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Wicked Women: Notorious, Mischievous, and Wayward Ladies from the Old West.
According to the July 9, 1895 edition of a Sacramento newspaper, “wicked women” Cora Rasmussen and Joan Burdette were fined $100 each in the Police Court for conducting gambling games. Cora pleaded guilty. Joan Burdette, arrested for a similar offense, was found guilty. Sentence will be imposed tomorrow. “We must do what we can to rid this city of such action by the female sex, or society as we know it will be lost,” said Officer Horace Matthews who arrested the above mentioned wicked lady gamblers.
To learn more about the 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 Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum in Nevada City, California.
