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"Soiled doves" of the Old West were prostitutes, among the first to establish businesses in new towns of the 1800s, and like all other early settlers, they were significant in developing areas in which they lived and carried out their trade. Among the more common names in reference to the ladies, depending on location, were sportin' women, soiled or prairie doves, frail sisters, public women, ladies of ill-fame, ladies of easy virtue, nymphs, women of the night, fallen women, purveyors of pleasure (or sin), red light ladies and more. And, if they were lucky enough to have entertainment, the piano player was most often referred to as the Professor. On the Barbary Coast in San Francisco, prices ranged from 25¢ for a Mexican woman to $1 for an American. The regular rate in the cribs occupied by black, Chinese or Japanese girls was 50¢, while the French women sold their favors for 75¢. Even higher prices than any of these were sometimes obtained by prostitutes of unusual youth and attractiveness and particularly red-haired girls.
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