About this item
Providing new insights into womens struggle for equality, this historical study shows the true story of the women of old Montana. With few career options available in the 19th century, many of the most independent and enterprising women turned to the worlds oldest profession for alucrative source of income. Author Lael Morgan brings to life the lively and eccentric characters who tamed the Wests wildest region from the time of the gold rush to the election of the first woman to U.S. Congress Chicago Joe, with her addiction to handsome men and high finance Yow Kum, an enslaved Chinese prostitute the enterprising, successful black prostitute named Lizzie Hall and Carmen, a full blossomed Spanish rose who would just as soon stick a stiletto into your gizzard as stand at the bar and have a drink with you.
About the Author
Morgan is currently at work on a Montana-based book titled Madeleine and Her Sisters in Sin for Chicago Review Press.
