Minneapolis Madams

Author : Penny A. Petersen
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780816688609

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Minneapolis Madams by Penny A. Petersen Pdf

Sex, money, and politics—no, it’s not a thriller novel. Minneapolis Madams is the surprising and riveting account of the Minneapolis red-light district and the powerful madams who ran it. Penny Petersen brings to life this nearly forgotten chapter of Minneapolis history, tracing the story of how these “houses of ill fame” rose to prominence in the late nineteenth century and then were finally shut down in the early twentieth century. In their heyday Minneapolis brothels were not only open for business but constituted a substantial economic and political force in the city. Women of independent means, madams built custom bordellos to suit their tastes and exerted influence over leading figures and politicians. Petersen digs deep into city archives, period newspapers, and other primary sources to illuminate the Minneapolis sex trade and its opponents, bringing into focus the ideologies and economic concerns that shaped the lives of prostitutes, the men who used their services, and the social-purity reformers who sought to eradicate their trade altogether. Usually written off as deviants, madams were actually crucial components of a larger system of social control and regulation. These entrepreneurial women bought real estate, hired well-known architects and interior decorators to design their bordellos, and played an important part in the politics of the developing city. Petersen argues that we cannot understand Minneapolis unless we can grasp the scope and significance of its sex trade. She also provides intriguing glimpses into racial interactions within the vice economy, investigating an African American madam who possibly married into one of the city’s most prestigious families. Fascinating and rigorously researched, Minneapolis Madams is a true detective story and a key resource for anyone interested in the history of women, sexuality, and urban life in Minneapolis.

Author : Nann Parrett
Publisher : Farcountry Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781560376675

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Montana Madams by Nann Parrett Pdf

Men flooded to the Montana frontier for gold, furs, rich land, and jobs. Women followed, but their options were more limited. Here are stories of women who made a desperate choice, turning the law of supply and demand to their advantage. Many eked out a meager but independent existience; grit and business acumen brought remarkable wealth and influence—even respectability—to a few. From Alzada to Yaak, these enterprising women shaped Montana communities, in some cases helping to fund social programs and public education.

Author : Kristen R. Fellows,Angela J. Smith,Anna M. Munns
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780813057590

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Historical Sex Work by Kristen R. Fellows,Angela J. Smith,Anna M. Munns Pdf

This volume explores the sex trade in America from 1850 to 1920 through the perspectives of archaeologists and historians, expanding the geographic and thematic scope of research on the subject. Historical Sex Work builds on the work of previous studies in helping create an inclusive and nuanced view of social relations in United States history. Many of these essays focus on lesser-known cities and tell the stories of people often excluded from history, including African American madams Ida Dorsey and Melvina Massey and the children of prostitutes. Contributors discuss how sex workers navigated spatial and legal landscapes, examining evidence such as the location of Hooker’s Division in Washington, D.C., and court records of prostitution-related crimes in Fargo, North Dakota. Broadening the discussion to include the roles of men in sex work, contributors write about the proprietor Tom Savage, the ways prostitution connected with ideas of masculinity, and alternative reasons men may have visited brothels, such as for treatment of venereal disease and impotence. Focusing on the benefits of interdisciplinary collaboration and including rarely investigated topics such as race, motherhood, and men, this volume deepens our understanding of the experiences of practitioners and consumers of the sex trade and shows how intersectionality affected the agency of many involved in the nation’s historical vice districts. Contributors: Ashley Baggett | Carol A. Bentley | Kristen R. Fellows | Alexander D. Keim | AnneMarie Kooistra | Jade Luiz | Jennifer A. Lupu | Anna M. Munns | Penny A. Petersen | Angela J. Smith | Mark S. Warner

Author : Azeez Jasim Mohammed
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781443893237

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A Contemporary Shavian Manifesto by Azeez Jasim Mohammed Pdf

