Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction viii
Squirrel Tooth Alice Libby Thompson 1
The Deadly Paramour Kitty LeRoy 8
Barbary Coast Madam Tessie Wall 14
The Cosmopolitan Gambler Lottie Deno 25
Siren of the Silver Town Julia Bulette 33
Deadwood Cardsharp Alice Ivers 40
Queen of the Denver Row Jennie Rogers 47
The Twenty-One Dealer Eleanora Dumont 56
A Curious Criminal Case Madam Harriet 62
A Violent Hand Minnie Smith 65
The San Francisco Favorite Jessie Hayman 69
The Evening Angel Gertrudis Maria Barcelo 77
Nebraska's Reluctant Madam Josie Washburn 82
The Redheaded Rival Kate G'Leary 90
The Black Hills Calamity Martha Jane Canary 97
The Hungarian Madam Kate Horony 105
The Faro Bandit Jenny Rowe 112
Our Sister of the Street Florence Mabel Dedrick 117
The Outlaw Gambler Belle Starr 120
Scarlet Ladies in Texas and Nevada Jessie Reeves Cad Thompson 128
The Reformed Spy Belle Siddons 133
Denver's Red Light Royalty Mattie Silks 140
The Loyal Gambler Belle Ryan Cora 147
The Outcast's Friend Rosa May 154
Courtesan of Colorado City Laura Bell McDaniel 161
Mary the Owl Mary Hamlin 168
Wyoming Cattle Baroness Ella Watson 176
Last of the Old West Madams Rose Ellis 185
Bibliography 191
Index 201
About the Author 210