Minneapolis madams : the lost history of prostitution on the riverfront / Penny A. Petersen.

Petersen, Penny A.
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2013]
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Notes:

  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • Introduction: The public women of Minneapolis — Women’s work of all kinds: paid labor, sex work, and the reform movement — The war on the madams: purity crusades and liquor patrols — Red lights along the riverfront: the madams make their move — Reforming the city: Doc Ames, white slavery, and the end of an era — Vice report: after the bordellos closed.

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