Cover of Daughters of joy, sisters of misery

Daughters of joy, sisters of misery

by Anne M. Butler

1987 232 pages eng

They were called "frail sisters," "fallen angels," "soiled doves," and "whores." They worked the brothels, saloons, streets, and "hog ranches" of the American frontier. They were the prostitutes of the post-Civil War West. This book details the destitute lives of these nearly anonymous women. Anne B…

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