Status Updates From Soiled Doves: Prostitution ...

The author seems to be implying that Doc Holliday died “standing up for himself“ but he died of tuberculosis.

Aaaaand continuing to refer to the girls coming o er from china as ‘Orientals’. This book was published in 2003 so it’s not like it came out in an era where these terms were still considered mildly acceptable.

Referring to Ah Toy as an ‘Oriental’ 🙄

OK, so I was prepared to overlook all the exclamation points that are used throughout the book but referring to Mary Ellen Pleasant’s mother as a “Haitian quadroon“ is not okay. The term quadroon is so offensive and inappropriate.

I’ve been hyper fixated on prostitution on the frontier since I visited butte Montana recently. This isn’t the highest quality history but a good basic overview of the tiers of brothels/how these women lived.