Madam Belle Cora: Influencer of the West

from Harlots and Hearses · host Grace Ardis

Grace is a forever a lover of history, so much so that she went back to school to get her master's in it. This week's episode takes us back to the years 1849-1855 to the heart of the Gold Rush in San Francisco. Following the life of one of the most successful Madams of the city during this period: Madam Belle Cora, Grace explores just how fast Belle and similar women rose in society and just how fast they could fall. Sources mentioned :  The Fair but Frail: Prostitution in San Francisco by Jacqueline Barnhart They Saw the Elephant: Women in the California Gold Rush by JoAnn Levvy Dispossessed Lives by Marisa Fuentes  Trinity Journal Feb. 2 1856, coming from the S. F bulletin S. F. Bulletin  The Annals of San Francisco; by Frank Soulé 

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