Wanton West [electronic resource] : madams, money, murder, and the wild women of Montana's frontier / Lael Morgan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morgan, Lael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Frontier and pioneer life--Montana.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Women pioneers--Montana--History.

Women pioneers.

Women--Montana--History.

Women.

Prostitution--Montana--History.

Prostitution.

Women pioneers--Montana--Biography.

Prostitutes--Montana--Biography.

Prostitutes.

Montana--History--19th century.

Montana.

Montana--History--20th century.

Montana--Social conditions.

Montana--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 lucrative source of income. Author Lael Morgan brings to life the lively and eccentric characters who tamed the West's wildest region from the time of the gold rush to the election of the first woman to U.S. Congress: Chicago Joe, with her addiction to handsome

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-56976-857-9

1-56976-895-1

OCLC:

754713832