California Madams

With the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in 1848, fortune-seekers from around the globe descended on California, among them a sprinkling of enterprising women.

Rich in details combed from historical archives, California Madams uncovers the enigmatic and salacious lives of twenty-four women who ran houses of ill repute in the Golden State from the 1840's to the 1940's. Here are the hedonistic and sometimes heroic exploits of Margaret Appel, Diamond Jessie, Hattie Wells, Ah Toy, and Lee Francis, but also the unsung sagas of Emily Edwards, Cora Lee, Sylvia Daniels, May Ellis, Alma, Jewett, and many more.

Author: Sherry Monahan
Publisher: Farcountry Press
Published: 07/10/2019
Pages: 168
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781560376590
ISBN10: 1560376597
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | State & Local | West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT
- Social Science | Women's Studies
- Psychology | Human Sexuality (see also Social Science | Human Sexuality)