Morgan, Lael.
Wanton West madams, money, murder, and the wild women of Montana's frontier / [electronic resource] : Lael Morgan. - Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, c2011. - xiii, 304 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Frontier and pioneer life--Montana.
Women pioneers--History.--Montana
Women--History.--Montana
Prostitution--History.--Montana
Women pioneers--Montana--Biography.
Prostitutes--Montana--Biography.
Montana--History--19th century.
Montana--History--20th century.
Montana--Social conditions.
Montana--Biography.
Electronic books.
F731 / .M77 2011eb
978.6/02
Wanton West madams, money, murder, and the wild women of Montana's frontier / [electronic resource] : Lael Morgan. - Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, c2011. - xiii, 304 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Frontier and pioneer life--Montana.
Women pioneers--History.--Montana
Women--History.--Montana
Prostitution--History.--Montana
Women pioneers--Montana--Biography.
Prostitutes--Montana--Biography.
Montana--History--19th century.
Montana--History--20th century.
Montana--Social conditions.
Montana--Biography.
Electronic books.
F731 / .M77 2011eb
978.6/02