A Contemporary Shavian Manifesto presents an appraisal of George Bernard Shaw’s position on women in his plays. The dramatist’s unconventional approach itself is praiseworthy as he creates unwomanly women who are deviant and create their own space outside social conventions and practices. In creating a counterpoint to the norm, Shaw succeeds in creating the image of a “new woman” who is no longer “the angel of the house”. The book explores the ways in which Shaw addresses gender inequality in society through an examination of women’s role in the social, religious, moral and economic spheres. In addition to studying Shaw’s exploration of the radical woman, this book traces his attempts to project a “new woman” who is the pursuer rather than being pursued. The playwright questions the relegation of woman to the domestic space, the arbitrary distribution of duties between men and women and patriarchally-determined codes of conduct imposed upon woman. His foregrounding of women as the force behind what he calls “Creative Evolution” achieves a kind of feminisation of the “life force”, the central theme in his plays.

Author : H.G. Callaway
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781527542679

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Lincoln Steffens’s The Shame of the Cities, and the Philosophy of Corruption and Reform by H.G. Callaway Pdf

This book is a new scholarly edition of Lincoln Steffens’ classic, “muck-raking” account of Gilded Age corruption in America. It provides the broader political background, theoretical and historical context needed to better understand the social and political roots of corruption in general terms: the social and moral nature of corruption and reform. Steffens enjoyed the support of a multitude of journalists with first-hand knowledge of their localities. He interviewed and came to know political bosses, crusading district attorneys and indicted corruptionists spanning a cast of hundreds. He also benefited from the support of a large-scale, nationally prominent network of anti-corruption specialists and luminaries, including President Theodore Roosevelt. Steffens explored in detail the high Gilded Age corruption of New York City, Chicago, “corrupt and contented” Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, St. Louis and Minneapolis. His work culminated in a well-documented record of Gilded Age corruption in the cities; and, with the addition of the editorial annotations, Chronology and Introduction of this edition, the reader is placed in a position to gain an overview and considerable insight into the general, moral and social-political phenomenon of corruption. This book will be of interest for students and professionals in political philosophy, political science, American history and American studies.

Author : Jerry Kuntz
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781625846761

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Minnesota's Notorious Nellie King by Jerry Kuntz Pdf

This true crime biography chronicles the misadventures of a lady outlaw who caused havoc across the late-19th century northern plains. The American historian Frederick Jackson Turner famously declared the 1890s to be the close of the American Frontier. But from 1887 to 1893, a young woman known as Nellie King was far from being tamed. King scandalized the residents of the Dakotas, Minnesota and northern Wisconsin with her fetching appearance, eccentric behavior, and criminal misdeeds. In Minnesota’s Notorious Nellie King, biographer Jerry Kuntz pieces together King’s legendary life—as well as the clues to her true identity. King employed more than a dozen aliases throughout her career as a fake detective, horse thief, laudanum fiend, and general disturber of the peace across the northern plains. She attracted sensational headlines, love-struck suitors, and stray revolver shots with equal abandon; her story’s Dickensian cast of characters included a hapless counterfeiter, a dashing physician, a battle-hardened magician, and a determined mother.

Author : Massimo Mastrogregori
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110530674

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2013 by Massimo Mastrogregori Pdf

Every year, the Bibliography catalogues the most important new publications, historiographical monographs, and journal articles throughout the world, extending from prehistory and ancient history to the most recent contemporary historical studies. Within the systematic classification according to epoch, region, and historical discipline, works are also listed according to author’s name and characteristic keywords in their title.

Author : Elizabeth Johanneck
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2011-06-07
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781614233541

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Twin Cities Prohibition by Elizabeth Johanneck Pdf

Ferret out the haunts and habits of those who kept speakeasy doors oiled and politics crooked in the Twin Cities. If you take a tour of former blind pigs today, you will probably encounter nothing more dangerous than a life-long attraction to the 5-8 Club's Juicy Lucy Burger, but Twin Cities Prohibition will return you to a time when honest reporting like that of Walter Liggett was answered with machine gun fire. Clink glasses with notorious characters such as Kid Cann, Dapper Dan Hogan and Doc Ames, the "Shame of Minneapolis" in Elizabeth Johanneck's raid on this fascinating era of history.

