Overview
From the time of the gold rush to the election of the first woman to the U.S. Congress, Wanton West brings to life the women of the West's wildest region: Montana, famous for its lawlessness, boomtowns, and America s largest red-light districts. Prostitutes and entrepreneurs--like Chicago Joe, Madame Mustache, and Highkickerflocked to Montana to make their own money, gamble, drink, and raise hell just like men. Moralists wrote them off as soiled doves, yet a surprising number prospered, flaunting their freedom and banking ten times more than their respectable sisters.A lively read providing new insights into women s struggle for equality, Wanton West is a refreshingly objective exploration of a freewheeling society and a re-creation of an unforgettable era in history.
Full Product Details
Author: Lael Morgan
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Imprint: Chicago Review Press
Dimensions:
Width: 16.00cm
, Height: 2.40cm
, Length: 23.70cm
Weight: 0.572kg
ISBN: 9781569763384
ISBN 10: 1569763380
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 01 June 2011
Audience:
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
With prodigious research and agile prose, Lael Morgan charts the lives and fortunes of women and men who seized their best chance in the cribs, brothels, dance halls, and boxing rings of Montana's frontier. Prepare for a rollicking read. --Mary Murphy, Montana State University
With prodigious research and agile prose, Lael Morgan charts the lives and fortunes of women and men who seized their best chance in the cribs, brothels, dance halls, and boxing rings of Montana s frontier. Prepare for a rollicking read. <b>Mary Murphy</b>, Montana State University</p>
Morgan's subject, improperly treated, could easily devolve into a lascivious catalog, but she has an important larger point: The independence of these women inspired the independence of women who did not engage in the sex trade, and it's no accident that women had the right to vote and served in political office well before they did in other parts of the country. A useful addition to Western Americana and women's studies. -- Kirkus
Author Information
<b>Lael Morgan</b></b></b> is a journalist whose work has appeared in the <i>Christian Science Monitor</i>, the<i> Los Angeles Times</i>, <i>National Geographic</i>, and<i> </i>the <i>Washington Post</i>. She teaches media writing at the University of TexasArlington and is the author of several historical books, including <i>Art and Eskimo Power </i>and<i> Good Time Girls of the AlaskaYukon Gold Rush</i>.
