AN ODE TO THE FAIR BUT FRAIL

Welcome to a blog dedicated to ladies of the demimonde, otherwise known as whores, prostitutes, painted ladies, trollops, hussies, fallen women, and many other varieties through the years!  I am a graduate student who studies these harlots in history, specifically in the United States.  Every week I will post on one notoriously fascinating lady of the evening that I have run across during my research.  Hopefully, you will find these women as interesting as I have.  Remember, although we may disagree with the methods of survival these women sometimes used, they were important and often forgotten players in the historical narrative of the United States.