, Maiden Madam of Utah -- Chapter 16 "Hell 'n Blazes" at Helen Blazes's -- Chapter 17 Good Time Girls of Ogden -- Chapter 18 Dora Topham, the Genteel Madam -- Chapter 19 Dora and the Salt Lake City Stockade -- Chapter 20 Park City's Rachel Urban -- Chapter 21 No Nose Maggie -- ENDNOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR.
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