2024年8月22日 · The image of wild west saloon girls evokes a sense of mystery and allure, penned into history as part of the vibrant tapestry of frontier life. These women played an essential role in the culture of the Old West, and their stories reveal more than just the glamour and grit found in Hollywood depictions.

In the Old West, men usually outnumbered women by at least three to one – sometimes more, as was the case in California in 1850, where 90% of the population was male. Starved for female companionship, the saloon girl would sing for the men, dance with them, and talk to them – inducing them to remain in the bar, buying drinks, and ...

2023年1月19日 · Author Helen M. Lewis theorized men were willing to marry saloon girls and prostitutes largely due to the shortage of women in the early West. One of her sources cited the ratio of males to females as 10 to one, while another guessed there were "from three to 30 times as many unmarried men as unmarried women" in the West.

Many of these women became legends of the Old West for the popularity of their “houses,” the people they came into contact with, or events that occurred in their lives. The running of a parlor house or brothel was often a very profitable business, and the most successful madames were extremely adept businesswomen who amassed not only wealth ...

2015年9月28日 · In this blog entry, I am going to take an extensive look at what these roles were and how saloon girls reshaped the gender boundaries of men and women in the Old West. A saloon girl was employed for entertainment purposes by a …

2015年1月26日 · Most saloon girls were considered "good" women by the men. And in most places the women were treated as "ladies.” True, Western men tended to hold all women in high regard, but the saloon girls and/or the saloon keeper demanded the respect. Any man who mistreated one of these women was quickly deemed an outcast.

2022年11月17日 · Most settlers travelled West in the 1840s and ’50s in pursuit of gold, and were often men. Some of the women ventured west as mail-order brides, spouses, and daughters. But the men were typically unaccompanied bachelors. The gender demographics were heavily unbalanced with the male population outnumbering women by a ratio of three to one.

2021年2月2日 · This collection of historic photos of wild west women are an incredible window into seeing what life was like in those pioneer days. From saloon girls to frontier homemakers, these pioneer women are part of the rich fabric of American history .

2022年12月15日 · For women, the relationship with Wild West saloons was a little different. According to Legends of America, "respectable" women would never enter a saloon in the Old West, but women less concerned with their reputations might work at one. Women could find jobs as dance hall girls or sex workers, though they rarely held both of those positions ...

A Western saloon is a kind of bar particular to the Old West. Saloons served customers such as fur trappers, cowboys, soldiers, lumberjacks, businessmen, lawmen, outlaws, miners, and gamblers. A saloon might also be known as a "watering trough, bughouse, shebang, cantina, grogshop, and gin mill".