Whether it was in their dress, behaviour, or attitudes regarding sex, women were keen on shedding the hysterical fixation society had on what it meant to be a proper woman. In the west, anyone ...

“The Girl of the Golden West” is set in a California mining camp in 1849. Minnie — the “girl” of the title — is the woman who runs the saloon for the miners.

Adult pleasure in the Wild West went along with drinking, fighting, and crime, contributing to less-than-luxurious lives for Wild West saloon girls.