Historians believe the scandalous Eleanora Dumont was one of the first madams to arrive in Deadwood …
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Wild Women Of The West: Madam May Brown And The Tragic Life & Death Of Maud Lee
Ottoman and Johanne Gotsch never knew what led their daughter Anna to a life of prostitution in the …
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Wild Women Of The West: Madam Belle Haskell And The Demise Of Maggie Broadwater
From the beginning, there was a section of Deadwood into which respectable citizens would seldom ven…
Wild Women Of The West: Maggie McDermott
Maggie McDermott peered into the grimy windows of the Mascott Saloon and eyed the faces huddled arou…
Wild Women Of The West: Madam Mollie Johnson
Among the spectators attending the baseball game at Fort Meade in mid-June 1879 between the Hard Scr…
Wild Women Of The West: Lillian Smith
The polite but enthusiastic applause from 40,000 Londoners brought a huge smile to fifteen-year-old …
Wild Women Of The West: Fanny Sperry Steele
“If there aren’t any horses in heaven, I don’t want to go,” World Champion Saddle Bronc Ride…
Wild Women Of The West: Nellie Cashman
Night had fallen over Tombstone, Arizona, and every restless and rowdy character in the vicinity of …
Wild Women Of The West: Nancy Bragg Witmer
Some women were just born to the occupation of rodeo performer, trick rider and roper, and Nancy Bra…
Wild Women Of The West: Bessie Efner
“I enjoyed the goodwill of the people among whom I lived and was known as the only doctor between Cheyenne and Pine Bluffs.” – Dr. Bessie Efner, 1912
Wild Women Of The West: Lucy Hobbs
“Her place in dental history is secure as the individual who conquered prejudice and precedent and prepared the way for women to become practitioners of the science and art of dentistry.” – Dr. Ralph Edwards’ tribute to Dr. Lucy Hobbs Taylor, 1955
Wild Women Of The West: Eliza Stewart Boyd
“Wyoming Territory is on the highway to progress. The Grand Jury at Laramie City is partially composed of women.” – Weekly Commercial Herald – May 12, 1870
Wild Women Of The West: Tessie Wall
“Drink that up, boys! Have a drink on Tessie Wall!” – Madam Tessie Wall’s invitation to officers at the annual Policeman’s Ball after laying a $1,000 bill on the bar – 1913
Wild Women Of The West: Winema
Mrs. Frank “Tobey” Riddle, better known as Winema, was a mediator for the Modoc people, other In…
Wild Women Of The West: Sarah Winnemucca
“Sarah Winnemucca, the Paiute princess, has built a schoolhouse at Lovelock, Nevada, where twenty-five Paiute children are learning to read and write free of charge.” – The Ogden Standard Examiner, March 3, 1886