Prostitutes and Red Light Districts, July 19

Coos Bay Public Library will be hosting an author talk July19, 2019 at 7pm in the Myrtlewood Room.  Please join Jan MacKell Collins for a lively look at the prostitution industry in the wild west. Ms. Collins, whose research spans over thirty years, will give her audience a visual presentation about her favorite shady ladies. Topics covered will include why and how women chose prostitution as their profession, and their influence on the communities in which they worked. The presentation will be followed with a Q & A session and Ms. Collins will have her books for sale as well.