Wanton West : madams, money, murder, and the wild women of Montana's frontier

Wanton West : madams, money, murder, and the wild women of Montana's frontier /

Providing new insights into women's struggle for equality, this historical study shows the true story of the women of old Montana. With few career options available in the 19th century, many of the most independent and enterprising women turned to the world's oldest profession for a lucrat...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Morgan, Lael
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, 2011
Subjects:
Frontier and pioneer life > Montana.
Women pioneers > Montana > History.
Women > Montana > History.
Prostitution > Montana > History.
Women pioneers > Montana > Biography.
Prostitutes > Montana > Biography.
Montana > History > 19th century.
Montana > History > 20th century.
Montana > Social conditions.
Montana > Biography.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Sinful cities, 1863-1919
  • Prologue: Madeleine : a self-made woman, 1894
  • The summer women of Helena, 1867
  • Butte, the black heart of Montana, 1877
  • Miles City and the Wild West, 1880
  • Last of the silver years, 1887
  • The celestial sex trade, 1900
  • Respectable purple paths, 1900
  • Reflection, 1900
  • The beginning of the end, 1911
  • New options, 1916
  • Epilogue: The wages of sin
  • Major players: The women and men who made the most of a wild frontier
  • Time line: From the brothels to the Congress.

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