Minneapolis madams [electronic resource] : the lost history of prostitution on the Riverfront / Penny A. Petersen.
Material type: TextPublication details: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2013] 2015)Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 228 pages :) illustrationsISBN:- 9780816688579
- 0816688575
- 306.7409776/579 23
- HQ146.M5 P48 2013
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.
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