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Wicked Women: Notorious, Mischievous, and Wayward Ladies from the Old West.
From the front page of the January 27, 1869 edition of the Galveston Flakes Semi-Weekly Bulletin comes an article about a woman who struggled to do right, but fell into an unfortunate business. “A few weeks ago the handsome young wife of a dentist of came to
this city for the avowed purpose of separating from her husband, who it seems, has a fondness for other women than his lawful wife. She had no friends here, but came to earn an honest livelihood if it were possible, and in the event of failure, to have recourse to a life of shame to get sustenance and keep her from the sight of her husband.
She failed in procuring a situation of the kind she desired, and falling in
with a young man of loose habits was induced to enter a house of ill repute in this city. She remained there for a number of days the circumstances that led her to adopt a life of shame became known, when a gentleman kindly gave her money to return to her home and wrote to her husband of the fact. After much persuasion she accepted
the offer, but found she was no longer welcome by her husband because she was now what he referred to as a “wicked woman”.”
To learn about wicked women on the wild frontier read
Wicked Women: Notorious, Mischievous, and Wayward Ladies from the Old West.
National Book Launch on February 21, 2015 from Noon to 2 p.m. at the
Nevada County Railroad Museum in Nevada City, California.
