{"product_id":"good-time-girls-of-the-pacific-northwest-a-red-light-history-of-washington-oregon-and-alaska-9781493038091","title":"Good Time Girls of the Pacific Northwest: A Red-Light History of Washington, Oregon, and Alaska","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jan Mackell Collins\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Two Dot Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Two Dot Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: United States - State \u0026amp; Local - Pacific Northwest (OR, WA)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout the development of the American West, prostitution grew and flourished within the mining camps, small towns, and cities of the nineteenth-century Pacific Northwest. Whether escaping a bad home life, lured by false advertising, or seeking to subsidize their income, thousands of women chose or were forced to enter an industry where they faced segregation and persecution, fines and jailing, and battled the hazards of disease, drug addiction, physical abuse, pregnancy, and abortion. They dreamed of escape through marriage or retirement, but more often found relief only in death. An integral part of western history, the stories of these women continue to fascinate readers and captivate the minds of historians today. Expanding on the research she did for Brothels, Bordellos, and Bad Girls (UNM Press), historian Jan MacKell moves beyond the mining towns of Colorado to explore the history of prostitution in the Pacific Northwest states of Washington, Oregon, and Alaska. Each state had its share of working girls and madams like Big Nose Kate or Calamity Jane who remain celebrities in the annals of history, but MacKell also includes the stories of lesser-known women whose role in this illicit trade nonetheless shaped our understanding of the American West.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Two Dot Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45411127427223,"sku":"9781493038091","price":1642.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781493038091.webp?v=1767917636","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/good-time-girls-of-the-pacific-northwest-a-red-light-history-of-washington-oregon-and-alaska-9781493038091","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}