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Minneapolis madams

Petersen, Penny A.

Minneapolis madams the lost history of prostitution on the Riverfront / [electronic resource] : Penny A. Petersen. - Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2013] - 1 online resource (xiv, 228 pages :) illustrations ;

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

9780816688579 0816688575


Brothels--Minnesota--Minneapolis.
Prostitution--Minnesota--Minneapolis.


Electronic books.

HQ146.M5 / P48 2013

306.7409776/579