Red Light Women of Death Valley

Red Light Women of Death Valley

From the 1870s to the turn of the century, while countless men gambled their fortunes in Death Valleyï¿½s mines, many bold women capitalized on the boom-and-bust lifestyle and established saloons and brothels. These lively ladies were clever entrepreneurs and fearless adventurers but also mothers, wives and respected members of their communities. Madam Lola Travis was one of the wealthiest single women in Inyo County in the 1870s. Known as ï¿½Diamond Tooth Lil,ï¿½ Evelyn Hildegard was a poor immigrant girl who became a western legend. Local author and historian Robin Flinchum chronicles the lives of these women and many others who were unafraid to live outside the bounds of polite society and risk everything for a better future in the forbidding Death Valley desert.
Country USA
Manufacturer The History Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2019-01-23
Format Kindle eBook

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