Bertha’s Bookshelf – Prostitution in the Gilded Age: The Jennie Hollister Story

✨ This Week at Bertha’s Bookshelf… Step into the Gilded Age! ✨
We’re cracking open our sizzling new read:
Prostitution in the Gilded Age: The Jennie Hollister Story by Kevin Murphy — and it’s going to be a wild ride.

Meet Jennie Hollister—one of the most successful and elusive madames of her time. Her story isn’t just history—it’s legend. Every city in America had a version of Jennie:
💃 Fannie Porter‘s brothel in San Antonio catered to infamous outlaws like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid…
🌉 Sally Stanford ruled San Francisco’s underworld with charm and cunning—and later became the mayor of Sausalito.
🎷 Josie Arlington brought luxury and infamy to New Orleans’s legendary Storyville in 1895.
⛰️ And Eleanora Dumont lit up boomtowns across the Rockies with her bawdy empire.

Their differences? So tiny, they could fit on a ladybug’s nose—but their impact? Absolutely unforgettable.

So grab your book, your favorite drink, and your curiosity—because the Gilded Age just got a whole lot more scandalous.