Wanton West
Subtitle: madams, money, murder, and the wild women of Montana's frontier
By: Lael Morgan
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781569763384
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life; Prostitutes; Prostitution; Social conditions; Women pioneers; Women; Biography; History
Description: Describes the lives of women who lived in Montana during the Wild West era, including prostitutes and entrepreneurs such as Chicago Joe, Madame Mustache, and Lizzie Hall, and discussing the struggle for women's equality in a state known for its boomtowns, lawlessness, and red-light districts.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Sinful cities, 1863-1919; title: Prologue: Madeleine : a self-made woman, 1894; title: The summer women of Helena, 1867; title: Butte, the black heart of Montana, 1877; title: Miles City and the Wild West, 1880; title: Last of the silver years, 1887; title: The celestial sex trade, 1900; title: Respectable purple paths, 1900; title: Reflection, 1900; title: The beginning of the end, 1911; title: New options, 1916; title: Epilogue: The wages of sin; title: Major players: The women and men who made the most of a wild frontier; title: Time line: From the brothels to the Congress.