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184:(now Yuma, Arizona). Over the course of her life she was married multiple times, often without legal record or the blessing of a priest, and was known at various times by the names Boginnis, Bourdette, Bourget, Bourjette, Borginnis, Davis, Bowman, and possibly Foyle. Following her death she was
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2557:Mattie Silks
2527:Louise Peete
2507:Vicki Morgan
2462:Annie Lobert
2457:Alice Little
2427:Dean Johnson
2422:Helen Jewett
2372:Fred Halsted
2362:Billi Gordon
2347:Denham Fouts
2337:Heidi Fleiss
2297:Issan Dorsey
2262:Carrie Brown
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2129:Iceberg Slim
2114:Mike Heitler
2048:Minnie White
1993:Mattie Silks
1918:Mike Heitler
1873:Heidi Fleiss
1838:Ana CumpÄnaÈ
1772:Brenda Allen
1725:Sheila White
1675:Alice Little
1607:Equality Now
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1454:Paresis Hall
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158:restaurateur
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3005:1866 deaths
2949:John school
2637:Anna Wilson
2622:Tiger Tyson
2587:Pearl Starr
2517:Jean O'Hara
2502:Tanya Moore
2497:Della Moore
2477:Chicago May
2447:Kitty Leroy
2412:John Holmes
2367:Maggie Hall
2357:Jody Gibson
2327:Albert Fish
2322:Alexis Fire
2307:Dora DuFran
2302:Phoebe Doty
2267:Julia Brown
2174:Prostitutes
2149:Lee Shelton
2086:Fanny White
2053:Anna Wilson
2038:Tessie Wall
2003:Pearl Starr
1983:Poker Alice
1938:Kitty Leroy
1933:Lizzie Lape
1898:Eunice Gray
1878:Jody Gibson
1868:Vina Fields
1853:Dora DuFran
1848:Phoebe Doty
1757:Polly Adler
1710:Audacia Ray
1670:Carol Leigh
1645:Fred Cherry
1220:Borderlands
542:spider bite
2994:Categories
2597:Star Stowe
2542:Tracy Quan
2342:Ali Forney
2119:Dennis Hof
2068:Courtesans
2043:Lulu White
1923:Dennis Hof
1893:Lou Graham
1888:Mary Gleim
1833:Cora Crane
1827:Belle Cora
1807:Hilma Burt
1705:Tracy Quan
1539:Raines law
1284:California
600:References
537:children.
520:prospected
470:California
459:Later life
346:Fort Texas
307:Rio Grande
222:illiterate
204:Background
124:1. Unknown
92:California
80:1866-12-22
2944:John Hour
2467:Crazy Lou
2317:Robyn Few
2144:Jack Ruby
1963:Meg Muñoz
1863:Mame Faye
1685:Meg Muñoz
1660:Robyn Few
1633:Activists
591:'s novel
516:Fort Yuma
510:Fort Yuma
419:Monterrey
407:Matamoros
354:Matamoros
292:laundress
234:Fort Yuma
230:bilingual
210:Tennessee
154:innkeeper
149:, was an
88:Fort Yuma
62:Tennessee
2876:Violence
2482:Rosa May
1617:SWOP-USA
1534:Mann Act
1474:The Star
1326:Brothels
546:breveted
423:Saltillo
326:trousers
288:Missouri
186:breveted
1792:Big Sue
1735:Brothel
1597:BAYSWAN
550:colonel
504:dragoon
500:Socorro
442:private
415:brothel
365:bunkers
238:Spanish
190:colonel
118:Spouses
2182:Ah Toy
1762:Ah Toy
1743:madams
1739:owners
1626:People
1602:COYOTE
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1301:Hawaii
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2124:Ice-T
2096:Pimps
1558:Media
1316:Texas
1272:Areas
489:madam
485:Anglo
162:madam
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1510:2013
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