Brothels, Bordellos, and Bad Girls: Prostitution in Colorado, 1860-1930

Prostitution thrived in pioneer Colorado. Mining was the principal occupation and men outnumbered women more than twenty...
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Author: Jan Mackell
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Brothels, Bordellos, and Bad Girls: Prostitution in Colorado, 1860-1930 by Mackell, Jan

Brothels, Bordellos, and Bad Girls: Prostitution in Colorado, 1860-1930

$48.51

Brothels, Bordellos, and Bad Girls: Prostitution in Colorado, 1860-1930

$48.51
Author: Jan Mackell
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Prostitution thrived in pioneer Colorado. Mining was the principal occupation and men outnumbered women more than twenty to one. Jan MacKell provides a detailed overview of the business between 1860 and 1930, focusing her research on the mining towns of Cripple Creek, Salida, Colorado City, and similar boomtown communities. She used census data, Sanborn maps, city directories, property records, marriage records, and court records to document and trace the movements of the women over the course of their careers, uncovering work histories, medical problems, and numerous relocations from town to town. She traces many to their graves, through years filled with abuse, disease, narcotics, and violence.

MacKell has unearthed numerous colorful and often touching stories, like that of the boy raised in a brothel who was invited to play with a neighbor's children and replied, "No, my mother is a whore and says I am to stay at home."


"Delicacy, humor, respect, and compassion are among the merits of this book. Although other authors have flirted with Colorado's commercial sex, Jan MacKell provides a detailed overview. She has been researching these elusive women for the last fifteen years. Such persistence allows her to offer rich detail on shady ladies who rarely used their real names or even stuck with the same professional name for long."--Thomas J. Noel, from the Introduction



Author: Jan Mackell
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 10/01/2007
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.17lbs
Size: 9.07h x 6.23w x 0.92d
ISBN: 9780826333438

About the Author
Mackell, Jan: - Jan MacKell resides in Victor, Colorado, and is director of the Cripple Creek District Museum in nearby Cripple Creek. MacKell is also the author of Cripple Creek District: Last of Colorado's Gold Booms

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