"The prostitution industry is one of the most important aspects in the development of the American West. Often overlooked, disregarded or hidden due to its racy connotations, the "oldest profession" fueled the economies of camps, towns, and cities as they grew. Sex workers, from commo...

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1. Verfasser:	Collins, Jan MacKell 1962- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Essex, Connecticut ; Helena, Montana TwoDot © 2023
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1860-1940 Prostitution Nebraska Oklahoma Kansas Prostitutes / Kansas / History Prostitution / Kansas / History Prostitutes / Nebraska / History Prostitution / Nebraska / History Prostitutes / Oklahoma / History Prostitution / Oklahoma / History Women / Great Plains / Social conditions
Zusammenfassung:	"The prostitution industry is one of the most important aspects in the development of the American West. Often overlooked, disregarded or hidden due to its racy connotations, the "oldest profession" fueled the economies of camps, towns, and cities as they grew. Sex workers, from common prostitutes to reigning madams like Mattie Blaylock, Maggie Wood, and Big Ann Wynne, defied social norms to make sure their hometowns, and themselves, were successful. Their reasons for entering the life varied, from those who could find no other way to make money to women who desired independence and wealth. In return they were ostracized, criticized, and subject to fines, jail, disease, drug addiction, violence and unwanted pregnancies. While their success stories are many, others failed in their endeavors, their names buried with them when they died. Behind Brothel Doors chronicles the history of the nineteenth-century sex work industry in the Great Plains states of Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma"--
Beschreibung:	viii, 255 Seiten Illustrationen, Porträts 23 cm
ISBN:	9781493066155