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Good Time Girls of the Pacific Northwest: A Red-Light History of Washington, Oregon, and Alaska

By Jan MacKell Collins

Book information

Publisher
TwoDot
Year
2020
ISBN
9781493038107, 2019951402, 9781493038091
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
4 MB (3942726 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2023-01-09 06:37:43
History; Women's Studies; Nonfiction; HIS036110; H

Description

Throughout the development of the American West, prostitution grew and flourished within the mining camps, small towns, and cities of the nineteenth-century Pacific Northwest. 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 hazards of disease, drug addiction, physical abuse, and pregnancy. They dreamed of escape through marriage or retirement, 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.

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