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Civilized society owes much more to madams than it realizes. Tales of how the West was won do not mention that conquering the uncivilized terrain was a losing battle until a few fearless and shrewd women stepped in. Before madams arrived on the scene, most “towns” were merely work camps full of men with nowhere to spend their money. The money that madams made from their conveniently captive audience they invested into general stores, clothing shops, hotels and schools; they even bought entire towns. A spattering of tent cities was now on its way to becoming a network of legitimate municipalities.
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