Good Time Girls of the Pacific Northwest: A Red-Light History of Washington, Oregon, and Alaska Helen Humphreys sifted the black sand beaches

sifted the black sand beaches for minute particles of gold

She lives and writes in Colorado with her husband of twenty-plus years and their two kids

Grace to Handle It

even when the fine line between fun and games

former Deputy Director at the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research in Vienna and former Head of Economic Research at Hungarian Ministry of Finance

Good Time Girls of the Pacific Northwest: A Red-Light History of Washington, Oregon, and Alaska Helen Humphreys sifted the black sand beachesAs more and more pioneers braved the harsh, unforgiving conditions of moving West, prostitution grew and flourished within the mining camps, small towns, and cities of the nineteenth century Pacific Northwest. Whether escaping a bad home life, lured by false advertising, or seeking to subsidize their income, thousands of women chose or were forced to enter an industry where they faced segregation and persecution, fines and jailing, and battled the