Author : Daniel E. Sutherland
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Buildings
ISBN : 1610751450

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Expansion of Everyday Life (p) by Daniel E. Sutherland Pdf

Author : Erik Rivenes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1681340925

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Dirty Doc Ames and the Scandal That Shook Minneapolis by Erik Rivenes Pdf

The story of a mayor and his police department run amuck-and of the stunning political collapse that helped launch the Progressive Era.

Author : Robert L. Gale
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781477259733

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Characters and Plots in the Novels of Horace McCoy by Robert L. Gale Pdf

Tennessee-born Horace McCoy joined the American Air Service in WWI, was wounded flying over France, became a reporter-actor in Dallas. In Hollywood, he was popular as a handsome actor, then toiled as a prolific movie-script writer. McCoy burst into fame with his first novel, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, about Depression-era marathon dancers. His No Pockets in a Shroud features a social climber bribed to have his marriage annulled by the bride's rich father, then establishing a radical magazine. I Should Have Stayed Home exposes Hollywood moguls and rich old women exploiting would-be actors and actresses. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye features warfare between a professional criminal and corrupt law-enforcement agents. When made into a movie it starred Jimmy Cagney. Additional films were based on McCoy's fiction. McCoy visited England and France where translations of his works were admired by existentialists. Scalpel, his best-seller, features Tom Owen, a successful WWII military surgeon at odds with his superiors, including General Patton. Owen returns to his Western Pennsylvania roots to investigate his brother's death, is drawn into high-society--temporarily? Well-educated Owen perhaps resembles what McCoy aspired to be. But love of cars, wine, travel, and the high life clipped his wings. He left Corruption City, a sixth novel, in fragmentary form--completed by a ghost writer and blasting yet another set of unclean cops and thieving politicians. McCoy's popularity in Europe may be better than in America, a land he loved and wished were cleaner. This book begins with a chronology of major events in the life of Horace McCoy (1897-1955), and then in one alphabetized sequence synopsizes the plots of his six novels and identifies each of their 494 characters--often with critical comments by publishing scholars, including Gale. It concludes with a select bibliography showing the range of scholarship on McCoy, then an index.

Author : Lisa Marie McLaughlin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Democracy
ISBN : UVA:X006047019

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Breaking the Chains to a Sickness by Lisa Marie McLaughlin Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2856 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Endowments
ISBN : UOM:39015063387461

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Guide to U.S. Foundations, Their Trustees, Officers, and Donors by Anonim Pdf

Author : Cheryll M. Adams,Rebecca Pierce
Publisher : PRUFROCK PRESS INC.
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781593631970

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Differentiating Instruction by Cheryll M. Adams,Rebecca Pierce Pdf

This easy-to-use, teacher-friendly book is a must-have for any educator wanting to differentiate instruction in the gifted or regular classroom. Tiering lessons is a practical, easy, and efficient way to ensure the various needs and learning levels of elementary students are met. Grades K-5

Author : James Eli Shiffer
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781452950198

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The King of Skid Row by James Eli Shiffer Pdf

City blue laws drove the liquor trade and its customers—hard-drinking lumberjacks, pensioners, farmhands, and railroad workers—into the oldest quarter of Minneapolis. In the fifty-cent-a-night flophouses of the city’s Gateway District, they slept in cubicles with ceilings of chicken wire. In rescue missions, preachers and nuns tried to save their souls. Sociology researchers posing as vagrants studied them. And in their midst John Bacich, aka Johnny Rex, who owned a bar, a liquor store, and a cage hotel, documented the gritty neighborhood’s last days through photographs and film of his clientele. The King of Skid Row follows Johnny Rex into this vanished world that once thrived in the heart of Minneapolis. Drawing on hours of interviews conducted in the three years before Bacich’s death in 2012, James Eli Shiffer brings to life the eccentric characters and strange events of an American skid row. Supplemented with archival and newspaper research and his own photographs, Bacich’s stories re-create the violent, alcohol-soaked history of a city best known for its clean, progressive self-image. His life captures the seamy, richly colorful side of the city swept away by a massive urban renewal project in the early 1960s and gives us, in a glimpse of those bygone days, one of Minneapolis’s most intriguing figures—spinning some of its most enduring and enthralling tales.