Wanton West : madams, money, murder, and the wild women of Montana's frontier / Lael Morgan.
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.
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Chicago Review Press,
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Table of 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.